Ginevra Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'm on the East Coast if that makes any difference in your answer. I'm just wondering. Now, when I see pictures in a magazine of kids rooms, baby nurseries, kitchens, etc., there are only ever chandeliers depicted. I haven't seen a ceiling fan for a long while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Good grief, I hope not! We'd melt down here if we all ditched our ceiling fans. ETA: I will admit to wishing we could put a chandelier in dd's room, but we NEED - as in really, really need - the ceiling fan. We have such heat and humidity for a large part of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 In in real peoples homes they still exist. Everyone here has them, including those with a/c. Doesn't it make you wonder what those power bills would be like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 There's a style? I just thought they were practical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Not if you don't have AC. We use ours all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 In in real peoples homes they still exist. Everyone here has them, including those with a/c. Doesn't it make you wonder what those power bills would be like? I always leap to the dusting and cobweb-removal issues of those pretty chandeliers in all the bedrooms. Even when I chose our ceiling fans, streamlined design was my main objective - and I still have to hunt webs. P.S. We use ours in the summer, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5kidsforME Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 My sister and bil live on the east coast and they have them. Their house is really nice too. Frankly, I could not care less if they were out of style. 2 out of 3 of our bedrooms have one and our family room. I think ceiling fans are the sort of thing that if you want them for practical purposes does it realy matter if they are in style or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 In TX, they're still definitely in style. This summer with so many 100+ days, we needed the fans to keep the cooled air circulating. We have them in almost every room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Energy efficiency is *always* in style, y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I always leap to the dusting and cobweb-removal issues of those pretty chandeliers in all the bedrooms. Even when I chose our ceiling fans, streamlined design was my main objective - and I still have to hunt webs. P.S. We use ours in the summer, too. Can you imagine wiping down each crystal and then what happens when they streak? Might make some go postal. I am too lazy for that. I still like being able to put the light fixtures covers from the fan in the dishwasher. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I don't think you will see them in style magazines, but they still serve a purpose and will always be used. It is kind of like having a coffee pot on the counter. Is it stylish...nope. But, most people aren't likely to get rid of them due to style magazines leaving them out of the photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Can you imagine wiping down each crystal and then what happens when they streak? Might make some go postal. I am too lazy for that. I still like being able to put the light fixtures covers from the fan in the dishwasher. :lol: OH! Fun with dishwashers! I didn't think of that one yet, but I like it. A LOT! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrulySusan Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Ceiling fans are always in style if it gets hot where you live! However, ours are way out of style-white with gold trim.:blushing: New, "cool" ceiling fans are on DHs to-do list for next month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) I remember hearing a long time ago that someone on House Swap...? the show where neighbors would redo each others' family rooms?...said fans were 'out' and everyone should get rid of their fans. I remember thinking that was a very stupid thing to think, and an even more stupid thing to do. Fans are awesome. Person was probably some born and raised suburban S. Californian punk whose mommy drove him/her from the AC'd house in the AC'd car to the AC'd mall. ;) Edited January 23, 2012 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Not in the South! First thing we do is put in a ceiling fan in every room used on a daily basis. Design magazines never show them, but I firmly believe in function over form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I don't think you will see them in style magazines, but they still serve a purpose and will always be used. It is kind of like having a coffee pot on the counter. Is it stylish...nope. But, most people aren't likely to get rid of them due to style magazines leaving them out of the photos. Ah, yes, I see. Like (before flat TVs came out), magazines and home design shows would hide the TV, or all the furniture would be arranged in a pleasing way, but it wasn't facing the TV, which is how people usually do need their family room to be arranged. That always used to bug me, even though I'm not a big TV person and I agree they (used to) be ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I remember hearing a long time ago that someone on House Swap...? the show where neighbors would redo each others' family rooms?...said fans were 'out' and everyone should get rid of their fans. I remember thinking that was a very stupid thing to think, and an even more stupid thing to do. Fans are awesome. Person was probably some born and raised suburban S. Californian punk whose mommy drove him/her from the AC'd house in the AC'd car to the AC'd mall. ;) Yeah, on Trading Spaces, the first thing that designer guy named Doug would do is rip out the ceiling fan. Then he would ruin the rest of the room with his "vision". I hated that guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yeah, on Trading Spaces, the first thing that designer guy named Doug would do is rip out the ceiling fan. Then he would ruin the rest of the room with his "vision". I hated that guy. Yes! Trading Spaces! I was trying to remember. I was testing myself. I was refusing to look it up, trying to excersize my miniscule brain. Thank you, because it was bugging. Doug sounds like a big stupid head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yes! Trading Spaces! I was trying to remember. I was testing myself. I was refusing to look it up, trying to excersize my miniscule brain. Thank you, because it was bugging. Doug sounds like a big stupid head! Ha, yeah...he was also one who would ignore the TV. I would think, "The minute the door closes behind the camera crew, those folks are going to have to re-arrange their plywood-and-batting 'couches' to face the TV. It might be a big, ugly box, but that is how normal people orient the seating in that room!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 The first thing we did when we bought our house was to rip out the ceiling fans. (And yes, I guess I'm one of those people who walks out of my air-conditioned house into my air-conditioned car and drives to the air-conditioned mall where the valet parks the car underground so it doesn't get hot... :tongue_smilie:) I have to admit, though, that the ceiling fans are a lot more attractive now than they were 20 years ago when we bought our house. Ours were hideous. There are some very cool styles available now, and if I lived in an area where there was a lot of need for them, I'm sure I would have a few in the house. But I'd still never give up central air conditioning. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I remember watching Trading Spaces and thinking how idiotic it was to always rip out the ceiling fans. Okay, maybe replace it with a nicer one or paint it, but replacing it with a pretentious light fixture is not a stroke of interior design genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Technically...yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 We had an old 1970s ceiling fan in our dining room when we moved into our current house. We got rid of it as soon as possible and replaced it with....another ceiling fan. It reduces the days we have to turn on the A/C! Yeah, on Trading Spaces, the first thing that designer guy named Doug would do is rip out the ceiling fan. Then he would ruin the rest of the room with his "vision". I hated that guy. Doug. Doug and his hatred of ceiling fans and BRICK. He still didn't compare to Hildy and the feathers she glued to a living room wall for a family that had a toddler :001_huh:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Doug. Doug and his hatred of ceiling fans and BRICK. He still didn't compare to Hildy and the feathers she glued to a living room wall for a family that had a toddler :001_huh:. I hated Hildy! I will always remember the time she took a perfectly attractive master bathroom and glued silk flowers all over the walls. All. Over. Them. It was absolutely hideous, and all I could picture was the amount of mold that would be growing in that mess. :ack2: I also remember her beach-themed basement, where she used sand as the flooring. You know, so it would be like a real beach. :tongue_smilie: I remember wondering if the homeowners had to remove all of that sand, or if they held the Trading Spaces people at gunpoint until they did it for them. I can imagine anyone liking those rooms -- well, OK, the family cat might have loved all that sand in the basement. It was probably the litter box of his dreams. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) I dunno. Every house I've ever been in here in Central Texas--well, even in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area--has a ceiling fan. Lowe's and Home Depot still sell them, and there's a pretty big display of them. ETA: I use my ceiling fans all year long, whether the heater or AC is running, so that I can have some air movement on days (most of the year) when I cannot open the windows. Edited January 23, 2012 by Ellie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Doug. Doug and his hatred of ceiling fans and BRICK. He still didn't compare to Hildy and the feathers she glued to a living room wall for a family that had a toddler :001_huh:. Oh my, I remember that one. There was one with straw too (can you say "fire hazard"?!). And Doug covering the brick fireplaces and making those poor women cry... I'll never forget the bedroom Doug did for the prison guard, and made the whole bedroom look like a prison block. It was beyond disturbing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista in LA Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Not in the South! First thing we do is put in a ceiling fan in every room used on a daily basis. Design magazines never show them, but I firmly believe in function over form. :iagree: We have one in every room but the kitchen and dining room even though we have our a/c on. The fans really help reduce the electric bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I hated Hildy! I will always remember the time she took a perfectly attractive master bathroom and glued silk flowers all over the walls. All. Over. Them. It was absolutely hideous, and all I could picture was the amount of mold that would be growing in that mess. :ack2: Oh, no. She didn't glue them on. She STAPLED them on. And they were paper, not silk. Not only moldy, soggy paper flowers but rusty staples. :blink::ack2: And what about the episode where she wallpapered a kitchen with labels from wine bottles? The kitchen that belonged to a conservative, teetotaling pastor and wife? The folks who had traded spaces with them brought wallpaper-removing stuff with them to the reveal. And what about Doug and the fireplace? The one where the homeowner had put up notes all over saying "DON'T TOUCH THE FIREPLACE." So he didn't techinically touch the fireplace; he built a surround so that it was completely hidden. And the homeowner broke into tears at the reveal, wandering off camera with her mike still on, sniffing and snorting. Yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Buckin' Longhorn Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Oh my, I remember that one. There was one with straw too (can you say "fire hazard"?!). And Doug covering the brick fireplaces and making those poor women cry... I'll never forget the bedroom Doug did for the prison guard, and made the whole bedroom look like a prison block. It was beyond disturbing! I vividly remember that episode. He used TOILETS to make a bench at the foot of the bed. Horrific!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaAl Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Never in south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiam Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 And what's funny out of ALL of that Trading Spaces memories, is that TY, the freaking "carpenter" is now hawking his "home design" crap in stores these days. Hahaha, makes me laugh everytime I walk by something of his....the so-called carpenter of a design show is selling comforters and sheets:lol:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy in Australia Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Here in Western Australia they are definitely on the way out :glare: The new houses they are building all have low ceilings and ducted air-conditioning. It makes me so cross, especially when same people that build these huge, energy-inefficient houses start bleating on about saving the planet. Bring Back the Ceiling Fan, I say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I think it's funny that we remember all of the epic fails from Trading Spaces. :D My favorite designer was always Vern Yip, and although I didn't always like her rooms, I thought Genevieve Gorder tried to design rooms with the owners in mind, and she was always nice to the neighbors who were helping her. I remember once hearing Vern Yip say that he always looked at the rest of the house before he designed the room, to make sure it would fit in. It also seemed like he was more willing to put in extra hours with the neighbors and not just give them a ton of "homework" while he went out to dinner. I also thought that Frank guy was fun to watch. I can't remember his last name, though. It used to be scary how some of the designers would take a country-crafty-gingham house and add a dark, exotic Moroccan-style family room, or some other ridiculous thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'm loving all these Trading Spaces memories! It got SO played out at the end that we stopped watching. It's been long enough now that, if they got new designers, I'd totally watch again! I miss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 We need ours! At 110 degrees the a/c just can't keep up, so the fans are a must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Here in Western Australia they are definitely on the way out :glare: The new houses they are building all have low ceilings and ducted air-conditioning. It makes me so cross, especially when same people that build these huge, energy-inefficient houses start bleating on about saving the planet. Bring Back the Ceiling Fan, I say! LOW CEILINGS?!? My husband (and likely my son, eventually) would suffer from awful claustrophobia. I'll keep my ceiling fans, even if it means my husband has to duck the cords now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Gosh, as long as hot weather still exists, I think fans will too -- whether people have AC or not! And ceiling fans certainly seem classier and more practical than stand-up fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Trading Spaces *sniff* such memories. Back with TLC was known as The Learning Channel. Remember Decorating with Style? Ceiling fans? Practical, yes. High style, probably not. But please don't do like the owners of our previous house. The put a chandelier light fixture, a cheapie one at that, attached as a light kit to the ceiling fan. Thank goodness it was a vaulted ceiling, but it was the first thing to go. OMG, please don't do that!!!! We're still debating on whether to put a ceiling fan in the classroom. Ds has decided he likes the bare bulb hanging and wants to keep it. Personally, I'm thinking it's life span is about gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in MI Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 In in real peoples homes they still exist. Everyone here has them, including those with a/c. Doesn't it make you wonder what those power bills would be like? :iagree: We use them and we have a/c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 There's a style? I just thought they were practical. Gosh, as long as hot weather still exists, I think fans will too -- whether people have AC or not! And ceiling fans certainly seem classier and more practical than stand-up fans. We use them and we have a/c. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yes, they are out of style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runmiarun Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 My SIL in TN took her ceiling fans out about a year and half ago. Her design mags said the ceiling fan era was over. She took all of them out and replaced them with pretty nice, energy-efficient track lighting. But her power bill jumped $37 per month (averaged over 12 months) since her HVAC was almost constantly running (keeps her house at 72 degrees year round). She has put ceiling fans back in the upstairs bedrooms but refuses to put them in the downstairs, public rooms since they are out of style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillian Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 We will continue to use fans. We are in SC and while not as hot as other areas I can't imagine our electric bill if we didn't have them. Saves my sanity and lets me keep the temperature higher during the summer while DH is at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I sure hope not! :001_huh: We have 5 in the house were renting. I really like them actually. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 we live in South Jersey and have ceiling fans in every room, except bathrooms lol and we don't have ac. When we move to a house with central air I will still be putting ceiling fans in as many rooms as possible. I like the moving air. I have never cared about style , only comfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Style? Our house is 100 years old. We do "not broken" and "not leaking" and "no wires showing." We don't do style. (Actually, I take that back. I was beyond relieved that this house didn't have wood paneling.) I like ceiling fans, but we don't have any. We do have tall ceilings and transoms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) I think they're a little dated. I have ceiling fans in my family room and all of the bedrooms. I really like the one in my family room. The room has a high ceiling, and the fan perfectly suits the decor & feel of the room. The picture is of the fan that I love. I don't love the ones in the kid rooms, but you know, they're kid rooms. It's ok. The guilty part is that I *hate* the one in my room, and I was just thinking about how much I'd love to get rid of it and put something more...romantic, in there. I know the fan is practical, but it's ugly, and just...:ack2: If I did replace the fan with something more decorative, I'd want this cool retro fan to put out just during the season we need it: http://www.hunterfan.com/Products/Portable-Fans/Retro-Fan-90406/ Edited January 25, 2012 by Julie in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 They are necessary here! They keep our AC bill much lower! We have one in our br, in DD's br and one in our school/family room. I'm not one to care much what is in style! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I watch a lot of HGTV, and while chandeliers have gotten very popular for practically every room, ceiling fans are still widely in use, too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 If they are (which they may be :lol: ) oh well. I want them in most of the rooms of my house, anyway. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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