The past weeks husband Pieter has worked very hard. As Rebecca from A Gathering of Thoughts would call her husband being a 'worker bee', mine for sure is one too!
We'd ordered three white ceiling fans from Wayfair a zillion things home, I've done some Giveaways from them previously. I'd ordered from them before but this time they did excel in everything. First off, our Minka Aire Supra 44" Energy Star ceiling fan in white, with a blade pitch of 14° came with FREE shipping and at a great price. We decided to replace the Minka Aire Chantal Fortepierre 52" in medium maple with a blade pitch of 14° that was in our bedroom, with this white one. It was not available last year (from another company). So we were thrilled to find it here. I went ahead and ordered another smaller one for the kitchen in a 32" white and also for the office; all FREE shipping!
Pieter first moved the medium maple to our living room. There was no wiring yet but by getting up on the attic he did divert a wire from the lamp in the living room and got it hung. He also moved the lamp closer to the fireplace, as we can safely move our furniture closer, since we no longer use wooden logs but artificial gas logs.
Our Energy Star Minka Aire 52" Chantal Fortepierre medium maple in the living room now.
That was the first ceiling fan project completed! I was mighty proud of Pieter, as this is the first time since his open heart surgery on September 3 of 2010, that he's done such kind of jobs. It was hot on the attic too and there is no floor. He had to balance on the red cedar beams and feeling his way underneath the fluffy white cellulose insulation. But it worked out well and one by one they got hung. By the way, Pieter's education in Horticultural Engineering included designing buildings. He's managed to do all the ducting; wiring; plumbing; masonry and carpentering for our Rose Suite, where he could put to use all he'd ever learned. For the Dutch Government he'd designed the first practical training college for mushroom growing and later he designed for Campbell's Soup the two state of the art Dutch technology mushroom plants in Dudley, Georgia and Hillsboro, Texas. Numerous other projects he got involved in as international consultant. BUT, since he's retired he's ALL MINE... And I do treasure this guy! They don't come around any better...
This is the Master bedroom with the new Energy Star Minka Aire 44" Supra from Wayfair. Both of us are very energy conscious, for keeping our planet Green we are Going Green.
We did have a problem with the glass and made a photo of the damaged part. Through Wayfair's customer service that got resolved in such a way that in a couple of days an entire new fan arrived!
All three of those Supra 44" come with a 14 degree blade pitch
With the fans came natural wooden knobs for the pull chains... Clever idea from Pieter to spray paint them white while sticking them onto plastic forks!
This 32" Minka Aire ceiling fan hangs in the office, right above me... There was a lamp, like in the Rose Suite so the wiring was all there.
And finally the one in our kitchen. There was no wiring, but my handyman got it done by dividing an existing wire and creating one for this 32" Minka Aire Supra ceiling fan.
With the fans came natural wooden knobs for the pull chains... Clever idea from Pieter to spray paint them white while sticking them onto plastic forks!
This 32" Minka Aire ceiling fan hangs in the office, right above me... There was a lamp, like in the Rose Suite so the wiring was all there.
And finally the one in our kitchen. There was no wiring, but my handyman got it done by dividing an existing wire and creating one for this 32" Minka Aire Supra ceiling fan.
It feels great when cooking with this fan running; quite a joy. It served me well a while ago when preparing our supper!
In our bathroom, laundry room and in the gazebo we got this Westinghouse Wengue 30 inch and it has a steep 18° blade pitch.
How many degree is the blade pitch on your ceiling fan(s)?
P.J.C. Vedder's 1987 Design for NEW COMPOSTING SYSTEM (Phase I) | post explaining Pieter's education
Great makeover Marie!
ReplyDeleteI wish you a pleasant Wednesday:)
Ben maar zuinig op die lieve man van je!
ReplyDeleteDearest Mariette
ReplyDeleteAren't you blessed to have a husband like that!
As for your YSL post, how exciting that must have been! Believe it or not (what a peculiar coincidence) I've studied fashion design for three years too! I've always been very fond of the french couturiers.
As for the story you mailed me I haven't read it yet - I'm going to sit down with it and give it proper time (been busy lately). AND... I'll be off to the post office within the next few days.
Thanks so much for your sweet note on Gods Little People today.
Love from Joan
Liebe Mariette,
ReplyDeleteich kann mir vorstellen, dass Dein Gatte sehr viel Arbeit hatte.
Die Ventilatoren sind aber wirklich wunderschön. Vor allen Dingen der im Wohnzimmer gefällt mir ausgesprochen gut.
Liebe Abendgrüße sendet
Irmi
Liebe Mariette,
ReplyDeletesehr schön sehen die weissen Deckenventilatoren aus. Wir haben auch ähnliche, allerdings ganz einfache, die wir mal über eBay bestellt haben. In diesem Jahr kam mein Ventilator noch nicht zum Einsatz. Das brauchen wir hier erst, wenn es tagelang extrem heiß ist. Denn unser Haus ist ziemlich kühl, was im Sommer von Vorteil ist. Aber bei 4 Wochen durchgehender Hitze wie im letzten Jahr, kommen wir auch nicht mehr umhin ...
Deinen Mann muß ich auch bewundern! So eine schwere Arbeit! Wie schön, daß er sich wieder so gut erholt hat!
Danke auch noch für Deinen lieben Kommentar. Wenn es bei Blogger Kommentarprobleme gibt, wie auch Bilduploadprobleme, geht es mit Google Chrome bisher immer. Es sieht so aus, als wenn Google alles nur noch auf ihre Eigenmarke abstellen ;-)
Liebe Grüße
Sara
E bravo il tuo maritino!e brava anche tu che pensi al pianeta,baci,Rosetta
ReplyDeleteYou new ceiling fans look great!! Your husband Pieter sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI hope you two had a wonderful Wednesday :-)
Oh, you two really are SO talented!!! Gorgeous ceiling fans.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be a busy Thursday for me. Have a good evening and supper♡♡♡
Hugs, Orchid.
Dear Mariette,
ReplyDeleteYour new ceiling fans look fabulous and will keep you cool in summer.
You and Pieter are so very talented and I always like seeing what you are doing.
Hope that you are enjoying the weekend
Hugs
Carolyn