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The light is wired up, plastic’s off and it’s & d-o-n-e:
From below. Check!
In other news, flowers:
Tonight Rob installed a custom door prop for the access panel to the hvac equipment. It even has a little magnetic catch to hold the swinging prop in place while the doors closed and securely holds the door while open. Check!
Then we spent some time vacuuming and cleaning out the enclosure. Check!
Next up was the pendant light. We decided on a height but currently it’s a plug in so we need to install a converter kit to switch it to hardwire. It came with a giant 23 watt cfl, apparently inspired by a California law that is trying to limit energy use in plug in residential lighting. Ok, we’ll take a free bulb… But 23 cfl watt = 100 incandescent watts = lots of light!
Before:
“after”… The light’s from cb2, and the white linen shade is just about the same color as the ceiling/ upper wall color. The converter canopy kit is from west elm, and will be nickel.
Half-check!
Three wonderful foot-candles total from out three restored vintage ceiling lights in our hallway!
So all this “final electric” talk but showing temporary fixtures could leave anyone confused. What we’re trying to say is: the electrical inspector approved our electric rewiring! Certain things must be done to meet their approval (all outlets, light fixtures, switches complete, etc). What a great birthday present to be ‘done’ with the electric!
…Almost as exciting as our trip to the zoo!
The outlets and switches are all wired, but that’s not all!
The covered-in-protective-plastic sconces. The wires in the middle are hdmi and Ethernet cables for a “future” tv. By “future” I’m pretty sure hdmi will be obsolete before we put a tv in here but wires are there nonetheless.
And the temporary central fixture… A ceramic base. Decidedly not glam; still better than bulb on wire we’ve been rocking for a year:
Sorry for the weird photo- it’s difficult to take iPhone pics of a a bare bulb.
Temporary fixture from our old apartment in the hall to the third floor:
A giant petal explosion, aka the exact same fixture as above, was installed in the front hall. Also temporary.
Dining room, oh dining room. Another temp ceramic base and we can’t wait to slap some new drywall on that sad lumpy ceiling. Sigh, another project.
The electricians did the final hookups in our future basement workshop as well.
We now have a power strip, and a bright fluorescent light, currently highlighting some of our paint collection, trim, jigsaw and tile saw.
Quite the sponge stack, right? Got to stay organized!
Upstairs hall:
Kitchen:
Front hall:
Living room:
Estatic!
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