Had to make some major life-altering decisions this morning about the electrical work on our renovation. My entire life I have fully underappreciated the fact that SOMEONE had to make decisions about these things. I rented an apartment and the outlets were there. I bought an apartment and the outlets were there. I bought a house and THE OUTLETS WERE ALREADY THERE!

Granted, our second floor has had just two working outlets the entire time we have lived here. One in the bathroom and one in the master bedroom. Yes – TWO OUTLETS! Oh, and two overhead lights that worked with string cords. And not one of those lights was in the master bedroom.

Yes, we have been living like we have been camping for the past two years making the most of extension cords and double adapters and seriously pushing the limits of existing fire codes.

I am now experiencing the exact opposite situation – an abundance of choices, but all of them permanent. Ah, nothing like knowing that any little decision you make will be something you will have to live with for a very long time. And if it’s the wrong decision you know it will eat away at me until I want to run screaming from the house yelling “I didn’t know I would need an outlet in the closet…” Living with someone else’s mistakes is a lot easier.

So we probably have WAY more outlets that we need and I know that we’ll be very well lit (pleasantly so. :)) but better to be safe than regret a decision to go with canned lighting rather than sconces because, you know, a sconce can add atmosphere and in the process… CHANGE YOUR LIFE. And that is no exaggeration.

Off to do a little online sconce shopping now – wish me luck.