Weekend project - Music Intercomm

When we bought our house one thing that I knew I wanted to do eventually is get rid of the 1970's music intercomm system in the house.

We figured there were two options - replace it or do a LOT of drywall work and painting. Since we hate drywall work and painting, and we could probably replace it for less than the cost of hiring someone to do the work, that's the route we chose.

Naturally, I assume that Justin can do anything, so I wasn't TOO concerned when I got to the part of the instructions that said the work should only be done by a qualified electrician. We got hung up when we were supposed to replace the old transformer with the new transformer, but it turned out the old transformer was hidden in the ceiling somewhere. Justin had to do some complicated (in my opinion) wiring, but he figured it out!

The final product looks a lot better and more modern, plus it has a CD Player and iPod dock! I'm sure there will come a time when someone buys the house and wonders what the heck an iPod is, but that will be their problem! :) 

The remote stations in our other rooms look a lot better too. 

I haven't told Justin yet that he's going to be to expected to switch out that off-white lightswitch to white, as well as many others like it... I'll break that news soon enough!

Another perk is that we figured out the wiring for the outside doorbell works, so we can replace it instead of having a non-functional speaker in the front wall. Because there was no way we could fill in that brick! 

I'm really happy with the way this turned out and have enjoyed listening to music instead of the TV all the time!