Finally, A House Update

The Spring air has been making us feel antsy to get stuff done around the house. Well, that coupled with the four family members we'll be housing next month. Scott and I really want to get a bunch of stuff scratched off our To Do List before they get here, so it was off to Lowes this morning to do just that. We've got three major-ish projects in mind that can be reasonably done with our time and financial constraints. Today's project: Replace the ceiling lights in the living/dining room.

The lights that came with the house are builder-grade, brass nightmares that have vexed us since the day we moved in.

We've been eyeballing replacements for a while. We don't want anything too matchy-matchy, but they shouldn't look ridiculous together either since they're all in the same area. We found three we liked, opting to replace the hideous "chandelier" with a ceiling fan. Then we spent the afternoon installing them. Or more accurately, Scott installed them while I handed him things, and held stuff.

So much better...

And I can finally get rid of that fucking chandelier. Did I mention it's held together with Scotch tape? Gross.