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Kitchen Sink Lighting - Tell/Show Me What You Love

13 years ago

I would like to have lighting over my window kitchen sink that is super bright. I want to know if you found a solution that you love about your lighting over the kitchen sink. Please share all that you can. Thanks! I will have a single sink with a double casement window behind it. Two lights? One in front of each window. Or One light? Or just go with recessed lighting? Show me what works for you.

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rhome410
13 years ago
I had a halogen recessed can over the sink in our last kitchen and it was wonderfully bright. How high is your ceiling? In that house, ours was only 7'10" and the can was in a small soffit, so only about 7'6" up, so I think that helped. In this kitchen I wanted more character to the lighting, and we have 9 ft ceilings, so went with 2 largish pendants, which also provide nice lighting. They hang just to each side of our sink.
beekeeperswife
13 years ago
Here' mine, I know it's not for everyone. It came with a 40 watt bulb--the crystal acts as a magnifier, it was like looking at a Supernova, I felt like I was burning my retinas when we turned it on! Currently, it has something like a 10 or 15 watt bulb in it!

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In my "before" kitchen, I had an amber glass pendant that gave a warm glow while casting light down on my sink. Here's a picture of it from my before photos:
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Beekeeperswife, I LOVE that! Having your own sparkling star in the kitchen sounds cool. (Burned retinas, not so much, but as long as you've remedied that.)
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Thank you for sharing. My kitchen will be modern/traditional and the ceilings 8 feet. I'm with rhome410...and the Supernova. Who makes the Supernova pendant? Do you remember? Light is worth a million dollars to me....
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