Barn Light Electric Giveaway

Over the course of our renovation I have spent hours searching for the perfect lighting for the house (ceiling fans, hallway pendants, bedroom pendant, bedroom lamps and office lamp...). A lot of those hours were spent swooning over the vintage lights on the  Barn Light Electric website.

So of course I am very excited to see the Barn Light Electric Online Giveaway!

Barn Light Electric is granting three lucky winners with a lighting shopping spree - (1) $1,000 for first, (1) $500 for second or (1) $250 for third in Barn Light Electric Gift Certificates!

If I had a $1000 to spend on lighting, I don't even know where I would start...

I would replace the $7 clearance fixture over our front door with a Chesapeake Bay Mirrored Gooseneck Sconce.

Chesapeake Bay Mirrored Gooseneck Sconce

I would replace the plain glass pendant over our kitchen sink with a bright red Ivanhoe Sky Chief Vintage Porcelain Pendant or Barn Light Homestead Pendant.

Ivanhoe Sky Chief Vintage Porcelain Pendant

Barn Light Homestead Pendant

And replace the vintage yellow lamps in the master bedroom with two Bayside Adjustable Sconces.

Bayside Adjustable Sconce

Ok, so I may have blown my budget... what would you buy with $1000?

How to Enter:

1. Look around online at Barn Light Electric and pick lights you’d love to own
2. Feature your lighting picks on your personal blog, and link to the lights if you can!
3. Copy/Paste these rules at the bottom of your blog article so others can enter
4. Once your personal article is up, you must email your blog link to: marketing@barnlightelectric.com to be qualified to win. The contest ends Monday, July 2nd, 2012
5. Don’t have a blog? Find out how you can enter by reading the Official Rules 

Fingers crossed!

Amy

Failed

Tuesday we had our final electrical inspection... or what we thought would be our final electrical inspection.

After double checking all of the plugs, lights and smoke detectors, an emergency run to Home Depot to buy an extra breaker and having to rewire the furnace and hot water heater at the last minute since they some how ended up on the same circuit - we thought we were ready.

Nope. We FAILED.

The inspector said everything looked amazing, that Dave and my dad had done fantastic work and everything was in order.

So why did we fail?

A change to the Canadian Electrical Code requiring that ALL plugs not designated for appliances or kitchen counters be tamper-resistant.

We had a copy of the Electrical Code Simplified 2006 to 2010. We had caught a previous update to the Canadian Electrical Code requiring that all plugs in bedrooms have to be tamper-resistant and on an AFCI (arc-fault circuit interrupter) breaker. But we never  thought to check to see if the Electrical Code changed during the course of our renovation. Lesson learnt.

So now we need to replace all of the plugs in our living room, dining room, hallways, basement and office, re-apply for our electrical permit (since we left the inspection until the last minute and our previous permit expired yesterday) and go through the electrical inspection all over again.

And we better do it soon because there is a new Electrical Code due out later this year...

Amy

What a Difference a Century Makes

 House wiring circa 1911:

House wiring circa 2011:

Electricity, internet, cable, telephone, stereo... it all adds up to A LOT of wiring. Most of the wiring is in case one day we decide to put in a whole home audio system.

Pretty extreme for two people who don't even own a television...

Amy