The winds of change

This weekend we replaced our extremely ugly ceiling fan in the living room with a more modern one. Who in their right mind would choose this?:




The sad thing is, when we were shopping for a new fan, we noticed that these very dated fans are still being sold in a Home Depot near you!
Presumably people still buy them since there were so many of them. Seriously people, stop buying ugly fixtures and the manufacturers will stop making them. Help make the world a better place, one fixture at a time. Who's with me?

Here's our new, pretty ceiling fan:



Ain't she a beut?
Not only is it better looking, but it's also 10 inches bigger than our old one. It's like a breezy spring day in our living room now. Putting it up was a breeze (pun intended), and now that Brian and I know how to do it, we are going to refurbish the ugly one and put it in Trent's room, where there is no fan. Which brings me to my next point... the people who lived here before us had 2 children and neither of their rooms have ceiling fans! but the guest room does. Now why would your kids' comfort rank lower than that of a house guest? Those rooms get really hot!

Well done, Brian, on not only installing a new fan, but not electrocuting yourself and not blowing any of the circuits! You're just getting handier by the day. I'm thinking there's a toolbelt in your future.