52" Ancestry Vintage Antique Indoor Ceiling Fan 5 Blade LED Light Remote Control Golden Bronze Motor Teak Walnut Finish Blades Bedroom Living Room Kitchen Dining Office Hugger Flush Mount

This fan is beautiful, elegant, classy and quiet. When it arrived I was surprised by the weight of the box, much heavier than any other fan I have installed. Even though it looked like the delivery company tossed this out of a helicopter a hundred feet above my house the quality packaging kept everything safe. The picture on the box was of a completely different fan which did give me a moment of panic but from what I've read, they use a generic picture on the boxes. Unpacking and organizing the parts I could tell this was a worthy purchase as everything is solid and quality built.Installation was a breeze. I have read other reviews and agree with the most common installation problem: Installing the heavy cover over the fan motor. First off its heavy! Second is you can't screw the screws in unless perfectly aligned. My solution (and others here) was to use an awl to center the screw hole, the small point slides through easily even if not perfectly aligned and a little wiggling and pushing with the awl will force the holes to line up. You can also use jeweler's screwdrivers to align the holes and hole the cover up while screwing it in place. The instruction booklet was for a completely different fan as well but there were a couple pages inserted in the booklet that were all that was needed. The booklet was a generic installation guide which had all the warnings and safety information about fans in general. Despite what others have said about the instructions these were not very hard to understand. Something unexpected about this fan was the wiring, the remote control unit was pre wired into the fan saving much time and effort over having to do it myself. You only had to hook up three wires; hot, neutral and ground. The wall switch was easy to install and works great. Many reviews state this is a two person install because of the housing being heavy and getting it lined up but I was able to do it myself.One feature not mentioned is that the light is dimmable. To dim the light you just hold in the light button on the switch and it will dim. I'm very pleased by this because I really didn't want to have to rig up a dimmer switch or completely replace the switch and remote in the fan. Compared to fans you can buy at Home Depot or Lowes this is a lot more quality for a much better price. Buy it, you won't be disappointed...

I have a 1928 house and had previously purchased an expensive period ceiling fan & light, but it hung too low and required a pull chain to activate the fan and change the fan speed. It wobbled a bit when the fan was on high. It wasn't an asset to the room.I purchased the 52" Ancestry Vintage Hugger Ceiling Fan w/ 2 LCD bulbs and remote. It is beautiful, very functional and the remote is a big improvement from the previous means to activate the fan & light. The whole fan/light really is much closer to the ceiling, quiet beautiful. No wobble with fan. LCD bulbs are also a significant improvement.The fan/light is heavy, (2 person) Installation was challenging and directions could be improved. After removing the existing fan/light, we identified a hefty beam and used 3" (heavy duty) lag screws with ratchet head (purchased separately) to secure the ceiling fan/light to the beam. We are delighted with the result!

Beautiful, high quality fan! Looks terrific, works quietly at all three speeds, and instantly adds class to any room. The fan arrived within three days of placing the order (it might have helped that we're practically neighbors from the shipping location), and was amazingly well packed. The installation went well and was made even easier because this fan was replacing an older one. As for the instructions, well, it helps to have studied Swahili. Or any other language, for that matter. In spite of that, it was not all that difficult to follow the steps as outlined in the instructions. With a modicum of common sense, one can easily decifer what the translated words are trying to say. The installation process is, indeed, a two-person job. But more than that, it also helps to make the right gestures with ones mouth! Our fan came with a wall remote control which I installed AFTER I installed the fan to make certain that the remote wasn't left in the "ON" position as I tied the electrical wires together. Everything installed in a straightforward way and the only real challenge was the lower (actually the only) fan housing. This part of the installation would have been made easier if I knew how to fly a helicopter. At night. With no instruments! Aligning the four screws has to be done all at once (or so it seemed at the time). I used my head and got a longer screw to temporarily hold the housing in place at one end while my wife held the other end up so I could get the first screw in place. After that, it was a piece of cake. The wall remote installation was a snap and it was sheer joy to push the bottons and make the fan/light go off and on. This fan does have a dimming feature which is activated by holding down the "Light" button on the remote. This fan was ordered from Amazon and was shipped by Lamps Plus, a great company which supplies great products! I would recommend this fan wholeheartedly!