Spring Break ceiling fan sightings

[Aaron T.]

Hi everyone! My mom and I went to Texas during spring break. We visited Houston and Austin, and I got some fan pictures along the way!

We arrived in Houston on Sunday evening and we checked into a Holiday Inn Express. Our room had a 52" builder that had a screw missing from its switch housing. It was also connected to a 3-speed wall control, which worked backwards (i.e. speed 1 was high, speed 3 was low).


Later that evening, we had dinner and got ice cream afterwards at a Marble Slab Creamery, which had 4 52" Hampton Bay Landmarks. The one in the back wobbled horribly.


The next day, we visited my grandparents in their assisted living home. Their bedroom had a 52" Southern International Casa Series with 4 blades.


Afterwards we went to our cousins' house in Katy and stayed there for the night. Here are the fans in their house:

52" Regency Marquis in the living room:


42" Hampton Bay Landmark Plus in the game/guest room:


42" Hampton Bay Landmark Plus in the younger daughter's bedroom:


42" Hampton Bay Landmark Plus in the older daughter's bedroom:


52"  Regency Marquis in the playroom/boys' bedroom:


52" Regency Marquis in the master bedroom:


52" Craftmade Outdoor Patio in the screened porch:


52" Craftmade Outdoor Patio under the arbor:


The next day, we left Katy for Austin and checked into a Hampton Inn, which had six 52" Hunter Originals in the breakfast room.


Later in the evening, we got dinner at a Zuzu's Mexican restaurant. There were four 52" Hampton Bay Landmarks inside, all of which have been there since the 1990s or so.



After dinner, we went to the Arboretum and got ice cream at Amy's. There were four 52" Hunter Originals inside a nearby lounge.


End of Part 1!

[andy]

Interesting, I've never seen fans installed in guest rooms at a Holiday Inn Express before.

Do you know if this is the one you stayed at? Not a builder fan like that one pictured, but this is the only one in the Houston area I see with fans in the guest rooms.

www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/houston/houjc/hoteldetail?qRef=sr&qDest=Houston%2C+Texas%2C+United+States&qRpn=1&qChld=0&qAAR=6CBARC&qSrt=sBR&qSHp=1&qSmP=3&qGRM=0&qLng=-95.363098&qRdU=1&qRms=1&srb_u=1&qAdlt=1&qPSt=0&qRtP=6CBARC&qCiMy=022017&qCoD=20&qLat=29.7631&qCiD=19&qCoMy=022017&qRRSrt=rt&qRad=30&qRpp=20&qBrs=hi.ex.rs.ic.cp.in.sb.cw.cv.6c.vn.ul.ki.sp.nd.ct&qWch=0

[Parkman]

Nice sightings! Thanks for sharing

[Aaron T.]

Mar 19, 2017 10:44:11 GMT -5 andy said:

Interesting, I've never seen fans installed in guest rooms at a Holiday Inn Express before.

Do you know if this is the one you stayed at? Not a builder fan like that one pictured, but this is the only one in the Houston area I see with fans in the guest rooms.

www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/houston/houjc/hoteldetail?qRef=sr&qDest=Houston%2C+Texas%2C+United+States&qRpn=1&qChld=0&qAAR=6CBARC&qSrt=sBR&qSHp=1&qSmP=3&qGRM=0&qLng=-95.363098&qRdU=1&qRms=1&srb_u=1&qAdlt=1&qPSt=0&qRtP=6CBARC&qCiMy=022017&qCoD=20&qLat=29.7631&qCiD=19&qCoMy=022017&qRRSrt=rt&qRad=30&qRpp=20&qBrs=hi.ex.rs.ic.cp.in.sb.cw.cv.6c.vn.ul.ki.sp.nd.ct&qWch=0

I don't think this is it. The one I stayed at was right next to a Joe's Crab Shack.

Mar 19, 2017 11:37:08 GMT -5 Parkman said:

Nice sightings! Thanks for sharing

You're welcome!

[Aaron T.]

Part 2!

On Wednesday, my mom and I visited an older couple that we've known for a while. Their house currently has these gems (all of which are childhood fans):

52" Casablanca Zephyr (K63) in antique white in the living room. The light isn't original and was added to the fan around 2005 or so.


Another antique white K63 Zephyr in the breakfast room. This one's installed right next to a pendant light.


 52" unknown hugger in bedroom #1. Is this a Bahama?


Another 52" unknown hugger in bedroom #2.


52" Air Cool footprint-vent hugger in the master bedroom.


52" Hampton Bay Gazebo (1990s version) on the back porch.


And last but not least, a 16" Galaxy table fan. It's not a ceiling fan, but I wanted to share it anyway!


Later on, we visited a Habitat restore in Austin, which had TONS of fans. I saw this one Hampton Bay from 1992, and it caught my attention because it has a similar sticker to a fan in my (growing) collection. Anyone know the model name and manufacturer?



Afterwards, we started heading back to Katy. We stopped at a Weikel's bakery, which had five 52" Kichler Renew Patio fans in the outdoor eating area.



On the way back to Katy, We stopped in Cinco Ranch and ate at a Luby's cafeteria for dinner. There were four 54" Casablanca Academys inside.





On Thursday, my cousins and I went to a budget movie theater in Houston, which had four 52" Hampton Bay Farmingtons in the lobby.





That's all!

[Parkman]

Great posts again.

Anyone have experience with those Kichler Patio fans? I might get one when one of my porch fans dies.

[Jordan U]

I like all the GE vents from the first post.. That house in the second post is full of great stuff!

[Aaron T.]

Mar 21, 2017 13:07:06 GMT -5 Jordan U said:

I like all the GE vents from the first post.. That house in the second post is full of great stuff!

True that! The fans in that house have been there for while now.

[Raymond]

I live in Austin and have for years. I only went to the Habitat once, as I couldn't bear to go a second time. They had, what seemed like a million fans. But they had no real display, and were butchered. It was like a ceiling fan horror shop. All of them tossed and strewn about, some destroyed. Some complete fans had the prices marked in permanent marker hand written on painted blades. Part of me wanted to volunteer and make a real fan setup, or at least not have them destroyed in the process. Even the hanger brackets were removed from the fans and tossed in a huge bin and sold separately. Total massacre. But I live far northwest at Lake Travis and work in Georgetown. Trying to find time in my already full schedule to volunteer time in far south Austin isn't in the cards. I can't and won't go back, despite the bones of amazing fans being there.
On a side note, there is a somewhat famous coffee shop that has Hunter lousy builder grade outdoor fans with Original canopies, obvious replacements. The newer fans worked fine, but now three of them were recently removed and replaced with new actual Orginals!

[Jordan U]

Unfortunately it seems like that's not a terribly uncommon sight when it comes to the Habitat restore.. Most of the fans at my restore are missing parts in one way or another.. I wonder how much damage the Habtiat really does,, or if its the fans recklessly being taken down and transported.. Probably a combination of both..