Ceiling Fan in Your Future??

Ceiling fans are great. They allow you to turn down the air conditioning and circulate the air so you can feel cooler. Naturally, the fans don't cool the air...they just bring air in contact with your skin and you feel cooler as your body evaporates moisture. Simple, yet very effective. In the winter months the blades can be reversed and the hot air at the ceiling can be circulated around to make the whole room feel more comfortable while you use less heat. Ceiling fans are a "green" solution in the summer and winter months allowing you to use less energy to cool or heat your home depending upon the season.

Ceiling fan styles range from Traditional to Modern and everything in between. In fact the selection is so large that selecting the right one for your home can be a challenge. If you need a fan with a light fixture, look into a fixture already outfitted with a fluorescent lamp (bulb). If it takes a standard screw-in lamp, switch it with a screw-in fluorescent. Just be sure the color temperature (a way to measure the lamp's visual warmness or coolness) is between 2700 k and 3000 k or listed as "warm white". The difference between a warm fluorescent and a standard incandescent is minimal and you will save money over the long run in electricity. 


If you are using the fan for lighting, just be sure to add table lamps or floor lamps to your lighting scheme. There is nothing worse for a room or for the people in that room than a single light source attached to the ceiling, but that's for another post.


Take a look at some of my favorites...








From Lamps Plus, which has a large selection:

    Casa Endeavor Oil Rubbed Bronze

    Casa Vieja Probe II

From the Modern Fan Company.

Like the name says, they specialize in very modern looking fan designs. They also have fans with light kits.

  Ball

   Velo



There literally is a fan for every taste....mine obviously leans toward the contemporary side. If you want to make a design statement that is also functional and can save you money in electricity in the long run, a ceiling fan should be in your future!