Our Make-shift Ladders....

When we found our home here in Germany, we didn't realize that when the tenants that lived here previously moved out, they were going to take all of their light fixtures with them. This would be NO problem if we lived in the states, because think of how many places you can get nice light fixtures in the US..... but for some reason it's been like pulling teeth to find nice lighting here that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. For the first few months of living here we just used lamps and floor lamps for lighting, then gradually we found fixtures here and there that we liked. We had such a hard time finding a nice chandelier type of fixture for the dining room, and finally this weekend we agreed on one.

Now, since our ceilings are 13 feet high, and we don't have a 12/13 foot ladder, it's a bit of a challenge to replace the lighting. Or at least I thought, but leave it to my husband to come up with a solution.....

This is in our bedroom. We put in a very simple fixture.

If you look closely you'll see that he has taken a small table, turned it upside down and placed it on our bed. THEN he sat a chair on the upside down table and used this as a ladder! Maybe not the safest way to replace lighting, but hey.... it worked!

This was last year when we first moved in and desperately needed light in the kitchen, Jon took a desk, put a chair on top of the desk and TA...DA! a ladder.

My husband is definitely a handy man! Now we only have one more light that needs a fixture and our lighting situation will finally be over. Whew, what a pain!

Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!