Let there be LIGHT - Making Stone Wall Light Features - Restoring a Stone House

[@ellesnd4579]

I would definitely be tacky and put miniature furniture and scenes in those nooks. Adorable either way

[@carolvanrooyen4929]

They are like miniature caves. Imagine tiny people living in there! ❤

[@paulaburatto629]

Saaaaame, I instantly thought of adding miniature hidden things there, like a small library, just like those book nooks portray.

[@daviemaclean61]

Or a sleeping bear

[@enjaw9479]

Yes please! ❤

[@julianweeks326]

or a couple of tiny sleeping bags and a camp fire.

[@1whitecottagelife770]

Remember the closet people in "men in black "?

[@fenman1954]

As a retired electrician I was screaming at yours keep that screwdriver away from the finished surface, my ocd kicked in when I saw the scratch on the wall.

[@KiwiBabz]

Same here. Then we saw the scratch! What the heck😮

[@maureenmcgrath4664]

Beautiful, well done. Definitely worth all the effort. 😊

[@etiennelabeille]

Perfect for Christmas. Add to one of the niches, a miniature manger, a donkey, wise men....

[@bettybryson9637]

Love the mystery of it that draws you to peer deep into the wall. There might be treasures!

[@joannewachel2505]

They look like little works of art. I love them.

[@florentinalily]

you could place a piece of glass or parchment - painted. to filter between the bulb and the room to evenly diffuse the light?

[@containyourlife]

Your hard work has paid off! If it were me it would have been battery operated dimmer lighting with a remote control.👏

[@Iloathsnow]

Of course they are worth three days of work😍 You will soon forget the work but enjoy the lights forever.

[@marygonzalez3113]

It looks beautiful!! Your persistence and patience paid off. What wonderful offset lights and peek holes into the interior wall. I am in awe of your skills, both of you. Good luck on the rest of the projects you will tackle in the future.

[@mr.defected]

You could place a nice geode at the back of those wholes

[@speliotis]

I'd like to see Quartz or amethyst crystals in the ports.... Sort of a magical surprise

[@the.artist.donaldb]

LED strip lighting would work to create ambiance without over lighting those spaces. Probably a good idea to finish those interior spaces with your hemp lime mortar too.

[@suepumphrey1559]

Oh good, another video from Make Do Grow!😅

[@chantaln6843]

The light in the nook is absolutely beautiful… well done 🎉

[@sharonmaddox3390]

I like what you have done but I would have used them to display treasured items. A shell, a fossil, a beautiful tile or bottle. glass would look amazing with the light shining through it. Love your house. Thank you for your hard work.

[@MAKEDOGROW]

I think in the future we’ll also add objects … perhaps some beautiful relics we hope to find when we get to the real decorating phase

[@Bobrogers99]

Your niche lights have a practical use as well as being aesthetically pleasing. They can serve as night lights, enabling you to navigate the room without turning on the main lighting.

[@MAKEDOGROW]

Exactly 😀 … when we’re sneaking around trying to find the hidden wine 😂

[@machellep1]

@@MAKEDOGROW what barbarian would hide the wine ?

[@MAKEDOGROW]

@@machellep1 😂🤣🤣

[@margaretlovelock7031]

Absolutely fantastic‼️

[@rudymazar5266]

I like the idea of the light coming from the wall covered with rocks. Leaving it as natural as possible. Well done

[@KayMcFall-g4c]

Use a RGBW LED with a dimmer. Tunable light so you can choose the Lumen temperature. Comes in a bulb or tape or rope. If you use tape you can hide it surrounding the opening. Or put the light in the back and use a frosted acrylic pane in front of it. With the Red Green Blue and White you can change to any color.

[@alysonpillinger7863]

Those little fairy type lights people put in bottles would look good in the nooks and would hide what's going on behind

[@Marc-mo8bt]

You could use a block of Himalaya salt to soften the light.

[@jessejames5375]

Very nice lighting. Patience is key. Well done both if you. Beautiful project as always. 😊

[@ShirleyFoshee]

BEAUTIFUL❣❣❣ I think you need a Teeshirt saying, "FIDDLELY❣"

[@arnbobnickerson]

Love the illuminated nooks, so cool and unique, very special. Love the idea.

[@MsCookiemonster0]

Lovely result. Finished light much better than the original one put in. Soft light without the glare.

[@mompuff]

You two are awesome!! Very gifted & perfectionist!! I ❤️ how well you work together!! Simply beautiful & extremely unique!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Ferruccio001]

Except they are in🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹 🇵🇹 ❤ 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

[@michellerassp4730]

Nice dimensionality. Very unique and warm art installation. ❤

[@nicarazzi]

It’s going to be a characterful kitchen. Next is the floor - how exciting.

[@alicekenworthy9603]

Stunning result !!!!! Well done Guy and Kylie 👏👏👏Durban SA🇿🇦

[@hwinny2]

They’re soooo beautiful!!! Your home is becoming stunning. Wow, it will be a masterpiece of art and cozy home when your finished! 🏠

[@amdo5873]

Beautiful. Looks like mini caves on display. 😊

[@hwinny2]

It’s cool that you can change your display to Christmas villages, geodes, crystals or clear stones, or anything for any holiday or seasons. I love what you all do!!!!

[@susanB24F]

Love the nook lights! Worth the 3 days

[@samday9328]

Put the candle holder for the "flame" candle into a wooden base; don't forget you will have to change these bulbs occasionally!

[@luminyam6145]

This is the same thing as sanding those beams, fiddly work but damn, the results are spectacular. I love those little niches. 🥰

[@happycamper4329]

Mica on top of the hemp while still wet so it sets at same time. Mica would give it a beautiful hue.

[@deborahbasel184]

The lighting nooks look beautiful. Well worth the time taken.

[@constancestine1020]

I seriously believe Kylie and Guy have the patience of Jobe’s entire family!!! I doubt most of us would be able to replicate the overall effect. Both of you are so supportive of each other allowing your creative selves to sore. Love, love, love the “end” product of which will be copied and marketed by some enterprising young finisher coming to your favorite DIY network! Crack on, can’t wait to see what you do next!🏚️💕

[@arwelwilliams6954]

You two must be very happy to see the light at the end of the tunnel with this particular project. The nooks would be perfect for some Lego characters😂

[@Journeyman76524]

Fit socket to end of each nook. Then get short length cluster fairy lights in warm LEDs, green or black cabling. Plug fairy lights into socket ball up fairy lights and place in the nook hiding the socket. It'll look amazing and you can change fairy lights out easily. Edit. Turned out really good. I like the way it features a view of wall construction rather than just pretty lighting.

[@paulm.8554]

Totally worth 3 days of effort! You'll never get tired of admiring your handiwork.

[@kasiaimichael]

It looks beautiful, you should be both proud of yourselves!

[@jaccirdesign]

Fabulous little light holes. (?) My grandson would say it would be far better with a couple of his dinosaurs dwelling in those caves though. 😁

[@celiapereira5223]

The light nooks look very cosy, well-done you both👏👏👏

[@lorimontcalm9086]

Looks marvelous! Everything takes longer than expected!! Hugs from 🇨🇦

[@doucelait1]

The light and stone looks lovely 🥰

[@נעמהלוי-ע8ל]

Your perfection on details,is showing out. But,as you make and do..its growing 😅. But its beautiful and very unique!

[@paulalayland1]

You could hide mini figures in the back off-the-peg nooks, it would be so whimsical!😅

[@catherinecampinos5331]

Lighting plays such a big part in how a room feels to me, what you have done is gorgeous

[@DinSF]

Never underestimate what lifhting can do. And in saying that its an art and science knowing how to light an area. We used a sheet of 1/4 inch plastic and cut it to size and put in front of the light for something similar in our house. The fitted plastic helps decrease the blinding from the light bulb, but still shows the depth and uniqueness of the lighting area, while helping to decrease dust and drafts. The light in the wall is nice when you only need a little bit of light or a night light. We love ours.

[@lynh8378]

Those nooks are just lovely. Nice work!

[@dorisouellet4451]

You could place a nice pease of stained glass in front of light

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Love a smooth passageway

[@AlfonsoAguirreART]

Before they had glass on the windows, Old romanesque churches in Spain, would use a semi transparent milky stone. If you use that as a cover for the wall holes, you don´t need to render anything. also, the light would be so much softer and as the holes are covered by this stone glass, no dust will get in there. no vaccumming inside the walls.

[@VeeHart-m6b]

You can paint the bulbs. Check out Escape to the Dream, restoring the Château.

[@jaccirdesign]

I was thinking exactky the same. Just watched that episode.

[@LifebyBertie]

Fiddly yes, otherwise absolutely amazing. The addition of the rocks gives it more dimension, great idea!!! Cheers Bert

[@wendyironside1637]

Use the ceiling puck. Then you can put a lovely piece of pottery in the recess. ❤️

[@rowandowland1391]

The nooks look lovely. Just a suggestion....Place the globe behind a piece of brass metal shaped to the size of the nook opening that has a pattern of holes punched through it for the light to penetrate.

[@eugenianovillo4136]

Hi you guys! I think the Himalayan salt lamps would be amazing on those bucks in the wall. They look like a warm quartz stone❤

[@Moby79]

I know where your kittens / cats will be retiring to when the time comes😎

[@j.n.sloane]

Beauty often takes longer to achieve but the enjoyment lasts even longer. I really like your Moroccan tavern. Perfect for your courgette wine. Saludos desde Asturias.

[@OldLadyinUk]

I love it. You will have many mixed memories when living with the lights.😊😊😊❤❤❤ unique

[@tejolisboa]

Very cool. However, I foresee those holes giving shelter to some small creatures… They look very cozy

[@theSeaHag]

I love the nook lighting. It makes a beautiful ambiance. Now I just want to swag them with some holiday greenery and a big red bow! 😍

[@sharongaines3043]

Your nooks are really exceptional and with a few candle on a dinning table you will have the most romantic of rooms to eat your meals in. Your both multi talented, you should be so proud of each other. All in all, MAGNIFIQUE. 💕💕💕Xxxx

[@tonileggate]

Getting there and looking really very good. Undo, redo = perfection.

[@BJHolloway1]

They look very good, well done - hard work always pays off.

[@sudoym3484]

The wall turned out really beautiful.

[@johnledger4230]

Wonderful job on the nook lighting. The switch orientation thing is europe wide. It is actually considered safer. before rocker switches, the toggle switches were also up for on. If you want to turn something off in a hurry, the natural action is to swipe down.

[@deborahpalm7657]

Very magical fairy nooks.

[@richardrynko]

Put the light behind a polished translucent stone to soften the light, and give a nice visual effect.

[@dawnfitzgerald2951]

What a beautiful feature . The history of your house in the walls. I love the nooks. Great job.❤️🇨🇦

[@Ragt0p]

How about putting a screen a bit back in the hole, with the bulb behind?

[@214carlisle]

Oh your nooks are so pretty. What ambiance!

[@pamela5568]

Lazy me would have just stuck candles in the nooks. Looks good though

[@flowersflowers473]

Warm fairy lights on a copper wire might also look nice in there.

[@nspires1]

They look fantastic! Great work (as usual). They have an element of a Japaneses rock garden. (I hope they aren’t too much of a pain to maintain, dust, change bulbs, etc)..

[@janicerhoades]

The Escape to the Dream folks in France used glass paint to get the soft warm color they wanted for lightbulbs.

[@lizwilson6633]

Loving the illuminated nooks. They will be lovely on an evening sitting cosy in the room xx

[@JerryBowen-jx5hy]

You need some lovely glass Christmas ornaments in the nooks or something similar!

[@elisaferreira7244]

Oh my goodness it's beautiful and absolutely gorgeous

[@ruthnoronha8206]

The lights look awesome!!! It was tricky but you both sorted it out! It’s such a nice feature. If the light feels sharp, a piece of frosted glass on the inside might disperse the light. But as is it looks very warm and cosy.

[@pattirichardson4956]

Stunning. I'm in love. I can picture you guys sitting there in the evening. In Canada our light switches are same. Push up to turn on. Push down to turn off.

[@nataliarau5129]

This looks sooo cool. Just stunning! The lights make the room very special

[@Esme451]

I've seen some very cool lighting using terracotta roof tiles with the lights behind them.

[@alybridgwater3282]

Ever thought of putting glass on the front of the holes my friend as different colours and its amazing and she done it in away where you can take the glass out to change the light bulb when necessary

[@Mandy_wv8st1cb2k]

How clever. Love how you’ve just left some loose rocks there. When you first started leaving the loose rocks there I thought it would look unfinished but you were so right. It makes it look so real and magical😊

[@maryannfrazer4693]

WOW!! That nook lighting is FABULOUS!!!

[@cjames282]

Well worth the fiddling! It looks amazing.

[@jonathanleonard1152]

I think you could have tiny wall sconces on either side or a single over hanging tiny light just above the opening. In the nook could be a tiny stuffed doll set of mouse family.

[@shwarry]

Greetings from Cascais! I've been lime plastering on my place in Portugal this morning! great work, you have inspired me to give it a go myself. I also love the way you work through problems, so easy to follow your logic. Been following you for ages!

[@Luninha45]

The switches work however you want them to. It is agreed that they turn on upwards and off downwards, like circuit breakers. And also because, in the event of a power outage, it is easier to tell by touch that the lights are off. But they work both ways. If you want them differently, simply turn them upside down and make the electrical connection in that position 😃.

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

I love this, it is exactly right for the property. So soft and pretty. 👏👍💝

[@rondev73]

Since you are going for more of an ambience lighting effect from the hole in the wall why don't you consider using a ball of small miniature LED lights which would completely block what was behind it. You would able to change the color and brightness for different effect.

[@leahlemieux6410]

You could use frosted glass to hide the cables and bulbs for your cubbies

[@cindypickett8167]

Saw Guy fixing the scratch, oh well. The lighted nooks are absolutely fabulous and unique.

[@sashacat53]

It looks beautiful guys. Well done. I do like the rocks in the cavities.

[@timwillis2629]

To hold the bulb and hide the cables maybe make a small l shaped wood section. Cut a hole in the backstand to hold the bulb and this will also hide the cables. If you paint it white it will basically make it invisible

[@dannave7816]

Turned out better than I thought it would. Good job. You wouldn't have been happy with it if you hadn't put in all that fiddly work.

[@marianela111]

You could make a little mountain or city scape inside one of the holes and illuminate that just a curiosity to the passer by. 😮 you have done an amazing job with those walls they are beautiful 🌻🙏🤗💞