Sometimes I wonder why I subscribe to you since half the time I have no idea what you're talking about - not through any fault of yours, but just because I am a) old, b) clueless about much pop-culture, and c) not particularly fascinated by either fashion or home decor. However, I habitually open and read your posts and so I guess I can say that, even if the evidence in this comment so far does not support the claim, I really enjoy your writing!
Anyway, what brand of dishwasher did you get? For some reason, I am irrationally interested in dishwashers; they're one of the seemingly diminishing number of things that I think that the rule "you get what you pay for" still applies and that one should buy the best that one can afford. They say that quality of soap makes all the difference, but as far as I can tell, good soap won't fix a cheap dishwasher.
And as for pot lights, I hate them. Some spots in the room are too dark, others too bright, but the parts that are too bright are usually in your shadow, so too dark. In the kitchen, overhead is the only way to go, though I will accept supplemental under cabinet lighting. The rest of the house (excluding, perhaps, bathrooms)? Not overhead. In living rooms, either stand lamps, wall sconces, or shelf-top lighting, any or all of which should shine up and reflect off the ceiling back down. A bare light bulb should never be visible, IMO. My current (rental) house has a dining room light fixture with no fewer than twelve clear, 4.5 watt LED bare bulbs. It's like eating in an automobile painting booth. (Ten of the bulbs are currently partially unscrewed, though I had to screw in a couple more when I did the Globe and Mail giant crossword. Old eyes.)
See, now you've got me talking about decor on the internet. Don't think you're going to lure me in with secondhand dresses though.
So I am the least into gadgets of anyone in history, and would use a rotary phone if it were socially acceptable, but share your view of dishwasher splurges. Our previous (not the awful one that we just replaced, the one in our previous house) was a Bosch, it was spectacular, and... a model they no longer make. That would have been the way to go, but as it is not available, we got a Miele, on the lower-end of those but higher-end of dishwashers generally. I am weirdly excited/anxious about what'll happen when we run it for the first time.
Yes, agreed re: bare bulbs (we'd had a similar-sounding fixture before, a came-with-house special), but I lack the vocabulary and spatial skills for avoiding that outcome. It's this whole new skill-set for me that I seem doomed to not learn. The most that seems possible is to swap out the worst of the existing non-pot-light fixtures, which is to say all of them. But the pot lights? I cannot picture the cost-benefit being removing them, but yeah, supplementing in some way with others, definitely.
Our brand new modern house has recessed lights and they look good. Actually, you really can't see them and they provide light in different areas as controlled by various switches. We also have lamps and floor lamps, that mostly are not turned on. No children. Just a big dog. Once upon a time, track lighting was in vogue. Not a good look and unlikely to return.
I guess I am just hopelessly unfashionable at home decor. I love my very bright ceiling fan lights directly overhead in every room. Sorry about the pot lights, that doesn't sound so good, but maybe you can get good standing lamps over time.
Sometimes I wonder why I subscribe to you since half the time I have no idea what you're talking about - not through any fault of yours, but just because I am a) old, b) clueless about much pop-culture, and c) not particularly fascinated by either fashion or home decor. However, I habitually open and read your posts and so I guess I can say that, even if the evidence in this comment so far does not support the claim, I really enjoy your writing!
Anyway, what brand of dishwasher did you get? For some reason, I am irrationally interested in dishwashers; they're one of the seemingly diminishing number of things that I think that the rule "you get what you pay for" still applies and that one should buy the best that one can afford. They say that quality of soap makes all the difference, but as far as I can tell, good soap won't fix a cheap dishwasher.
And as for pot lights, I hate them. Some spots in the room are too dark, others too bright, but the parts that are too bright are usually in your shadow, so too dark. In the kitchen, overhead is the only way to go, though I will accept supplemental under cabinet lighting. The rest of the house (excluding, perhaps, bathrooms)? Not overhead. In living rooms, either stand lamps, wall sconces, or shelf-top lighting, any or all of which should shine up and reflect off the ceiling back down. A bare light bulb should never be visible, IMO. My current (rental) house has a dining room light fixture with no fewer than twelve clear, 4.5 watt LED bare bulbs. It's like eating in an automobile painting booth. (Ten of the bulbs are currently partially unscrewed, though I had to screw in a couple more when I did the Globe and Mail giant crossword. Old eyes.)
See, now you've got me talking about decor on the internet. Don't think you're going to lure me in with secondhand dresses though.
So I am the least into gadgets of anyone in history, and would use a rotary phone if it were socially acceptable, but share your view of dishwasher splurges. Our previous (not the awful one that we just replaced, the one in our previous house) was a Bosch, it was spectacular, and... a model they no longer make. That would have been the way to go, but as it is not available, we got a Miele, on the lower-end of those but higher-end of dishwashers generally. I am weirdly excited/anxious about what'll happen when we run it for the first time.
Yes, agreed re: bare bulbs (we'd had a similar-sounding fixture before, a came-with-house special), but I lack the vocabulary and spatial skills for avoiding that outcome. It's this whole new skill-set for me that I seem doomed to not learn. The most that seems possible is to swap out the worst of the existing non-pot-light fixtures, which is to say all of them. But the pot lights? I cannot picture the cost-benefit being removing them, but yeah, supplementing in some way with others, definitely.
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Our brand new modern house has recessed lights and they look good. Actually, you really can't see them and they provide light in different areas as controlled by various switches. We also have lamps and floor lamps, that mostly are not turned on. No children. Just a big dog. Once upon a time, track lighting was in vogue. Not a good look and unlikely to return.
I guess I am just hopelessly unfashionable at home decor. I love my very bright ceiling fan lights directly overhead in every room. Sorry about the pot lights, that doesn't sound so good, but maybe you can get good standing lamps over time.
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