The electricians came back because the ceilings were finally all painted--and they installed some of our light fixtures.
All the scary neon tubes are down in my "up lighting" trays that surround the sunken living room and the great room media area.
The electricians were totally freaked out when I asked them to check it and see if it was all right--it was not. We pulled the old wiring (bare wires--so scary!) and all the neon tubing and replaced it with LED rope lights.
The light cast is a little different, but it's way less maintenance and should pull a lot less electricity.
The bar area got a new pendant light. The old light was going to be reused...until I saw how pretty the bar looked with the new Silestone counter top. Then I couldn't put up that old brass fixture.
I went to Lowe's and purchased a pendant kit and then got a gray and white swirled glass cover for it. It's not disco ball shiny, but it was affordable and it really shows the same colors as the counter top. Now, I just need to spend about two hours cleaning all that mirror and glass shelving!!
Finally, we got the kitchen lights all installed. There is a fixture above the eat in table area and a matching pendant over the sink.
I picked a smooth brushed nickel light with a shiny chrome stripe hoping it would go good with all the appliances. They really turned out nice!
What you can't see from this picture is the new LED under counter lighting. It is so BRIGHT!! I love it. I can't wait for this to get finished so I can cook in this kitchen and mess it up!!
Things are really starting to come together. Of course, the rooms are still filled with boxes waiting to be unpacked and furniture waiting to be unwrapped. I left a lot of it until the construction was completed. Seemed a little crazy to unwrap the leather furniture when some paint would be slung around. Most of that should be done by the end of this week, so maybe we can get all the large furniture pieces placed this weekend. Time will tell.
-- Sandee Wagner
The electricians were totally freaked out when I asked them to check it and see if it was all right--it was not. We pulled the old wiring (bare wires--so scary!) and all the neon tubing and replaced it with LED rope lights.
The light cast is a little different, but it's way less maintenance and should pull a lot less electricity.
The bar area got a new pendant light. The old light was going to be reused...until I saw how pretty the bar looked with the new Silestone counter top. Then I couldn't put up that old brass fixture.I went to Lowe's and purchased a pendant kit and then got a gray and white swirled glass cover for it. It's not disco ball shiny, but it was affordable and it really shows the same colors as the counter top. Now, I just need to spend about two hours cleaning all that mirror and glass shelving!!
I picked a smooth brushed nickel light with a shiny chrome stripe hoping it would go good with all the appliances. They really turned out nice!
What you can't see from this picture is the new LED under counter lighting. It is so BRIGHT!! I love it. I can't wait for this to get finished so I can cook in this kitchen and mess it up!!
Things are really starting to come together. Of course, the rooms are still filled with boxes waiting to be unpacked and furniture waiting to be unwrapped. I left a lot of it until the construction was completed. Seemed a little crazy to unwrap the leather furniture when some paint would be slung around. Most of that should be done by the end of this week, so maybe we can get all the large furniture pieces placed this weekend. Time will tell.
-- Sandee Wagner
2 comments:
What are all those dangly wires hanging from underneath the kitchen cabinets?
Are the painters going to paint at least one of the rooms in purple?
Don't let them get any paint on the purple sofa. It's like an icon.
When are we going to see pictures of the finished remo?
Have you got the purple sofa settled in?
ReeMO! ReeeeMO! ReeeeeeeeMO!
When's the Moscow Mule party to celebrate the remo?
ReeMO! ReeeeMO! ReeeeeeeeMO!
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