The Failed Perfectionist

I may be a chemical engineer, but apparently I’m still capable of changing out a light fixture.  The hideous yellow hanging thing in the kitchen had to go because everyone kept walking into it.  The lumpy shade was also cracked, and it was held up with some classy rope and twist ties.

Here’s what it looked like half-uninstalled:        Pretty scary, but not all that difficult to unscrew the old wires and fixture and insert a new one.  Luckily, I picked a new one up at rejuvenation in portland a few weekends back (http://www.rejuvenation.com/ ) which was an awesome store by the way.  I got two other fixtures; one for over the sink with two lights that has 4 connection wires and may be beyond my level of expertise.

The other one is to replace the fluorescent chicklet of doom (not to be confused with the altoids more commonly found in dorm rooms at the UR.)  I have yet to actually pull that one down to see how it’s attached and whether the new one will fit under it.   So yesterday was just to replace the icky yellow hanging 70s thing.  And I did, and this is how the new one looks.

Notice how the stripe on the light fixture matches the stripe in the tile (!)  And doesn’t look to anachronistic like the ikea light over the sink.  I found out it’s from ikea because that was the label on the instructions I found over the sink.

That and some ongoing linen closet painting and such was my saturday.  The lawncare has also been overwhelming since I wait too long between mowing and weeding.  Yay weekend-not much other news, I’ll go back to unpacking now