[Boomer]

Shirleevee and SS and UU,

Thank you.

SS, tiling, too, huh? I have the skinniest grout lines possible in this floor. I live and learn.

UU, WHAT!!!!! NO AVOCADO!!!!!

And Shirlee, has anyone ever told you that you are a genius? You always know about the best sites.

btw, I have been spending the day cleaning out drawers and files. It's a New Year, right? I am sure I will get over this cleaning frenzy soon.

But I gotta tellya. Today, I found an old notebook where I kept track of the stuff we did to our house when we bought it. And there, in that notebook, I found the LIGHTING FORMULAS! Yep. I did.

Now, you may be thinking, "WTH is Boomer talking about?"

Well, a long time ago, in this very thread, I asked about lighting formulas. I knew I used to know what I was talking about, but I could not remember those formulas.

Here is what my notebook said...

Size of a chandelier: 1/2 the width of the table and hang it 30 inches up from the table top.

Room Wattage: To have enough lighting in a room, do the old A=LW thing and then multiply the square footage by 1.5.

Well, here I am, just being the queen of information tonight. But you know what I really think? The chandelier? That's a start, but other stuff can work, too.

And about that wattage for enough light in a room. It depends on what you want to do in that room I think. I have sconces and I will have lamps and the ceiling fan has a light and then there are some more lights.

I am always trying to light up my life I guess.

For this project, I have enough light available to be able to perform an emergency appendectomy on a dinner guest if need be. (only thing is -- I am not a doctor.)

That's the way I like it. But I also make sure there is a dimmer switch or two.

Thanks, again. And I think I have found the register covers of my dreams on that site, Shirlee. And they do not cost a blue fortune. (I must confess. I have no idea what a blue fortune is. Why is the fortune blue? I do not even know why I say that. Or where I got the expression. Oh well.)

Boomer