Well, not yet.  But we will be soon!  The electrician is about half way through the first floor with new outlets and receptacles, and hopes to finish up the rest of the house this week.  To stay on trend with the period of the house, we have decided to stick with the antique brass switch plates, but switch the actual outlets to black instead of white.  It looks really great, and I can’t wait to see it all put together!  Below is a shot of what will be behind the TV stand in the den.  We decided to go with 6 outlets total, so hopefully we can avoid ugly, bulky power strips.

Eventually, we are going for something like this:

And while we’re talking about lighting…

You can see my post on front porch lighting options here.  I found this very simplistic chandelier at Lowe’s this weekend, and now I can’t get it out of my head.

Am I crazy?  Who puts a chandelier on the front porch?  Isn’t that a little excessive?  But then again, I keep coming back to these photos, and it doesn’t seem so ridiculous.

I mean, THAT is excessive.  That makes my idea look incredibly unassuming.  Right?  Or am I just rationalizing this? Help!