We finally finished shopping for fixtures!

We ordered most of our fixtures from Lightingdirect.com, but for the exterior ones, we just went down to the local Home Depot. We decided to get a lamppost outside and the post comes with an outlet (for Christmas Lights or tools) and a sensor that turns the lights on from dusk to dawn.
Hampton Bay Aged Iron Post Lantern Y37031-151

The lights that will frame the front door will be the same style. I think they're so cute! We also got outdoor motion lights for the front and regular spots for the back. No pics of those, because they're your typical spot lights, nothing special.
Hampton Bay Aged Iron Wall Lantern Y37029-151

We also received our shipment with the ceiling fan and the closet lights. The closet lights we got for $8 each! They have 2 bulbs so they'll give plenty of light. In order to get them so cheap, we had to be flexible on the color. They're "Copper Revival" which is actually a little more copper penny colored than in the picture, but who cares? It's going in a closet!

Sea Gull Lighting 5328 Ceiling Fixtures White Mushroom Collection

The ceiling fan was our big splurge, but it still wasn't that much. We really liked the Antique Nickel. I'm excited to have a ceiling fan. We don't have one in our house, and sometimes I don't want to use the A/C, I want the nighttime cool breezes.

Hunter 21433 52" The Sonora Energy Star Ceiling Fan

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Fixtures. Sounds fun. but not when you have to buy 30.

The fixtures are all going to be Seagull Lighting with the exceptions of the closets and the master bedroom. Dining Room Foyer/hallway Kitchen island mini-pendants Kitchen table chandelier

Front Door Colors

We have to pick a color for the front door. After some googling about feng shui, I found a great list of door colors on House Beautiful . I really liked Evening Sky (BM 833). I researched further and found the meaning of a blue door . Although our door doesn't face south, north or east, I really like the thought of a blue door, especially with our stream and the blue dining room. I think the door will tie it all in together.

Slow it down, take it in.

I realized that I need an outlet for my thoughts, ponderings, and frustrations. I could write them in a journal, but I spent my teen years doing that and it brought back too many angst filled memories. I'm revisiting this blog I started when we moved to our new house as a way for me to share my journey as a woman who is entering the 2nd half of her life. I turned 41 at the beginning of the year am at the stage in my life that I'm having some "midlife" awakenings, wherein I am coming to the realization of my mortality and the precious nature of life. I may write more about this in a future post, but for now, I am trying to find some ways to expand my world yet still manage my day to day. My life is goes from work-home-bed and I, as many of us do, don't set time aside to slow down and take time for myself. I want to revisit some things I have done over the past 40 years and try to include the things that I think will help me recenter myself, making me more focu

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