Tag Archives: Fans


Winter Update: Can Ceiling Fans Improve Heating Costs?

Most people know that ceiling fans improve cooling costs but what about heating costs? Can ceiling fans help reduce your heating costs?

Fanimation ceiling fan in a living room.

Fanimation Fan

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How to Upsell Your Home with Lighting

The competitive real estate market can present challenges to sellers, however per the National Association of Realtors their are a few quick and not so quick fixes to give you that market edge.

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Not Your Grandma’s Big Ass Fan

Known for their name and outstanding designs the Big Ass Fan company showed off a few of their most popular fans at this years Dwell on Design. Featuring award winning motors that are not only powerful but  relatively  quite, the  sophisticated  fan controls combined with the  unusual  fan blade sizing options brings a work of genius into residential and commercial fan design.

 

 
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Re-Create Your Outdoor Lighting

Spring and Summer are great times to update your exterior lighting. There are many new additions and changes to outdoor  lighting  including:

Exterior wall sconces can update your home’s appearance with style and vigor while giving your  outdoors  just the right amount of light.


Photo:  Carlton II 3 Light Exterior Light by Troy Lighting

 
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5 Ideas to Upgrade your Fan’s Appearance

If you are in a position where you do not have the option to completely change out your fan, I have some other options for you. These options include changing certain aspects of the fans appearance.

Option #1 –  Change the fans glass shades.

1) Changing the fans glass shades can completely upgrade your fans appearance. However, keep in mind that not all fans are the same size. With varying sized components available, be sure that before you purchase an item it will meet the  measurements  required by your current fan. Also some fans will have 2-4 glass shades. Make sure you order the correct amount to meet your fans needs.

Photo: Hampton Bay Fan
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