illumination

My parents have a motto of sorts.
It came from the winter they finished our basement. On their own.
"How long could it take?"

We've been replacing light fixtures. This house could have won an award for the ugliest lights.

But replacing them takes a lot more work than we had counted on.
Between countless trips to Lowes to get the right parts, removing electrical boxes, installing new ones, and sawing through unidentified metal beams... well, let's just say I'm SO glad I married a man who doesn't swear.

The bedroom paint is still on our list. Hopefully this week we'll get to it. All of our other projects are taking so much longer than we'd planned on.
How long can it take, really?



Somehow, though, all the hard work makes the finished projects so much more satisfying.
Illuminating.