Mom and Dad found a nice quality light fixture for us at the church rummage sale, of all places. It's very nice and looks new, but we (meaning everybody but Bob) decided that the style doesn't fit the farmhouse look, so I gave it to Dale for his foyer. Meanwhile, I pulled some vintage glass shades and a fixture out of Mom's and Dad's garage that have been sitting there for years. No one else laid claim, so I'm taking them for the house.
Bob seems to think it's funny that I passed up the new, shiny light fixture for some old, dirty, cracked and dented ones. C'mon, Bob! They're not old. They're vintage! I think one is from Gordon's house, one is from the Anderson Place, and the others were some church friends thinking Beth might want them.
I've been browsing enough antique lighting sources lately, such as Rejuvenation.com, to know that enough others agree with me to give them significant value. We'll also be reusing the porcelain fixtures that were mounted on the walls of the upstairs bedrooms, which I found priced at $185 on an antique salvage site. And I like them (stomping my feet).
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I changed my mind. I want them back. All of them.
Oh wait ... I'll wait until you have them rewired and shined up. Then I'll demand them back.
Beth
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