Here’s what E did in basically one day: she installed beautiful, dimmable LED disk lighting under the kitchen cabinets, after having cut and stained wood panels to house the wiring.  The lights burn cool and are very energy efficient.  Now we can actually see to work, or dim the lights for ambience.  The whole project, done from scratch, cost very little.

Along with other improvements like the ceiling fan she installed, and the unsafe wiring tangles she rewired, it’s starting to be more homey as well as closer to meeting safety code.  Some of the conditions we found when we moved in were unbelievable; it’s amazing more homes don’t burn down here, what with the indifferent regulation.  Everything is amateurish and jerry-rigged.  So one by one, E is addressing the priority issues.

Here are some sample scenes (plus another photo of the bookcases she made me from scratch).  The kitchen project freed up some lamps to light up other dark corners.  Eventually the house’s value will be higher than when we bought it.