Lately, our goal was to be able to safely turn breakers on, and therefore we have been hooking up outlets, switches, light fixtures and smoke alarms. It is exciting to be able to walk through the house and turn on lights… We were dreading having to buy ceiling fans because they are so expensive or so shoddy, but thanks to my wife’s determination and thrift she found a great deal on craigslist, a hardware store getting out of the lighting business. All of our seven fans were only $45 each, and they were new! The gentleman was very nice and gave us a box of lightbulbs just because!
I wouldn’t be half this far if it weren’t for Spencer who somehow knows plenty about electricity and it’s a good thing because apparently i have inherited from my father, an irrational fear of getting shocked. I’m still constantly having to tell myself that the little white screws that hold the switch plates on aren’t going to shock me when i flip the switch, yea it’s that bad but i’m working on it.
One of our favorite shopping spots through this building process has been a salvage yard about 45 minutes away. Because we are on an extremely tight budget we have decided to be frugal with things like light fixtures. So we got the cheapest $5 fixtures and even though we hated them we were going to just grin and bear it! After we got them all put up, somehow they somewhat grew on us. And then it hit me, Ej has been getting into “stamping” and so i suggested that she stamp the glass to give them a personal touch… This is what she came up with:
Anyhow, enjoy the photos!
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