I'm working on a big project right now which will have to be revealed at a later date.
But, in the meantime, we did check a big item off the list!
We inherited a collection of some hideous ceiling fans with this house:
I think the last one wins the prize for being the most hideous...it's in Sean's office. You can't really tell from the picture above, but the shade is speckled with...well, I don't know, just take a closer look:
It is uuuuuuuhhhh-gly.
Well, WAS ugly, I should say!
I did take a moment's pause to consider what we should replace these fans with. After all, there was a little (itty bitty) part of me that thought about how cool it would look to replace them with really interesting, statement lighting fixtures that don't involve spinning blades. But, I also believe in function over form, and the truth of the matter is that we DO use these fans. A lot. Not just in spring, summer and fall, but also in winter to help circulate the warm air.
I did a few minutes of "research," too, and Google tells me that home buyers prefer ceiling fans. That's an unofficial poll that I found on...some website somewhere, but it's good enough for me.
The only really attractive ceiling fans I've ever seen are extremely modern, which wouldn't really fit into our house, so Sean and I went to Home Depot and picked out the least offensive fans we could find. They aren't incredible objects of beauty, but they are a vast improvement over the old ones.
This was just slightly more complicated than replacing a basic lighting fixture since there were a lot more parts...
However, it was easy to figure out by following the instructions.
We did come across a fun discovery: when they sprayed the popcorn (yuck) onto the ceilings, they didn't take down the lighting bracket...they just sprayed over it:
Add that to our list of head-scratchers.
Anyway, the new fans are up and they are so much better! All three upstairs match; the one downstairs is slightly different but fits in. Somehow I missed getting a picture of it.
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