Today, I finally finished putting a ceiling fan in every room where I wanted one when we originally bought this house over six years ago. By putting one in the room Connor has claimed for himself--which had been and continues to be our pantry and storage room, I now have one in all three downstairs bedrooms, the boys' bedroom upstairs, the living room, and above my head as I type this in my office.
The original plan had been to install the one in Connor's bedroom/pantry last summer when I also installed one in the corner guest bedroom. I had to replace the fixture in the guest bedroom because I had installed one of those LED fixtures ("will last the life of your house" ... right) to replace the fluorescent light fixture back when we moved in. Like all of the LED fixtures ("never need to change a bulb again" ... right) I installed, it had begun to flicker and was failing. Thankfully, it was the last one that I had to replace.
When picking up the ceiling fan for the guest room, I decided to pick up one for the pantry (as it was solely a pantry at the time) as well--there may have been a deal. I had already replaced the LED fixture in the pantry a year or two earlier, so I didn't have a reason to rush installing it. It also turned out that I only had one electrical box rated for holding a ceiling fan. Thus, I installed the one, but not the other. It's been sitting on the floor in that room since then ... until today.
This week, Connor was more insistent that I finish the job. As we were in Kenai for his track meet anyway, we stopped by Home Depot to pick up a study electrical box, and I promised that I would install the light today. Which I did. He even helped, which made the process MUCH easier.
It looks good and works perfectly. It's nice to have that task complete. It's even nicer to have finally completed one of my goals from when we bought the house.
The original plan had been to install the one in Connor's bedroom/pantry last summer when I also installed one in the corner guest bedroom. I had to replace the fixture in the guest bedroom because I had installed one of those LED fixtures ("will last the life of your house" ... right) to replace the fluorescent light fixture back when we moved in. Like all of the LED fixtures ("never need to change a bulb again" ... right) I installed, it had begun to flicker and was failing. Thankfully, it was the last one that I had to replace.
When picking up the ceiling fan for the guest room, I decided to pick up one for the pantry (as it was solely a pantry at the time) as well--there may have been a deal. I had already replaced the LED fixture in the pantry a year or two earlier, so I didn't have a reason to rush installing it. It also turned out that I only had one electrical box rated for holding a ceiling fan. Thus, I installed the one, but not the other. It's been sitting on the floor in that room since then ... until today.
This week, Connor was more insistent that I finish the job. As we were in Kenai for his track meet anyway, we stopped by Home Depot to pick up a study electrical box, and I promised that I would install the light today. Which I did. He even helped, which made the process MUCH easier.
It looks good and works perfectly. It's nice to have that task complete. It's even nicer to have finally completed one of my goals from when we bought the house.
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