Saturday, June 30, 2012

New House Blog: Episode XXII - It's Easy Being Green

Greetings, friends, families, followers, and well-wishers.  This Episode is going to be another short Episode.  Let's get right into the house work.

Mirror

We hung a new mirror in the upstairs bathroom.  This mirror looks a lot like the mirror in the downstairs 1/2 bath, but it is a different mirror.  Picture are below.

The new mirror, mounted
Painting

We also completed the painting of the upstairs bathroom.  The color is hereby revealed to be called Apple Orchard, and we think it is an apt description, as some apples are green, and there's enough green in this bathroom to cover a lot of apples.  Unofficially, the color is known among us as Froggy Green, for reasons that will become clear later in this Episode.  Pictures is below.

That's some good-lookin' green.

Why is the shower head missing?
































Shower Curtain

We also replaced the shower curtain and curtain hangars.  The froggy shower curtain hangars greatly influenced the color choice for this bathroom.  Pictures am below.

The overall effect

Green froggy curtain hangars and green froggy paint





































That's it for this Episode.  Stay tuned for more exciting action and adventure to come.

Short and to the
   bIsh

Sunday, June 24, 2012

New House Blog: Episode XXI - Vain Vanity

Welcome back.  This is Episode XXI - Vain Vanity.  We will be talking about vanity-related things in this Episode, but first a brief update on a couple of items.  The first update regards the blank planting area by the sidewalk.  You will recall that in this Episode we mentioned that we scattered both moss rose and poppy seeds in this area, just so we would have something growing there.  New sprouts have emerged!  Some of them are not yet positively identified, but many of them are confirmed to be poppy sprouts.  Pictures will be forthcoming when the sprout are bigger.  The second update is regarding our property value.  We figure that the work we've done so far has raised our house's resale value by at least $517.00 over what we paid for it.

Thank you, Amy, for helping us out at our house again.  As a reminder, all who are geographically local are welcome, and invited, to come help us out with our new house and, or with moving into our new house.

Vanity Part 1


No, we're not talking about a bathroom vanity, yet, although this type of vanity is often seen in bathrooms.  We're talking about a mirror, something that can be used to increase one's vanity.  The mirror in question was recently hung in the 1/2 bath, above the new vanity (in this case, the cabinet thingy that holds up the sink).  Our new mirror measures about 24" x 30".  See it below.

Our new mirror

What's that in the background?









































As you may have noticed in the 2nd picture, the mirror is not the only recent addition to the 1/2 bath.  Scroll down to get a better view of what is in the mirror.

It's a new cabinet

And now the inside view









































Vanity Part 2


Speaking of bathroom vanity, good lighting in the bathroom also helps to confirm or increase one's vanity, so we replaced the light fixture (such as it was) in the upstairs bathroom.  To do this required first removing, but not defenstrating, the medicine cabinet, because the old light fixture and the medicine cabinet are one.  See the picture below.

Is that another color of paint in the reflection?
The 5 black holes in the picture are where the 5 light bulbs were.  This unit was mounted to the wall by two long screws that were merely screwed into the drywall, no anchors used.  Have I yet mentioned that whoever worked on this house previously apparently did not believe in drywall anchors?

As suspected, there was no junction box for mounting a light fixture, since the light fixture was part of the medicine cabinet.  This lack of junction box necessitated an OSH run (the OSH is a little closer than Home Depot to the house) to pick up a box, some romex, wire nuts, and snazzy yellow electrical tape.  We needed the romex because in-wall romex was cut quite short, the black and white wires spliced to the light's wires were old and crackly, and the ground wire from the romex had been cut all the way back to the housing.  In short, it was a mess that needed straightening out.  Finding the in-wall romex and mounting the new box required cutting a sizable hole in the wall.  Fortunately, I am not afraid to cut holes in walls, and I have become quite adept at basic drywall repair.  (As a side note, we have almost used up our 2nd tub of joint compound.)  The new box was mounted to the stud, the new romex was properly spiced (including the ground wire this time), the hole was patched, the wall around it was painted, and the new fixture was mounted.  The story is also told in the pictures below.

Not too many extra nail holes here

The new box and old wires

The new box, new romex, and yellow electrical tape

This was a somewhat complex shape to cut out.

The new light fixture, in the OFF position

And in the ON position
Vanity Part 3


This is where we talk about the cabinet thingy that holds up the sink in the upstairs bathroom.  In short, we replaced it and its related plumbing.  This was a pretty straightforward job, and everything went together correctly the first time.  It doesn't always work out that way, and we're quite thankful when it does.  Also, the inlet pipes did not have much build-up in them, which was a nice discovery.  The vanity and sink came out, the old vanity was defenstrated (but not the sink), the inlet pipes and shutoff valves were replaced, new inlet hoses were attached, the new vanity was put in place and anchored to the wall, the new sink was mounted, a new faucet was installed, and new drain pipes were connected.  As with the 1/2 bath, we painted behind the new vanity before installing it.  Unlike the 1/2 bath, however, the vanity in the upstairs full bath has two working drawers.  It is also a bit wider than the vanity in the 1/2 bath.  No new mirror has yet been hung in the upstairs bathroom.  See the progress below.

The old vanity and sink

With top and inlet hoses removed

Old valves and old wall repair
New pipes and valves, and some old cracks

That's a lot o' green

Almost perfectly level on the first try

The finished product
We chose a two-knob faucet for this bathroom, rather than a single-action unit.  We chose a high arch in-part because we like the high arch of the kitchen faucet.  Unlike the kitchen and 1/2 bath faucets, this unit is not a Price Pfister.  One interesting thing we've discovered with both of the Price Pfister faucets we've installed is that the hot water pressure is noticeably less than the cold water pressure (but still adequate for our needs) when it comes out of the taps.  The pressure is equal in the pipes and inlet hoses, but it is non-equal after going through the faucets.  We're not sure why this is so.  Do any of you have any possible insight into this behavior?  Our new upstairs bathroom faucet has equal pressure for both hot and cold water.

Also, for those who still might not be clear on the matter, this Episode is the first in which we have shown new paint that is any shade of green.  Can you guess which green this is?


Bonus Question


Here's a bonus question: what color will the below paint be after it has been properly stirred?


Good night, and good
   bIsh

Thursday, June 21, 2012

New House Blog: Episode XIIX - Reefer Madness

Yes, that is a legitimate Roman Numeral notation for 18 (Don't you just love the visual symmetry?)  And no, we're not talking about that kind of reefer.  One thing we are talking about is our new refrigerator, or reefer for short.  Most people would just use fridge for short, but I'm partial to reefer - it rolls off the tongue better.  Also new to this Episode is our dishwasher.

There is something from the previous Episode that must be cleared up before we go on - at least one person seems to be under the impression that the 1/2 bath and the laundry room were painted with the same paint color, and that this paint changes from cream to green to purple, depending on the lighting conditions.  It may not have been stated clearly before, so we are saying it now for all to read: the 1/2 bath is painted the color February Frost, which looks either bluish or purplish, depending on lighting conditions.  The laundry room is a different color that has not yet been named.  The laundry room shares its color with another room in the house, and as we are not done painting that room we are not yet revealing the name of that paint color (except to people who come to our house in-person to help us out).  I don't know how green came into this at all.  None of the colors revealed so far is a shade of green.  Hopefully this clears up the matter. :)

Reefer

We like to eat food, and we like to save food for later eating.  A refrigerator is good for this purpose.  We also like to have cold things to eat and/or drink.  A reefer is good for this, too.  We now have a refrigerator in our house, and we are already putting it to use.  Our reefer is a Kenmore model that was highly rated in Consumer Reports.  Ours is not the exact model mentioned in CR, but it is the same series and should be comparable to the model that was rated in CR.  We intentionally chose a reefer without a water/ice dispenser in the door.  The reasons for this include: there is no water line anywhere near where the reefer is, we generally don't use ice in our beverages, the water/ice dispenser takes up a lot of useful space in the reefer door.  The style we chose is called French Door.  This means that the fridge portion is on top and has two doors that swing outward; and the freezer portion is on the bottom as a deep, pull-out drawer.  See it for yourself.
It's bigger in-person.

Side View
 If you look closely you can see some paint behind the reefer. :)  Also, this may not be the final orientation of the reefer.  We are kind of limited as to where we can put it, and we're still deciding on which way it will face.
The spacious interior












Also seen in this photo is the pantry we brought from the apartment, and if you look closely you can see the box with our new microwave (also a Kenmore).



















Dishwasher

Also on our list of needed appliances was a dishwasher.  Unlike the other appliances, however, our dishwasher is not a Kenmore - it is a Bosch.  This is based on the Consumer Reports recommendation, and we again don't recall the exact model number (I think it has a 55 in it somewhere).  Before browsing the CR issue in question I did not know that Bosch made dishwashers: I only knew of them as an auto parts maker.  But CR has not steered us wrong yet, so we got a Bosch.  Like the other appliances, we bought it as Sears, and they delivered it.  We learned that Sears will hook up most household appliances, but they will not hook up a dishwasher.  After doing it ourselves we now understand Sears' point of view on the matter.  Connecting a dishwasher involves a lot of steps, and it can reveal previously-unknown-but-should-have-suspected problems with a house's plumbing.

Here's what happened to us. After connecting the water hose to the dishwasher shutoff valve under the sink we turned on the valve so that we could flush the line out.  No, we did not have it flowing out onto the floor - we had the hose in a bucket - but we could have left the hose on the floor, because no water came out of the hose at all.  Dishwashers need water, and this lack of flow was unexpected, but not surprising.  We removed the shutoff valve and the inlet pipe after turning off the house water yet again (how many more times will we need to turn off the house water main before we move in?).  It was completely blocked (not unlike a blocked artery) with rust and crud, and I should have taken a picture of it.  This arterial-like blockage explained why no water had flowed when we turned the valve on.  The blockage was cleared, a new copper section of pipe was installed, and a new shutoff valve was added.  Thankfully, we had the parts on hand and did not have to make a Home Depot run; and (also thankfully) everything went together the first time with no leaks, water flowed when turned on, and all went smoothly from that point on in the install.  As with the food waste disposal, the dishwasher did not include the power cord.  Also as with the food waste disposal, the manufacturer conveniently sells a kit that includes the power cord and all needed accessories for connecting said power cord (Sears sold us the kit when we bought the dishwasher).  We ran a test cycle to make sure the thing works, and it does and it is a lot quieter than the unit in our apartment.  Enough talking - show us the pictures already!

Um, hmmm...  It seems I forgot to take a picture of the unit after it was installed.  However, we do have some pictures of it pre-installation, and a couple photos of the watery connections.  Here is a link that shows what it looks like, but it is not a picture the exact same model as ours.

Look at all of those instructions.

The installation instructions said to lay the unit on its back for some of the steps.  It was installed upright, however.
Another angle

The shiny new pipe and shutoff valve

No flooding here!
















Unlike the previous owners/residents, we did remove the waste disposal drain blocker when we connected the dishwasher drain hose.















I think that's enough talking for this Episode.  More fun and adventure is still to come.

Why are so many words in italics?
   bIsh

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

New House Blog: Episode XVII - A Is For Appliances

That's right.  The appliances have come and some are connected and operational.  In this Episode we will be talking about the delivered, operational appliances.  Other appliances will be discussed as they arrive and/or are fully connected and operational.  But there is more to turning a house into a home than just adding appliances (or so I'm told); a home also needs a stereo system of some sort.

Stereo

We finally have a real stereo system set up in our house.  Of course, with no rack and no shelves set up yet the stereo setup is temporary, but it is sufficient for providing music.  It's nice to be able to turn up the volume and not worry about neighbors complaining (can't turn things up too loud when you share walls with other people).  Here's a picture of our stereo, which comes from Bish's pre-marriage days.  What components can you identify?  Can you tell what brands they are?  Can you guess which item was donated to Bish and not purchased by him?  Here's a hint: the oldest component is about 20 years old; the least old is probably about 15 years old (not counting the cables, of course).  Here's another hint: Bish did not get any extended warranties with any of it and it's all still going strong today.  See for yourself.

It's old, but it still sounds great.
Appliances

The appliances we're discussing in this Episode are the washer and dryer.  Our house came with no washer or dryer, and we really don't fancy the idea of washing our clothes in the river and beating them dry on the rocks.  The best option, or so it seemed to us at the time, was to purchase a new washer and dryer.  So we did just that.  Based on Consumer Reports' high ratings of the Kenmore brand, in general, we chose a matching set of Kenmore washer and dryer.  We don't recall the exact model number right now, but they include fancy blue LED lighting and a display indicating the estimated time until cycle completion.  On delivery day we hauled over our laundry so that we could take care of that while working on the house.  It's been a challenge, lately, to find the time to do laundry while we're spending so much time at our house, or blogging about our house.  You might not be able to tell from the pictures, but they are very quiet while operating.  They are also very quiet when powered down.

Of course, what plumbing-related job would be complete without an unanticipated surprise?  That's right - we had an issue that prevented the delivery crew from connecting the washer and testing it out.  The shutoff valves for the hot and cold water (for the washer, not the dryer) were too corroded to make a good seal with the water hoses.  Another trip to Home Depot.  While there we also picked up some additional cans of paint.  Thankfully, this repair job went very smoothly and quickly and we were able to connect up the hoses and verify no leaking.  The laundry commenced.  Below are some pictures.

The old, corroded shutoff valves

Did we mention the lack of electrical lighting in the laundry room?  This is not an accurate rendtion of the wall's paint color.



The shiny, new shutoff valves
A peek behind the washer

This peek behind the washer shows a relatively accurate rendition of the color of the laundry room.







L to R - The dryer and the washer in operation

One might think that the washer should be to the left of the dryer, but this order was necessary due to the locations of the various connections.





Painting Update

When I was a kid and we painted our house I did not get to use a roller.  And when we painted my grandma's house I did not get to use a roller.  Finally, after all this time, in my own house (our house), I get to use the roller!  Hooray!  And use it I have been.  Becky has been gracious enough to let me do all of the roller work so far (the roller work is the easier, funner work).  We have both been doing brushwork - Becky has done far more of the boring, tedious brushwork than Bish - as well, and we now have two rooms painted - the laundry room and the 1/2 bath - and others in progress.  You've already seen a picture of the painted laundry room in this Episode, and now you get to see the painted 1/2 bath.  We chose a color called February Frost (we chose it based on color, not name), and it looks blueish or purplish, depending on the lighting conditions.  It really is a striking color in-person.  Pictures, as usual.

The vanity taped, before painting

The vanity taped, during painting

The toilet taped, during painting
The light fixture

The ultra low flow toilet

An overview

The vanity and wall

Another overview
And that is going to have to tide you over until the next Episode.  In the meantime, keep those cards and letters coming.

It all comes out in the 
   bIsh

Sunday, June 17, 2012

New House Blog: Episode XVI - Short And Sweet

Welcome to Episode XVI - Short And Sweet.  That's what this Episode is - short and sweet.  It's shorter than usual because of the temporary lack of house-prep time mentioned in the previous Episode, and we only got one thing done in this Episode.  Also, there's only one picture in this Episode. Generally we are only posting about projects that are complete, and we are refraining from talking about projects that are incomplete.

Housework

We painted the laundry room.  We figured it would be best to paint this room before the laundry appliances are delivered.  We're not yet revealing the name of the color because it is a color that is also used in another room that is not painted, yet.  Here is what it looks like.  There is no electric lighting in the laundry room, so it can be difficult to get a good photo, but this is a relatively accurate rendition of colors.  The darker area at the top of the photo is just a shadow - it is not a separate paint color.


Yes we have a chimney in our laundry room.  This is the same chimney you have seen in previous Episodes.  As we have mentioned before, the big room and laundry room were added on to the house some time after it was built, and the chimney was originally on an outside wall.  We like having a chimney in our laundry room. We like having a laundry room. :)

Have you guessed the name of the paint color, yet?  Here's a hint: as with the 1/2 bath color seen in this Episode, the name of the color is not the name we would have used.  Here's a 2nd hint: one of the words in the color's name is an accurate description, but the other word might not be.  Amy does not know the name of this color, so don't bother asking her. :)

Seed Update

So far there are no sprouts from the seeds we scattered.  We have been advised that the bark on the ground was put there to prevent weeds from growing, but our seeds are not weeds and we remain ever optimistic.  The seed packages do mention germination times of one to two weeks.

From tiny seeds grow might
bIsh

New House Blog: Episode XV - Pauses And Plants And 'Ppliances, oh my!

Hello again.  Can you believe it's Episode XV already?  Before you know it we'll be on Episode XVI.  And then on to XVII.  And so on.  And so forth.  How many Episodes might we have?  How high do Roman Numerals go?

Before we get to house business we want to give some thanks and credit to some people who we have not yet mentioned, without whom we would have had a much more difficult experience so far.  We want to thank the kind and generous workers at Home Depot.  They have been consistently kind, courteous, knowledgeable, and generally helpful.  Regardless of which Home Depot we visit we know we will get good service, and that is something that we genuinely greatly appreciate.  We don't visit OSH nearly as much as Home Depot, but the people there seem to be friendly, too.  We also want to thank Paul, from Sears, for his excellent service today (more about Paul and Sears later).  It's easy to take store workers for granted, and to just expect them to always be there and always be helpful, but we must never forget that they, too, are people, and they deserve our gratitude and thanks.

Pauses

Well, not so much a pauses as a slow-down.  Lately we have not been able to spend as much time at our house as we would like, due to an outside commitment we committed to before we knew we would be working on our house at this time - before we had even started house-hunting.  This outside commitment is something that we both enjoy, but it has taken up some valuable house-prepping time.  Since this is our New House Blog, and not our musical blog, we won't say much about it at this time, but here are a couple of pictures to give you and idea of what it might be, and if you want more detail you can visit www.svct.org.



Plants

Landscaping is not high on our priority list right now, and it will probably remain that way until after we have moved in to our house.  However, we do want to have something growing in the blank area by the sidewalk, so we have scattered both moss rose and poppy seeds in that area, and we are watering it every day in the hopes that something grows.  After three days we don't have any sprouts yet, but we remain optimistic.  Here is what the area looks like right now.  If anything grows we will provide pictures.  If nothing grows we may not ever mention it again. :)



'Ppliances

That's not a real word, is it?  Not officially, no.  It is short for Appliances.  Our house came with only two appliances, two of which were discovered to be defective and/or completely non-functional.  Thus, we had a need to acquire some new appliances.  Using Consumer Reports as our main research vehicle, we decided to visit the local Sears to make our final selections and arrange for delivery.  We were helped by the very friendly Paul.  He helped us find the models and options we were looking for, and we were completely done in about two hours (despite his having to enter the order in the computer twice because of an error).  How many of you can say that you got all of your appliances in two hours (including the microwave).  We expect delivery in a couple of days, with the exceptions of the microwave, which we picked up in-store, and the range, which is expected in July.  Based on what you know of us, can you guess what finish we picked, and what options we opted for?  Here's a hint (not necessarily a helpful hint, though) - all of our appliances are electric.

Looking Forward

By now it's pretty obvious that we are painting at least some of the rooms in our house.  As yet we have not showed much of our painting progress.  This is intentional.  We will be showing you painted rooms as they are completed, and possibly revealing the names of the colors so that you can use these same exact colors on your walls (or floors, or cars, or RV's).

If I only had a
   bIsh

Sunday, June 10, 2012

New House Blog: Episode XIIII - All Is Vanity

In this Episode, number XIIII, by the way, we will be talking about our replacement of one bathroom vanity, which took a lot longer than we had anticipated.  Before we get to that, however, we would like to extend another hearty Thanks to the awesome Amy for helping us out again at our house.  Amy now knows the names of two of our paint colors, and we request that she refrain from discussing them for the time being.  We would also like to remind all geographically close friends and/or family that the invitation to help us out is an open invitation that will not expire for quite some time.

Before we get into the actual housework I'd like to take a moment to talk about tools.  But before I talk about tools I'd like to talk about paint.  As you begin to see glimpses of new colors on walls, some of you might make incorrect assumptions about color choices and who picked what.  All we'll say at this time is that if you think the color you see is something Becky would have picked, you're wrong.  Now, let's extend a warm welcome to Bari, the ax, or newest tool team member.  Bari is a standard 36" hickory-handled chopping ax, with a standard 3.5# head.  We could not find any wood-handled axes locally, so we had to order Bari off of Amazon.com.  Here's a posed picture of Bari.  


Bari's name comes from the fact that sometimes saxophones are called axes, and I like the sound of the bari sax.  Bari + ax = Bari the ax.  

Another tool worth mentioning is Becky's not-new, AA battery-powered cordless drill/screwdriver.  It doesn't look like much, and the fact that it's powered by AA batteries would seem to indicate only a limited usefulness, but I continue to be impressed by the amount of torque this little thing can put out.  It has turned out to be very useful on several of the projects we have done, and are doing, at our house.  Here is a picture of it with its included bits, not posed.


But enough about tools, for now.  Let's get on to talking about vanity, or rather, one specific vanity.

Vanity

The cabinet thing that holds the bathroom sink is called a vanity.  We don't know why; that's just what it's called.  We recently undertook to replace the small, plain, white vanity in our 1/2 bath.  This job turned out to have a lot more steps than anticipated, and it took a while to complete.  We also decided to replace the faucet and all of the leaky plumbing connected to the bathroom sink.  Plumbing issues caused a lot of the delay, and sealing up the wall behind the old vanity caused more delay.  In the end we think you'll agree that the new vanity and faucet look very nice.  The tour starts with the removal of the old vanity, and there is no picture of the complete old vanity. 

With the sink and most of the plumbing removed

The space where the vanity used to be

Notice the beautiful nail holes in the wall.

The old linoleum and the gap between the wall and the floor
Now we come to the story of the shutoff valves.  Our story begins late one weeknight, in the 1/2 bath of a 1971 house that was recently purchased by us.  This particular night I was working alone on this part of the house.  The house water was turned off.  I had removed the old, leaky shutoff valve from the cold water inlet pipe and I noticed that the threads of the pipe were actually crumbling and would never form a good seal - the section of pipe would need to be replaced along with the shutoff valve.  Water was continuing to trickle out of the pipe, and I believe this was due to the fact that the cold water pipe comes down from above and the water was draining out due to gravity.  Silly me, I had thought that turning off the water main meant that the water would all stop flowing in the house.  As I had nothing with which to cap the pipe (the pipe was too deteriorated for me to even put back on the old valve), I blocked it with a shop towel, put towels down around my water-catching tub and called it a night.  I figured it would be okay until our next visit to the house, two days later.  Even later at night, however, I had some serious doubts, and we searched in vain for a 24-hour hardware store.  While driving home I had passed by a Lowes Hardware store, but it was already closed.  However, it would open up at 6am the next day, so we decided that it would be best for me to head to the store at 6am, get the needed shutoff valves and pipe sections, and do a quick repair before heading in to work.  At Lowes, at 6am the next day, I found what I thought I needed and headed to the house and made my repair (yes I paid for the parts before leaving the store (and plumbing stuff is expensive)).  Lowes, I was soon to discover, carries an inferior type of shutoff valve.  In the store I noticed that they looked kind of cheap and inferior, but there was a big placard explaing all of the benefits of the shutoff valves that Lowes carries.  My gut told me these valves were no good, but the placard told me they were superior, and I listened to the placard.  At the house I removed the bad pipe section and put on a new shutoff valve.  I also did the same, including pipe replacement, for the hot water line.  When I turned on the house water the leaks began - from the threads.  I tightened more.  Still leaks.  More tightening.  Still leaks.  Pipey and I were at our wits end.  We could not crank down on these things any harder (and I can crank down mighty hard, let me tell you), yet they still insisted upon leaking.  Had I done something wrong?  Did I use enough plumbers tape?  I had done other plumbing work in the house that wasn't leaking.  What else cold it be but inferior shutoff valves that didn't grip the pipe properly?  I turned off the house water and went in to work.  It would have to wait one more day.  After work the next day we went to Home Depot and got some proper shutoff valves.  I put them on, tightened them down, and no more leaks.  I have never been to a Lowes Hardware store before, and I may never go to one again.  Sometimes my gut instinct is smarter than the store's placard.  I later found out that Home Depot also opens at 6am.  Anyway, below is a picture with the new pipe sections, new shutoff valves, and some wall repair.

The new shutoff valves
The vanity story continues, and so do the pictures.  Since we are going to repaint the 1/2 bath we figured it would be a good idea to paint the walls behind and around the vanity before installing the new unit.  Can you guess the name of the paint color?  Here's a hint: one of the two words in the name of the color is a weather phenomenon (just a reminder - Amy may not give away the answer at this time).

After the first coat of paint

New inlet hoses

Can you tell which drawer is the facade and which is real?

Is that a cool faucet, or what?
Lighting

We also decided that it would be a good time to change out the old, 1970's-era light fixture, and bring the lighting in the 1/2 bath into the 21st century.  Some people may like the old style, but we prefer our new light fixture.  Thankfully, this job was very straightforward with no hidden surpises.  Enjoy.

The old, but still functional, light

The light turned on
What you can't see is that there are two different types of light bulbs in use here - one regular incandescent, and one compact fluorescent.

The new light fixture

The light turned on

Sneak Peak

Here is a bonus sneak peak.


And that's all we have time for in this Episode.

The light is on, but no one's 
   bIsh