"Recently my husband and I decided that we needed ceiling fans to help us off set our energy bills. In the past we have found that ceiling fans work well in both the winter and summer months. Most ceiling fans have a switch that can be easily flipped so that the transition from winter to summer is as easy as 'flipping a switch'. However, we didn't want any old ceiling fan, we wanted something that would complement the rooms that needed the fans.
With gas prices as they are, we decided to see if we could shop on line. We typed in Multi-Colored Ceiling fans on the internet and Home Depot was in the line up of stores that carried the Hampton Bay Multi-Colored fans we needed. We had no trouble selecting and paying for the fans. Because I am an artist, our family room is very colorful with bright primary colored paintings that my daughter painted. These fans were the perfect accent.
We had one big problem. Because we bought four fans for the large family room, we needed to use all four multi-Color fans. We could not use one of the fans in that setting because it would hang down too low in front of the big 5 x 6 foot picture that hangs above the fire place. We pondered what we would do with that extra fan...... Would we have to drive an hour and twenty minutes to the nearest Home Depot and return the extra fan? Those primary colors would look really out of place in our daughters bedroom.......That was the only other room that needed a ceiling fan.
Low and behold, when the fans arrived, the solution was obvious.(In some instances shipping is free when you shop on line with Home Depot.) There was an extra set of blades packed in each package. Those blades matched perfectly in my daughters room because they were white on one side and a sandy wood color on the other. Our electrician mounted the blades white side down and the fan hugged up to the ceiling so well that you can hardly tell that it is even there. What an incentive to shop with Home Depot in the future!
We had one scare concerning the fans. When the last fan was hung there was a loud hum. The humming was so loud that I thought the central air conditioning had come on....I panicked when the central air was not on because the humming was quite loud. Our electrician came down stairs and said that the humming was due to a need to change out the light switches. He did his electrician mumbo jumbo with the light switches that are on the wall and that reduced the humming to a bare minimum.
Yes, in the future we will trade with Home Depot. We have Hunter Fans in the front end of the house. They are a bigger fan than the Hampton Bay Multi-Color fans. We are pleased with both brands and we will shop again online with Home Depot for any other house hold needs in the future."