Let there be Light!

With power installed and hooked up to the house and barn, the electrical crew came back to install outlets, switches, lights, and fans.

We are lucky that we almost always have a breeze across our front porch. But last night we were able to augment that with some man-made breeze thanks to all the fans on our various porches.

We also were able to hang out in various rooms in the house – after dark!!! Here’s our living and dining room…

And the kitchen and butler’s pantry. … We have dimmers on several of the lights, which is why the kitchen island lights look different in the various pictures. We will be installing more dimmers (only 6 were included in our contract) but since they charge $40/dimmer, John will be doing that himself later.

Lights are up in the master bedroom and bathroom too!

And we enjoyed spending time in the great room as well.

Not everything is done, of course, but we are very happy with the recent progress. There are a few light fixtures that we own that they will not install – the electricians say they need to be rewired because they are antique. And there are a few that I cannot find, despite digging through the barn loft multiple times (grrr). But thankfully, John can install those later as we get down the road.