What are they called?
#11
I want to make or buy but can't remember what they're called. The decorative devices that go between the ceiling and the lights. I even made one for my neighbor a few years ago.

I don't want to go around asking for a thingamijig the goes on the whatsamacallit.

Please help an old man's failing memory.

Jim
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#12
You might be describing a ceiling medallion, which is the decorative white surrounding the lights base in the pic below


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Now the bronze looking part is the base, but we use base on the bottom usually, so many call them "canopies" I don't know an electrician that does, but in the "lighting showrooms" holding my pinkie up, and smiling real big......


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#13
ceiling escutcheons
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#14
Steve;

Ding Ding Ding. You got it right. I'll probably paint to match the walls.
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#15
I would definitely buy one, they make them from a heavy duty foam, so holding it over your head to install, even if it does fall and smak ya in the head, no biggie. Wood, now that could be a 3 day stay in the hospital
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In the day, they had plasterers do those things, some of the guys were artists. Some not so much. You could figure it out with a quick look up
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#16
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I have 6 of those in my house and I know that sounds like bragging but I have to be honest I put them up with a few screws and some adhesive.  I imagine someday they will have to get painted
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#17
Just for the record, I'll be using these on 1/2 of the kitchen ceiling where I'm using HM ply to match the cabinets.
Jim
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#18
Amazon shows them from $6.00 to $150.00.  

https://www.amazon.com/Ceiling-Medallion...e=14328061
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#19
My wife and I were just at a local light fixture store yesterday, and I saw them on display.
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#20
Cooler,

I had to go check out Amazon and see what a $150 medallion looked like. Man, I was hooked, scrolling thru looking at all the options. Foam, plastic, WALNUT, bronze. Then I scrolled a new page and $189 popped up. $209, $259, $300, then a 37-1/2" bronze at over $400 bucks. Man oh man... i'd get a crick in my neck staring up all the time if I put a $400 medallion over a chandelier.

(Yeah, yeah... I know. Folks who do, usually never give the money a second thought... lol.)
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