at long last my love arrived

Two weeks ago was the week!! It was Christmas and my birthday all rolled into one!!  My hood arrived (again, for the second time) and it was everything I had imagined and more. Until it wasn't.

I'm not even going to joke about it being cursed because it most certainly is. The first time it arrived (after 4 months) it was gouged to hell down the middle and had to be sent back. I cannot go back into more detail because that was a dark, dark place in my life. Hood #2 arrived a few weeks ago. Yes, I am about 3 weeks behind in updating you. I hope you can forgive me. My contractor goes to hang it and says it doesn't have power. NOnoNonOnononono. No. no. NO. This cannot be happening.

As it turns out, when they had drilled a support ledge in the wall to hold the base of the hood, there were wires that were hanging between sheet rock and an old layer of plaster. One of the 4 inch screws that went through the wall then nicked one of the wires. What are the freaking odds. My contractor didn't realize that is what happened until he reached to grab part of the hood and got a nice, high voltage jolt letting him know the hood was charged and ready to go.

No big deal. He only then had to knock a gigantic hole in a wall in the guest bedroom to deal with that situation. Not a big deal at all. It was only the same day we had decided to have a party at our house. Perfect. Who doesn't love sheet rock dust all over their clothes as a nice little added party favor.

Anyway, it is all water under the bridge now. And I can cook as much curry as I want and it goes right out to flavor my neighborhood.

Quick reminder of what we've been working with since August...I was going for a very industrial chic, aluminum shaft hanging from the ceiling kind of look. 

I honestly had no idea something could take this long to create without it having organs, fingernails and a social security number, but without further ado, here hangs the hood!