Help! I need intervention!

David asked me tonight if we were building the space shuttle. Apparently I've bought too many lights. But he's the one that thinks we need three lights in the kitchen, each with 3 bulbs! Here are two of the three lights (without the glass). They are hanging from the trusses with bungie chords while we argue over whether they should be over the walking space as general light (me) or bunched over the island as task lights (David).

Having no idea what we wanted when we started looking at the lights, and the difficulty of looking at the lights in boxes, has resulted in numerous trips to Hudsons (Gulfport, Gautier, and a wild goose chase to Mobile). And just when I think I am done, I think of a place I can put that "xyz" light. The selection is somewhat limited, but there are only 6 or so brands, so we have been able to find some "families" of lights. It's probably costing 50% more to get lights 4x nicer than what we would have! (Well, except for the ten $13 lights I bought for under the house on sale for $5.)

Here is one impulse buy - Minka Lavery Aston Court. We have 4 matching wall sconces for the 1/2 bath and stairs. We will probably order 1 more on-line.



















We didn't plan the carriage lights in time - they really should go to the side of the parking openings (can't have garage doors, part of our "enclosure" battle). It would mess up the stucco, so they'll be mounted centered over the openings. These were an impulse buy during lunch a couple of weeks ago. And will cost a bit since we decided to get matching lights for the front door. But wait, on another impulse trip to the Gautier Hudsons today, I found a smaller version of the light, so now we only need to buy 1!


This is the light I went for - Susan (my sister-in-law) gave us the good advice to match the glass color throughout. But we ended up with beige in the front entry and white alabaster in the kitchen. So what to put over the dining room table? Why, stained glass, of course! My thinking is that it is different enough from the beige and the white to not clash with either. Ok, so it will be an eclectic house, but that suits us.

As for the rest of the house - David is finally working on electrical. I think most of the framing mistakes have been fixed. And our decking arrived yesterday - gotta love the high tech delivery. Luckily none of the boards broke.

I'm not sure how the pictures will look in this post - they look one way when I compose & preview, and totally different when it's posted. Oh well, you get the picture! :)

Gotta go - I just remembered that there's a Hudson's in Picayune. Maybe they'll have that other carriage light, or the funky vanity light that will match the master bath lights...........