January 30, 2012

We have cabinets!  Yesterday, they started hanging the wall cabinets in the kitchen.  Ok, we also have paint in both bedrooms, the living/dining area, and in the kitchen.  He said he would be very glad not to have to move the cabinets out of his way again. 

He's also been putting up light fixtures, etc.  Thanks to Claygirl for the beautiful fan pulls.  As you can see, we're putting them to good use. 

We had purchased a matched set of ceiling fan/light sets at Lowes last summer for the living/dining area.  They were on sale, but we didn't notice that each one used only one 60-watt candelabra based light bulb.  The living/dining area is 15 feet wide and 35 feet long, and really two 60-watt bulbs isn't enough to light that area, but it's way too late to take them back now.  Instead, we decided to put those fans/lights in the bedrooms and get different sets for the living room.  Apparently, the federal government has decided to place energy restrictions on these ceiling fan/light kits so they are not allowed to use anything larger than 60-watt bulbs.  The candelabra bases further restrict what type of bulbs you can get.  We did find sets at WalMart that take three bulbs each instead of just one bulb.  Now, if we can just find two that match each other, we'll have it made.  Everything is really coming together quite nicely.  It all looks beautiful.