The day our Kirkland house closed, Rich and I ripped out the carpeting upstairs and proceeded to remove the doors, molding… and dated light fixtures. Several months ago, we started to replace the light, including the amazing bat fan in our master bedroom.

Amazingly engineered, the bat fan consisted of a light bulb and two bats. To cool the room, you simply turned on the light and the bats madly flapped their wings.

Adding to the elegance of the design was the open wiring in the ceiling and stunning black fixture.

With great sadness, and just in time for the warm weather, we replaced this fan with another…