Efficient, cheap, good quality, not ugly; pick any two, maybe three.
A fan with a high-end motor can move twice as much air per watt, but it's probably not worth the extra $100-$200. Builder-grade fans are the cheapest, but they are known for their looks, in a bad way. Quality starts somewhere between $100 and $200. If it's not ugly, it's probably more than $200.
I want to get 3 or 4 ceiling fans. I'm having trouble deciding. I don't like the ones with the individual lights, nor the ones with the frosted bowl hung on a post at the middle. I haven't seen anything good on Craigslist. If I were pre-MMM, I would probably spend about $250 per fan.
Anyone figured this out? Should I just reset my thinking, that a cheap, effective fan is good no matter how it looks?