There, that now at least is done; among the many chores that my enterprising husband sets for himself.  The two new chandeliers he bought with the intention of installing them over the living room at that impossibly high height has been accomplished.  It took time to do, particularly the electrical work, but it is now fully operational, the two new lighting devices doing an excellent job of lighting up the entire room.

 

During daylight hours we depend on natural light filtering through the stained glass windows to give us a fully-lighted atmosphere, the newly-installed fixtures will illuminate the room more than satisfactorily in the evening hours, enabling us to read there at leisure without straining our tired old eyes. 

We had found that the lack of an overhead light source which is how modern-day houses are usually presented did not provide sufficient light, despite the proliferation of table-top lamps throwing their halos of light.

Down came the double-stacked scaffolding, and the constituent parts are once again stored in the larger of the two backyard garden sheds.  The furniture has been put back in place, paintings re-hung, and decorative items put back in their place.  Order once again reigns in that room.

Problem now solved.