Rejuvenation Projects Blog

At long last, I finally got my carpet and light fixtures in. I’m very pleased with how it all came together. I didn’t have all the shades installed on the fixtures at the time of taking some of these pictures.

Living Room

Lombard fixture at bottom of stairs

Pendant fixtures in dining & kitchen

Dual vanities in master bath

Makeup station in master bath

One little challenge we ran into regarding the light fixture order was the fact that the ceilings on the top level are vaulted. In other words, the ceilings are an angled plane, rather than a totally flat plane. When this is the case, a normal flush-mount fixture looks awkward because it appears to be sticking out into the space of the room at an angle that is inconsistent with the plane of the walls and floor. I’ve walked through other people’s remodel projects before where flush-mount fixtures are used on a vaulted ceiling, and I think it looks very strange. So, I spoke with the folks at Rejuvenation about any ideas they might have to be able to mount a normal fixture on a vaulted ceiling without having the weird look of a fixture protruding at an angle. The solution was to order the fixture with a loop-to-loop neck, rather than a rigid neck. This would allow the fitter and the shade to pivot to a different angle from the base which is mounted flat against the angled ceiling. I think this was a really great solution. If they didn’t have this feature, then I would have had to install can lighting in the bedrooms that can be rotated to cast light straight down, even when mounted on an angled ceiling. I really didn’t want to go with can lights for the bedrooms, because I don’t think they match the period look that I’m going for with this house. So, I was very relieved to hear that Rejuvenation had a solution to this problem with the vaulted ceiling.

Base mounted flush on vaulted ceiling, while loop-to-loop feature allows fitter and shade to dangle perpendicular to floor

In other exciting news, the carpet showed up this weekend.

Basement Bedroom - very cozy with carpet

Upstairs bedroom, looking out to hallway

2nd bedroom upstairs

Master bedroom, looking out onto balcony

Master bedroom - Nice carpet!

Master bedroom - see how that light fixture hangs from the vaulted ceiling, over that nice carpet!

Master bedroom, looking into master bath & walk-in closet

Master bedroom, looking into bath & hallway, with sweet light fixture

Now that the light fixtures and carpet have been addressed, I am turning my attention to finishing the exterior decks and railings so that I can complete my final inspections, and then I’ll put my finish coats on the wood floors. After that, I will be having the staging company come in to set up furniture displays and make the house totally presentable. Quite a few people have already been coming through to take a look, even at this stage of construction, so I expect that the traffic will be quite prolific once all the staging is set up.