Let There Be Light (Part 2) (AKA: More Flush Mounts That Don't Suck)

Hi everyone! I hope that you had a great weekend. I am starting to see my friends post "first-day-of-school" pics to Facebook and CANNOT believe that the summer is coming to a close! The past three months have absolutely FLOWN by.  Although the end of summer is always sad, it means that we are heading to one of my favorite times of year - FOOTBALL SEASON! Matt and I love going to the games to cheer on the Texans, my alma maters (Go Coogs! and Go Gators!) and Matt's alma mater (Gig'em Johnny Football!). The tailgates, the friends and family, the atmosphere, the weather...ahh yes people, I seriously have a hard time thinking of a better way to spend my weekends!!! And the beginning of football season is always so exciting because it is filled with anticipation, hope and visions of your teams (professional, college and fantasy) kicking butt and taking home the championship that year! There are only 19 days until kick-off...IT'S (almost) GAMEDAY! So now back to the blog. After my last post, I received several questions about other flush mount and semi-flush mounts lights that we liked and that satisfied my "NO BOOB LIGHT" criteria. So I have pulled together 16 other lights that we considered during the whittling down process (and in my humble opinion, that don't suck):
 

1. ELK Lighting Flush Mount Ceiling Light

2. Eurofase Lighting Senze Flush Mount Ceiling Light

3. ELK Lighting Adamson Flush Mount Ceiling Light

4. Intermediate Schoolhouse Semi Flush Mount Ceiling Light

5. Crystorama Majestic Historic Brass Semi-Flush Ceiling Light

6. Golden Lighting Cerchi Semi Flush Ceiling Light

7. Steven & Chris Morocco Flush Mount Ceiling Light

8. Bento Chrome Semi Flush Ceiling Light

9. Varaluz Pinwheel Flush Mount Ceiling/Wall Light

10. Crystorama Lighting Vanderbilt Semi-Flush Ceiling Light

11. Astro 3-light Chrome Semi-flushmount Ceiling Light

12. Fine Art Lamps Costa Del Sol Flush Mount Ceiling Light

13. Feiss Marcella Semi Flush Mount Ceiling

14. Inca Collection Flush Mount Ceiling Light

15. JVI Designs Murray Hill Flush Mount Ceiling Light

16. Kichler Jardine Semi Flush Ceiling Mount

 

Check here if you want to see the flush mount and semi-flush mount lights that we picked out. Oh, and here is some other super exciting news about the house:

 

 

That's right folks! If all goes as planned, we should be moving into the house in 30 days!!! Happy days, oh happy days! All we have left is to finish the paint and floors and to install all the fixtures (lights, faucets, toilets, etc.).  We gave our 30-day notice to the apartment today, so there is no turning back now! I'll keep you posted as the countdown continues. Please send good thoughts our way that we get this job done. I officially have 30 days to choreograph my SUPER DUPER HAPPY DANCE, which will be on full display for the world to see when those moving vans arrive! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!

 



 

Let There Be Light! - Lighting Design for the Casa (Part 1)

Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope that you are having a great week so far. We are trucking along on the house and have finally ordered all of our light fixtures! Woohoo!!! There is something about ordering the lights that makes me feel like we are getting close to completing this beast of a project (please sweet baby Jesus let it be so!!!!). Although it took a year of wading through thousands of options, picking out the light fixtures has been a blast! In my view, light fixtures are just like a good pair of glitzy chandelier earrings...they are a super fun accessory that can add some serious glamor to a room. And bringing some girly glam to the casa was very important to me because the tan/cream/bronze color scheme that we have selected for the first floor could very easily turn the house into a "Super Masculine Mancave" (my husband's ultimate fantasy) if I didn't force down Matt's throat add these pops of bling to each room. However, it took so long to pick the fixtures because of two major restrictions we have at the house. The first restriction is beyond our control...we have 8 foot ceilings. This makes life tricky because Matt and I are both fairly tall (6'1" and 5'9.5"), so there are several places in the house where we need fixtures that sit somewhat close to the ceiling (basically everywhere that a light isn't over a table or in the stairwell) so that we don't knock our cabezas every time we walk through the house. Unfortunately, I have discovered that "flush mount light" actually translates to "ugly as hell" in most languages. Which brings us to my second restriction, which is 100% self-imposed...NO BOOB LIGHTS!!!!!

 

 

Please don't get me wrong, I have nothing against ta-tas that are attached to a gals chest...however, I take serious issue to boobs that are attached to my ceiling. Maybe its boob envy, but I just don't like the idea of making our ceilings have a better figure than me! So after several hours of scrolling through multiple website, here are the flush mounts that have made the cut:

 

1. Visual Comfort Small Basil Flush Mount (for the Wrapping Closet) 

2. Pottery Barn Capiz Flushmount (for the Light Blue Bedroom)

3. Cone Shape Matte Silver Flushmount Ceiling Chandelier (for the Guest Bathroom)

4. Maxim Lighting Hi-Bay 2-Light Flush Mount (for the Study)

5. Quoizel Josslyn Flush Mount (for the Laundry Room)

6. Savoy House Alsace 3 Light Semi-Flush in Reclaimed Wood (for the Living Room)

 

The first five lights are either chrome or polished nickle because they go upstairs where we have grey walls and white trim in the Guest Bathroom, Study and Laundry Room, robin egg blue walls and white trim in the Light Blue Room, and bright pink walls, white trim and yellow ceiling in the Wrapping Closet (although Matt thinks that I am nuts, but it's super cute and my one Über girly room in the joint).  The light for the Living Room is wood and oil rubbed bronze, which hopefully will look pretty with the cream/tan walls and dark trim.  I cannot wait to see what these guys look like installed! That's all for now. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!!!

 

Stop by here if you want to see some more funfilled "Non-Boob-Light" fixtures.

 

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