^ agree white hugger fans (no lights)/are pretty low key - we have several from Modern Fan

@la_la Girl This fan does have a light in it and we would need a light. Are you saying this built into the coulmn flush light looks ok and just to stay away from lights that hang off of the fixture?

There are all sorts of light fixtures with integrated fans.

generally choose a light fixture by the size of the room. length plus width=

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Wow, that clear view IS really nice. Kudos to whomever came up with that design. It's like they turned a Midea upside down. I'll have to measure how wide you can make the stradde as we have a lot of depth to the inside sill and the outside one too - 70 year old brick building.

Thiis is a new fandelier from Hunter that IMO looks like a viable option for a hidden ceiling fan.

Here are some minimal ceiling fan options.

I like a bit more solid connection the ceiling as sometimes there is less wobble but that’s totally a me thing

We have the second fan Beverly posted all over our house (6 of them). they’re great. Generally, I hate the lights in ceiling fans. Having lived in a couple of 60’s houses that had no ceiling fixtures whatsoever, I’m used to getting by with floor/table lamps.

I love ceiling fans even if there is air conditioning. It moves the air around and cuts down on the A/C use. We have them in all the bedrooms, family rooms and kitchens in our primary and vacation homes. Don't love the traditional light/fans, but the newer ones that were posted look very nice!

I’m with Diana - ceiling fans can help cool even a centrally air conditioned house. Nice fans are a joy when you need them. I’ve replaced most of the ones I inherited from the seller of my house (our tastes are NOT similar) and I am glad the electrical was already in the ceilings for fans.

Don’t worry about resale value of a ceiling fan. Your house needs to be clean, uncluttered and properly priced. More important.

Love the bedroom ceiling fan; I like a cool room and it lets us keep the AC set at the regular setting and we don’t have to turn it down at night. I think functionality outweighs looks, and if you don’t have AC, a good fan is a must.

@Diana Bier Interiors, LLC - If I remember correctly your home leans more traditional. Am I correct? Do you have these modern looking fans in your otherwise traditional decor?

Hey Kendrah, you remembered correctly--my decor is kind of "new traditional." I have traditional fans, not the modern ones.

Mostly this style:

Kendrah, you do such an amazing job of blending furnishings from different periods. There are a few fan models at Rejuvenation that might be a good fit for your eclectic style.

If your ceilings are white and the fan is white, it is less noticeable- but still keeps the room cool.

Yes, I think white on white will be key.

My last house did not have central AC (100+ year old house) and we had ceiling fans in every room. I couldn't live without them. In my new place I have central AC and the bedroom ceiling fan is on every night in every season.

I don't think many people who want A/C are going to be mollified by ceiling fans. Put them in if you want them, don't if you don't. If you think you'll need to remove them when you sell, buy fans that don't require the ceiling to be patched and save the old light fixtures to put back.

Having had several of these, I find the curved blades are way more effective on lower speeds (as opposed to stick straight blades).

Ceiling fans are a must in the south. Comfort is key, so if you are feel like you need the ceiling fan in those rooms, a buyer would likely feel the same way. A buyer can also remove them if they wish and replace with some else.

The bent blades on your ceiling fan have a greater pitch giving you a greater breeze.

I spent a lot of time researching to replace a ceiling fan/light above a kitchen table that stayed on year round to circulate warm/cool air throughout a split level house. I was told to find a blade pitch of ten degrees or less if I don’t want to feel the breeze.

Thus, a greater blade pitch, the more you feel the breeze. Blade length contributes to coverage area.

I agree with Diana - I like having my ceiling fans on even when my AC is running.

I have one in my family room (no light)+ in the vault over my table in my kitchen that look like the one Diana posted - except they are a textured finish (not sure how else to explain) - it's not pure white (it kind of looks like stone with a mix of white and off white).

They were installed back in 1996 when the house was built. I'm not sure what I will do when I update my family room + kitchen. I think that I will replace the one in the kitchen with a light fixture.

I also have a white one that looks like the one Diana posted - but with a light fixture on the bottom. I need to replace it. I love how chandeliers + other light fixtures look in bedrooms - but I can't imagine sleeping without a fan over my bed!

Many of the new ones remind me of airplane propellers or something. Maybe they are just a bit too modern for me (my house was traditional but has moved to transitional).

Here are a few that I have:

I have this one outside in my covered patio:

This white one is the same basic design as the one above, but it's not a Visual Comfort fan (= quite a bit less expensive). I have these in a couple guest bedrooms:

I have this one in one of my guest bedrooms:

I might buy this one for my study:

or maybe this one:

It depends on how I decide to update the room.

All of the above fans aren't super modern + they don't look like propellers to me!

When we built our vacay home, we were told by the builder that we didn't need A/C. It's in an area close to the ocean, and it was said that there is always a breeze. Well the first summer was brutally hot, and we immediately regretted not installing A/C. As we always say here in NY, "it's not the heat, it's the humidity." That summer it was both. We had no fans at that point, so my husband went to the lighting store and told them we needed not one, not two, not three, but SEVEN fans. They were a godsend that summer. Needless to say, A/C was installed in time for the next summer. That was the last time I took any advice from a builder.

Yep, and the humidity warps everything in the house and makes all the fabrics feel clammy, and not even mentioning mold…

Can any electric box that accepts your average chandelier also take a ceiling fan? Do I need to consider anything else when purchasing?

@RedRyder I think you are spot on about the bend of the blade. Usually I have to turn a fan on high to be effective and it starts swinging around and I fear decapitation. This has great circulation on low. @tdemonti Thanks for passing along your info.

I better not like fans too much because our primary home has antique French brass ceiling fixtures that I have spent years collecting. No way am I parting with those gems!

Our TN house was built by the seller and she put a fan in every room - two in the great room. Other than my bedroom, I don’t think I’ve used any others because of the central A/C. But the fans definitely help if we want to leave the a/c low but need a little more relief.

During a party,I’ve used the two in the great room, so that’s another consideration-when you have more people in the house and the air just needs to be moving. I’d rather install them just in case, than not have them if needed.

There are SO MANY nice styles you can find one to complement every room.

Some fans can be installed with standard electrical box but more common to need a fan rated box which is heavier duty to support weight of fan and reduce vibration.

Ceiling fans are so easily changed, replaced, removed that there is zero reason to think they have any impact on resale value.

Can any electric box that accepts your average chandelier also take a ceiling fan? Most likely not.

Do I need to consider anything else when purchasing?

Blade pitch, blade pitch, blade pitch. Look for fans with at least 14 degree blade pitch.

AC or DC motors. AC's are less expensive generally. DC motors generally are more quiet, more energy efficient and can have better speed control. More expensive.

Just learned one of the window unit AC’s is a junker and probably need a new one. Loving @mcarroll16 s GE clear view idea.

BUT, am I misreading something? The depth of inner and out sill that the unit needs to straddle is nearly 17”. I think the manual shows max depth of 13.75”. Could I be misreading something? That seems insanely narrow if you have a lintil outside. Do I have this right?

I’d sure love to see all of the greenery outside this window instead of seeing a beige AC box.

Oh, that's really too bad. The ClearViews haven't been designed with older buildings in mind. I don't think you're misreading anything. I just measured the interior gap on our unit (not quite AC season in Seatte) and it's only slightly more than 8". GE has actually made this wider in the last few years.

Well it certainly is an enticing unit for someone with a narrower sill. Given that I live mostly in NYC and the buildings are old, brick, deeper sills, this may be why I had never seen it before. They'd have a huge market if they designed one for NYC apartments! Glad you can enjoy yours though @mcarroll16

Maybe they will get there. They've already expanded the width several inches from the model I bought a few years ago. I would think that East Coast & Midwest older buildings are a huge part of the window unit market. And maybe more competition will join them.

Kendrah, I think there ARE a/c us it’s designed for NYC apartments. A close friend lived in NYC until just 6 years ago. I can ask her if she can remember where she got her air conditioners. Her condo may have had central air but her first apartment was in CO-OP City. Those buildings weren’t central air conditioned. I’ll text her.

My friend said all her models in NYC were Frigidaire.

We have four window AC units in NYC. Just none of them as nifty as the GE ClearView that @mcarroll16 mentioned. We have great views in NYC - one of the Manhattan skyline and others of the palisades. It would be great to not block them with the AC unit.

My super cut side panels for one out of plexiglass so you can see out on either side of the unit instead of having the plastic corrugated panel.

My summer must-do is to get a plexiglass panel to fill the space in our window. We have sliders so we have to fill the entire window space above the ClearView. Been using plywood, which eliminates 50% of the awesomeness.

Kendrah: West side?

Washington Heights.