During my last HVAC tune up, I made a comment about how ugly and dingy my air vents were. My house was several decades old and the air vents revealed that. They were a brown color with rust forming on some spots. No matter how often I took the covers off and hard I scrubbed them, the air vent covers were always ugly. The HVAC professional who was servicing my HVAC system laughed and told me that I needed to have them replaced if I didn’t like them. I thought this was a job that he could do, but he told me where I could find them myself. Apparently, the local hardware store carried air vent covers in different sizes. Not only this, but they had a variety of options to choose from! The hardware store had white covers, brown covers, and even metallic covers! As if that wasn’t enough, they had different patterns too. I had never seen an air vent cover that wasn’t simple lines before, so the fancy patterns intrigued me. I stood in the air vent aisle at the store for ages trying to find the best option for my home. I ended up picking a nickel air vent cover that had a fancy design on it. I loved the idea of having unique air vent covers and I thought it would elevate my space. These were more expensive than the simple ones, but I had lived with my ugly air vent covers for far too long. I was ready for a fun upgrade!