My Old House
Issues and Events involving our Home in Independence, Missouri
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I’m like REALLY short on time here right now. Gotta run.
But I just finished uploading and describing a bunch of photos of our completed bathroom remodel.
http://www.myoldhouse.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=27
A huge thanks to Mike and Denise Butler of “Inviting Spaces”. ( http://invitingspacesllc.com/ ) They were our designer-contractors.
Just thought I’d take a moment to upload the photos of the two light fixtures that my wife purchased for the kitchen. She ordered / bought these new from Rensen’s House of Lights, here in Independence.
Personally, I think these are okay. I’m not as excited about them as my wife is. Oh, the light they give off is pleasant enough. I just would have liked to see some actual antique fixtures used.
Greetings All !
Well, the wheels of progress are once again turning in our kitchen.
Shortly after Christmas, I had searched the Internet for reproduction tin ceiling manufacturers, especially any one that could recommend somebody to install one for us. (I just didn’t trust MasterCraft to do the job correctly and I certainly do not trust myself on this.)
The people we would choose to go with would not only be giving our kitchen ceiling a makeover, they’d also be installing a tin backsplash in the kitchen as well.
I found American Tin Ceilings. The referred to ZERO installers in the state of Missouri, so I checked Kansas… and found Scott and Lisa Runnels of “Nani’s Impresa” in Lawrence, Kansas.
I left them …
Greetings All !
OK, so this weekend, I finally decided to do a task that’s been waiting on me:
The previous owners had a huge Hunter ceiling fan installed in the Dining Room… for some reason. (Not sure why. Personally, I’m not too fond of having my food automatically cooled!)
My wife had purchased a used chandelier (it’s relatively new…. NOT an antique) a few months back. So it was now time for me to take out the ceiling fan and put in the chandelier!
Unfortunately, I had to REPAIR the chandelier first!
Somehow… in the process of getting it home and storing it for a few weeks, we broke an arm off of it!
Now, this isn’t one of those …
My wife’s friend, Donna, and her husband, Steven, came over tonight.
It turns out my wife had complained to Donna about the lack of good lighting and outlets surrounding the basement laundry area. Donna then drafted Stephen, an electrician, to come over tonight and add in some light fixtures.
Stephen installed two additional light-fixtures in the basement. One fixture has a single electrical outlet, so my wife Terry will now be able to plug her iron into that to do her ironing. Both additional fixtures are now rigged to turn on at the same time that the primary basement light turns on.
Stephen also took a look at our front door knob / lock mechanism. Now, …
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