The Retro Ceiling Fan

Here's a photo of the totally cool ceiling fan that was in the ceiling of our kitchen. Much to our amusement, when we broke into the ceiling we discovered that the fan was never vented to the outside through the roof. Fortunately, the fan didn't work so we never experienced the results of this "mistake". We love the look of the fan so my husband took the motor to Hemco (a great place to take old motors for a "tune-up") to see if it was worth fixing. They simply cleaned the motor really well and it started working perfectly. This fan has so much power that it could easily remove a body part if one isn't careful. We had planned to put the fan over the stove before we decided to get the new cabinets but there is a fabulous, modern stove hood with fan included in the cabinets that we are purchasing so now we're trying to think of a way to include the fan in the design of the kitchen. I think it looks like an ornament that one might find on the front an antique car.