Let the air circulate!

We missed having a ceiling fan in the room. Our last rental place wasn’t wired for a ceiling fan so we can’t put one up. So our ceiling fan was all boxed up sitting in the garage for one year not doing his duties. We have been using this in the room for a year, which has dutifully served his purpose for one year.

our dutiful standing fan

We wanted some sort of fan in the room so the air is moving around constantly and we are not breathing into stale air. Not to mention the electricity that we would save during the summer! Now we finally have our own place and are able to do what we want, so what do we do? We put up our ceiling fan!

  

After a visit to the hardware store we got all the materials we need, John quickly got to work. We didn’t get a ceiling fan since we already had one. Notice what’s on the ceiling? He put a post-it on the ceiling on where he wants the ceiling fan to be after measuring the room.

Left: A closer look at his post-it. Right: Can you spot him at the attic? :) He went up and then down and then up and then down. I can’t keep track.

And then a big hole got cut out!!

Slowly, and slowly….Several hours later, we finally got ourselves a ceiling fan!

We can control the fan, dim the lights (yes, dimmer!!!), or turn it off without getting out of bed now. No more fighting whose closest to the light switch to turn it off every night (although John always loses no matter what ;P ). We may change out the ceiling fan one day, but for now we are loving and enjoying the convenience of our fan. Who knows, we may substitute it with a chandelier. That would give the room a more elegant and soft look.Then we would probably have to use the standing fan again! Or maybe we can find something nicer than the standing fan that would do the work just the same. :’)