Looks like the previous owner did some "creative" wiring. There are three switches, and I don't know if the wiring from one or two are connected to that electrical box, and only two of the three switches are grounded anyway. I have an electrician coming tomorrow (for something else) so I think I will have him take a look. Thank you for your help!

I've seen the Dyson fans -- very cool and very quiet. Will have to check out whether they oscilate. They are pricey, but not a lot more than a mid range ceiling fan. DH sleeps with a c-pap machine that sits on his nightstand with a lamp (crystal hunk that stays) and a clock, so I'm thinking table top is not likely to work. I was thinking a decorative floor fan on the opposite side of the room where there is a reading chair. We also have a tray ceiling and the small wall fans mounted up inthe corners might be a possibility, but I don't want them to compete with the light fixture (if we go that route). We have ordered a new fixture for the dining room and won't get that in until January, so I don't think we will get to this project until spring. Maybe someone will come out with a crystal drum fan in the meantime. ;-)

We are remodeling our home and are unsure of what to do for lighting/ceiling fans. We were planning on having two lighted ceiling fans, one in the living room area ( to the left) and one in the kitchen. We also planned on having a few pendant lights over the island and one over the sink. However, the ceiling fan in the kitchen area will get in the way of pendant lights. Should I put a fan in the living room and forget about the kitchen area? Today I installed the fan cross bars and all the wiring for the two fans but am very willing to redo it in order to do it right. I could also go ahead with the ceiling fans, forget the island pendant lights, and just add recessed lighting instead. I do like the coziness hanging lights over the eating area lends. We have recessed mantle lights in the living room that we plan on keeping as well as to-be-installed trim lights on two perpendicular walls. We were hoping that these lights with the fan light would be a good amount of lighting for the space. What do you all think would make the most sense for this space? I don't want to mess it up!

Both our existing and new bathroom are similar to your bathroom 3--rectangles with all the fixtures in the main space. We are using the same lighting for the new one as for the current, since we are happy with it. For that, we have a fan/light combo centered in the space, and then two sconces on either side of the medicine cabinet. In the new bathroom, we're using a humidity sensor switch, because our state's current code requires either that or a sensor in the fan itself. (The fan sensors are supposed to work better, but don't allow for manually turning the fan on and off, and we wanted to be able to do that.) In our current bathroom the fan is on a timer (but my kids constantly forget to turn it on, so that's high on my list to change out based on how we like the sensor switch in the new bathroom). Our sconces are on vacancy sensor switches (also required by our state code) and both are switched at the vanity rather than at the wall with the ceiling light. I had actually forgotten until I read through an old thread I posted here that this was not our preferred configuration when we updated the electrical in the existing bath 8 years ago--but as it turns out, we really like that setup so replicated it in the new bath. In your Bathrooms 1 and 2, though, it looks like you have walls separating the toilet room and the shower. Assuming those are full walls, you would want lighting for those areas separately from the main room. There, I'd probably use a fan in the shower area, and then light the toilet and sink areas separately.