Get Real 2013

Next time I am thinking how it is totally fine to put all white sofas and big important art everywhere, please remind me that I have three kids who do projects like this all over my house . . .

This guy and his teammates are soooo way better than any of that designer jazz!  Happy New Year troublemakers!

Let there be light!

One of the most lovely features of this old place is the great windy staircase that goes three floors up but . . .

When we were considering buying our home, it never struck me to test drive the light fixtures which dotted their way up the staircase. Nor did any of the 28,000 inspectors we paid to check the joint out.  Remind me of to do this next time.

NO WAIT!!!  THERE WILL NEVER BE A NEXT TIME. I forgot . . .

When we moved in, we learned that each and every single wall fixture was manually operated!  That meant that when we wanted to turn the lights on or off, we had to mountain goat it all the way up and down three floors flipping switches.

My culo was killing me every night hoofing it. And Mr. G was none too happy and getting gripey.  Non mi piace. E il problema.

So this summer we had the entire stairwell ripped apart and rewired - BIG PROJECT - by true star John Hakewill  of Hakewill Construction who managed this disaster whilst we were on holiday.  And after waiting 8 LONG months (like a voting line in Florida - the design industry is a lead time case study waiting to happen), our new Ironies sconces arrived and we have one switch lighting on every floor. Wheeeeeee!