A Wonderful Sight if....

I will be one of the first to admit this light switch is really rather an eyesore if you haven't had to walk past a single switch into a dark room for the last 27 years and wonder why in the world there weren't two switches here. Soon both switches will be white and behind a white outlet plate.

But it was no easy task for Richard to literally crawl into the hot attic (even when starting at 6:30 AM) and rewire the light fixtures. This one he could do in the attic.


This is the switch that FORMERLY controlled both the kitchen and breakfast area lights. Now it only controls the breakfast area which is on it's way to being the baking area. This one was so close to the edge of the house he had to go through the sheetrock from inside the kitchen to move the switch around the corner. Shortly a cabinet will be covering the old switch location


The unwelcome task of getting into the attic also including replacing the duct work for the hood over the cooktop. You can see the silver tube hanging down from the ceiling. Very basic light fixtures, saved from the landfill at some point in our history, were connected to the fixtures to verify they were now wired properly and to provide working light in the kitchen. (These too WILL be replaced!)

Notice that the soffit areas on both sides of the kitchen now have sheetroock in place.

Not pictured but part of the progress is the 240 watt line moved by an electrician to the new oven area. The electrician will, as part of his fee, come back and connect the ovens.

Next steps - tape and float the ceiling, move some of the electrical outlets and install others, finish preparing the ceiling for texturing, , texture the ceiling - and then start on the floor.