For several years, Ted and I have talked about stringing some clear party lights over our patio.  We were stumped by how to connect them to electricity, but we finally took the Big Step and called an electrician a few weeks ago.

 

While Keith worked at stringing the lights, Jason hooked up the electric.  The window wall in our family room used to be a sliding glass door, so there’s a 3-way light switch on the left of the windows to operate the porch light, which is between the window wall and the bay window.  The other part of the three-way switch is on the right of the bay window.

Jason pulled electric power (via cords, of course) from the family room switch through the brick to the patio just below the pergola.  Because using that indoor switch is inconvenient, he attached a remote switch to his newly installed outlet.  Ted and I can keep the key fob-size remote control in the drawer beside the kitchen door to click the lights on and off as needed.  Cool!  Let there be light!