Friday, February 22, 2013

My man loves fishing...

...and he'll fish for anything!  His favorite thing to fish for though are muskies.


In fact, he'd fish for them all day, everyday if he could.  Sadly for him, he's a surgeon, we live in Illinois, and it's winter, so he hasn't had a ton of time for fishing lately.

Luckily though, I have plenty of projects.  Projects that involve fishing.

*Big Smile*


For the last couple weeks we've been transforming the kitchen lighting from a three bar light over the sink, and ceiling fan...


To a single bulb in the center of the room (the light over the sink was attached to the wood valence).

And last post, I left you with this mid-work-huge-mess-picture:
Note that if you decide to rewire your kitchen in the dark (his hours don't leave us with a ton of daylight), you should stand a light up like the one pictured instead of wearing a headlamp and running around the house with just it on.  You know, so the neighbors don't think you have burglars and call the cops-- because then you have to deal with them showing up at the door asking tons of questions.  Not that WE had anything like that happen...


Let me just tell you, rewiring the ceiling in a old house where you can't access the wiring from above is a pain.  And messy.  And sometimes scary.  Throughout this project, we've discovered knob and tube wiring, cloth wiring, and 80's no-ground wiring (wired in some CRAZY ways) all in the same room.

My sweet husband though, fisherman that he is.  He fished wired through the ceiling, through the walls, down the basement, figured out which wires were coming out of where, organized the breaker box... it's been a big job.  It's taken some time since we've been doing it all on our own around the kids, birthdays, holidays, call schedules, etc.  So it's a good thing that neither of us gets too bent out of shape over a mess, or I'd have pulled my hair out by now, BUT I'm happy to tell you all that the wires are run for the kitchen lights!



So- remember- old house, no access?  Yes.  We have a few extra holes in the ceiling.  It's not going to be a problem though, because now that the wires are all in place, we'll be working on putting a bead board ceiling up to hide them.  So, that's where we are right now.  We (eh erm, he) still has to wire the light in the pantry, and run a separate wire to the microwave and refrigerator, and put the under cabinet lighting in, but these projects are small compared to how much work the ceiling lighting was.  So we're trucking along.  Slow, and steady- but progress is progress, and I'm so proud of all the fishing the hubs has done for us so far.


Talk to you soon,

3 comments:

  1. Hey Kayla, it's looking great. I've been through years of remodeling and a lot of stand stills. We started an electric project years ago and got half way through and never got to the part of getting the wiring finished in the ceiling. Life (money) got in the way. Oh' well one day right? I can't wait to see your finished kitchen.

    Have a fun weekend. Hugs… Tracy@CottonPickinCute

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  2. I love seeing that the great progress in your kitchen renovation. I just hope that the renovation will be successful, even though it’s been really slow. Anyway, I’ll be waiting for more of your updates. :)

    - Chase Conely -

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  3. Glad to hear that the electrical wiring in your house was already fixed. It's best to make sure that the wires in your house are in good condition and that they are properly installed. Anyway, it's convenient to have a husband who knows how to do repairs around the house. You're lucky, Kayla!

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