We've lived here how long?!?

For whatever reason, Aaron and I are both into light fixtures - they were the first thing we changed out when we moved in. Our bedroom just had a cheap $5 light fixture and we decided to change it out for a ceiling fan. It came with a remote, which we thought was fantastic, and were happy that we could change the fan speed in the middle of the night without getting out of bed. But...the light was super dim. It uses a halogen, so we tried buying a new bulb to see if it would improve. It didn't. We had accepted the lack of lighting and were thinking about putting some track lighting in/by our closet so we could at least see our clothes.

Saturday, we were looking at light fixture for Chloe's room. Again, there's just a cheap $5 fixture and we want to put a ceiling fan in. Right now, the light is on a dimmer switch and we like the idea of having a 'dim-able' light for middle of the night feedings and diaper changes. While looking for a ceiling fan where the light could be dimmed, we discovered that a remote just like the one with our ceiling fan can dim the lights. We thought, Wierd, wonder if our remote does this somehow?!? We got home and did a little experimenting. Turns out, if you hold the light button down, it changes the intensity of the light!! We felt a little silly that we'd had this fixture for ~7 months and just discovered this, but there wasn't anything in the manual about it, so we were just thankful to have finally found out!!

Then came Sunday... I was wiping down all the cabinets in the kitchen. Next to the oven, there's a plain wood panel that's maybe 4-5 inches wide. As I was wiping it down, it seemed like it was really loose, so I pulled on the bottom just to see how loose it was. To my surprise, it pulled out completely. It wasn't just a panel between the oven and our lazy susan, it's a drawer!! It has 3 shelves that are wide enough and tall enough to hold, for example, a box of Mac & Cheese.

How crazy - we discovered a new-and-improved light in our bedroom and another cabinet/drawer in our kitchen within 24 hours after living here for over 7 months!!