Handyman Challenged

Since I've been on parental leave and my wife has gone back to work I've noticed a few requests from her that have had me looking in house design magazines and perusing various online resources to figure out just what she was talking about. One day she was talking about pendant fixtures the next about a wall sconce for the stairs down to the basement. Tomorrow it could be bidet faucets for the upstairs bathroom or pendant fixtures for the girls rooms. I can tell you everything there is to know about the new Titleist 909 drivers but this stuff I'm lost.