Darrel really has been the king of getting stuff done around the house lately. Tonight he installed a new smoke detector and replaced the light in the entry way. We're pretty sure the smoke detector that was here was original to the house (yikes!); so now there's a new on in the hall way AND one downstairs which didn't have one at all.
The entry way light was just plain ugly so I'm pretty happy to see it go.
The final picture is our new dining room light. Darrel installed this before Chrismtas but I have not posted a picture of it yet. We are estatic with how much light it puts out. The old fixture only had a single bulb and pointed down, emitting a focused triangle of light and leaving the corners of the room dark. The new fixture makes the room glow and makes it feel much more homey.If you are wondering what is happening with the chairs... Darrel had a GENIUS idea for keeping Eric from climbing and going on the table. We were putting all the chairs up on the table after every meal but Darrel brought in these bungee cords and wrapped them around the chairs. They are on tight enough that Eric can't pull the chairs out. Hooray! (But not too tight for an adult to get them off.) Eric was not impressed with this at all. There's a certain sense of satisfaction, call it smugness, at being able to out-thunk a toddler. :) Way to go honey!
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Are we taking bets on how long it will take Munchkin to figure out how to get the bungees off? Maybe with help from his big brother? :-)
Your new lighting is beautiful! It's so fun to spruce up the house with something so "quick and easy" (that is, if you're not the one doing the sprucing!). Way to go on outsmarting a toddler - not an easy task!
I think that is the same light we are putting in our kitchen nice to see things aren't so different province to province.
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