Last week we had a big heat wave here in Northern California with temperatures in the 100s. No doubt you heard about the soaring temperatures in the Southwest as well, airplanes were unable to take off! I don?t have air conditioning in my California home because there are only about 10 days of the year where it gets hot enough to ?need? it. On those days, I suffer through it with fans and it makes me grateful for the ceiling fan in my family room, I lay down cotton sheets on the sectional and lay still under the cool breeze.
I discovered a few years ago that I had come full circle on ceiling fans, no longer hating them but actually loving them, especially the newer versions in more modern shapes. I installed this koa wood finish fan in the master bedroom in the Vegas house and when the house is sold at the end of the summer, it will be one of the decorative elements I miss the most. The curvy blades and koa wood make it an attractive option for multiple spaces from coastal to contemporary like the lightless one shown below. (This is a republication of a post from two years ago, with a roundup of attractive modern ceiling fans to cool your indoor spaces.)
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Like a chandelier, a good looking ceiling fan can be a focal point in a room. Introduce contrast with a metal and wood combination suspended from a white ceiling; twisted nickel blades pop against the stained wood tray ceiling in the bedroom below; nickel is always a goes-with-everything option.

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