We met with Steve, our architect this week, saying we thought we had made most of the major decisions on the house. Could he think of anything we missed? Yes, said he, you might want to think about lighting. Groan. In fact, it wasn’t that bad. He had some suggestions, mainly recessed lighting, and would draw up a possible plan.
It turns out we weren’t all that sure what recessed lighting was, so we looked at some pictures on the internet, and I turned to one of our most valuable resources. I phoned my daughter.
She and Torben had installed recessed lighting in their house when they remodeled a year or so ago, so I asked her how she liked it. She immediately used her iPhone to send pictures of her kitchen with just the recessed lighting on (top picture), and all the lights, including the under cabinet lighting and hanging lights (bottom picture), so we could see for ourselves how effective the recessed lighting was. I love it, but Andy will make the final decision, based on how much of our solar-generated power it would take, etc. I’m relaxed. Thanks to Kaitlin, I’ve done my part. And am free again for a while. 🙂
It still blows me away how much she and Torben have helped, and how effective their iPhones are at immediately giving us the information we need. What are some of your precious resources?
Modern technology sure makes life much easier to live than say a decade ago. I have been exchanging some drafts with a colleague deep in the south via email which would have been frustrating some years ago even with fax and copier machines. I am seriously considering buying a tablet soon.
The recessed lighting sure looks pleasing to the eyes.
Our lighting is florescent lights on the ceiling, covered by fiberglass set between the beams, which covers the light fixtures. The rooms with this are x-tra bright.
My only precious resources are my books.
Communication technology certainly makes life easier for me too.
technology…it keeps growing, so many choices
not just iphone/’net but also lighting 🙂
Rummuser,
Yes, modern technology does make a lot more things possible. Recessed lighting is great for our aged eyes. Apparently at age 60 we need 15 times as much light as youngsters of 10 do. Who knows how much we need now. (A lot!) 😀
gail,
That’s another way of getting plenty of light.
Evan,
When I was a kid books were one of my most precious resources too. I still love and use them.
Cathy,
It is an education to see what changes there have been in lighting, sinks, faucets, etc. Who would have guessed?
I expect we do not even think about certain objects until we are forced to purchase…and then find so many different models/brands of them all.
I just purchased a lawnmower – I never have as a woman done that. I guess ex-DH purchased the one we owned together. I remember it was difficult to use…so I have purchased simple, electric with wheels! I went to a Mega store and they had quite a lot of brands…quite a lot of prices as well 🙂