Preparing for Extraordinary

"In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary." ~Aaron Rose

May 24, 2012

A little bit of bad news, and some good news.

Bad News first:  In the continuing saga of the fuel tank replacement decision, we tried the magnet test to see if the fuel tanks were aluminum (magnets are not attracted to aluminum, and aluminum tanks are pretty resilient so I would not have to replace them).  Unfortunately, the magnets stuck to the tanks, showing that they are steel.  I still don't think they are the original tanks, but I was hoping they weren't steel.  I'm going to do more research on options...

Now on to the Good News...The light fixtures arrived today!  This reminds me that at some point we will start building and designing.  Someday I will have lights that come on when you flip a switch!  This is exciting!  I guess the beauty of stripping to aluminum is that everything you add is appreciated.

These are the sconces that will be installed in the salon and the stateroom:

The sconces will be next to each porthole.  They will replace the ones in the this pic (but I am moving them over a bit):

And we are adding two in the stateroom--one on each side of the back window:

These are the lights that will be installed in the ceiling:

And this light will be on the ceiling of the front deck:

 

If you are in the market for light fixtures for a boat, try Imtra (http://www.imtra.com/).

We've also had someone out to give us a quote on insulation.  We are getting closer to walls.  Closer to lights.  Closer to extraordinary.