Do not try this @ home! (Without getting some electrical knowledge first, of course.)

So I've had the flu, twice, in the last four weeks and my blog has again been neglected. I had some great Christmas decorating ideas (I even took pictures) but it seems I'm a little late for that now that it is January. Sigh - maybe next Christmas.

So my most recent project involved my sainted husband who is always willing to humor me and do some research when I want major construction done on the house. My house was built in the 70's, in the days when people felt they no longer needed the miracle of electric lights in their living room ceiling. My few table lamps just weren't doing the job, so after much forethought, my husband figured out a way to wire an overhead light to the outlet that is wired to a light switch to nowhere. He then went to the local hardware store and grabbed the nearest contractor to ask if he was on track.

This project required drilling a hole in the ceiling and then two holes in the wall - one where the wiring went through the ceiling to the wall, then another at the other end of the wire where it drops down to the outlet. (See the picture above, and notice the patching that was done where the wires were fed from the ceiling to the wall and then fed behind the walls and then another hole above the electrical outlet he wired it to.) It cost about $120 for the light (which was of course purchased on sale, and I had an xtra 10% off) and the wiring, and it was a learning experience for him. If you want to try this at your house, just ask and he'll tell you how he would do it the next time around, saving yourself some time and possible electrocution. Way to go honey!