Adventures in Light Fixtures

After more than two years, Russell and I decided it was time to spring for one - maybe even two light fixtures. On our first every shopping trip we managed to procure one large light fixture for our kitchen area, so its not like we've been living completely without light - the apartment even came with light fixtures in the toilet and shower areas. We've managed just fine with those three sources of light.

Sure, its a little dark in the winter, but not so bad...

Today we had some time to kill downtown, so we decided to peruse the fixtures at the local electronics mega-store. The key reason we never settle on a fixture for the living room is that the fixture has to hang from an already low-hanging beam- dangerous for Russells. The fixture in our bedroom is right next to the beam, so all the wide fixtures available won't fit. We either needed a hanging one (which would be too low) or a super skinny fixture. We gave up after a while.

Today we finally found a fixture that was both relatively low profile, skinny, and as a bonus, light. Even if he does hit the light, we figured Russell would have a sporting chance. Unfortunately, there was only one fixture in the store, but we figured one was better than none. We bought it and headed home.

We hung it in the living room and it worked perfectly. That is, until we tried to turn it off for the evening. Where was the light switch? We have now determined that we need to buy one of the "comes with a remote" lights for the living room. Thankfully the fixture was skinny enough that it will fit in the bedroom.

Getting a hot lightbulb out of a skinny fixture while turned on proved to be a scalding experience, but necessary in order to get the fixture down. Eventually we unscrewed the light bulb with a towel. Things were easier from there.

So the living room is now dark again, but we can see every nook and cranny in the bedroom.