Hang a lamp in your bedroom for ambient lighting.
Adding a little lighting to your bedroom? You generally have three options: a floor lamp, a table lamp and a ceiling lamp. The first two are no-brainers; you plug in the lamp and you're finished. But the latter--the ceiling lamp--can be a bit trickier. What's the best way, after all, to hang a bedroom lamp? While there's certainly more to it than simply plugging it in, it needn't be a headache. As long as there's a ceiling box (where the wiring is located) in the room, you can do it.
Instructions
1. Run the cord through the following lamp components, in this order: first, the threaded nut, second, the ceiling cover, third, the threaded connector, and fourth, the bracket. Most, probably all, of these lamp components are typically included together when you purchase the lamp itself. If not, you can obtain them separately at any hardware store.
2. Wire the lamp. This involves connecting two wires, usually a white wire and a black wire. There should be a white and a black wire in the ceiling box, and these correspond to a white and black wire connected to the lamp. Connect the from the lamp with the white wire in the ceiling box, then connect two black wires the same way.
3. Attach a bracket to the ceiling box. Use screws to accomplish this.
4. Attach the threaded connector to the bracket. Typically the threaded connector simply screws right in.
5. Attach the ceiling cover to the threaded connector and bracket. It should cover both of these--and it should conceal the ceiling box apparatus as well. Generally, ceiling covers are either twist-on or attached via screws.
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