Breakfast nook help!! Recessed lighting and TV, OR, hanging fixture?
My dilemma is that we were thinking of mounting a TV on the wall. If I hang a fixture, it will block the TV. At this point in our lives, with two teenage boys, watching SportsCenter and games is a pretty big deal (especially when they are doing dishes!), and there is nowhere else to put a TV in this room. But, I don't know if it is too weird not to have a hanging fixture over the table, and just have cans overhead. We are doing three (Circa Lighting Grosvenor) pendants over the island, and cans and undercabinet lighting elsewhere.
Would love to know if anyone has done cans only in the breakfast area? And if so, would love to see pictures of what it looks like! Or, am I giving this TV way too much importance, and should I just put up a pretty fixture and tell the kids to go in the other room to watch TV? (Our cabinet guy has said he would build a nice "frame" around it so that it would look pretty!) I'm honestly so tapped out on making decisions I'm afraid I'm not even thinking about this in a rational way, lol!
This is not the best "angle" and is not really to scale, but the TV - or hanging fixture - would go btwn the two windows at the end of the room, over the table.
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ck_squared
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funkycamper
8 years ago
beth09
8 years ago
rebunky
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHave you thought about putting the TV above the fridge? You can do the doors that recess back if you want. I learned of this idea from one of my favorite kitchen reveals by 2LittleFishies. We love ours. I think you can also get the TV mount that will slide out and swivel?
ncgisele
8 years ago
amck2
8 years agobadgergal
8 years agoMy kitchen had a dinette area and a dining area in close proximity so we chose to make the dinette space into a sitting area. Initially we left the chandelier in place but more than once we bumped our heads on it. When we redid our kitchen we kept the space as a sitting area but changed the chandelier to a semi flush mount. I think a semi flush mount would work well in your space. It would povide light for your table area but be out of the way of the tv.
I know you asked for pictures with recessed lights in the breakfast area but i thought I would show you a chandelier vs a semi flush mount in a breakfast area turned sitting area
Sorry I don't have a picture that shows the semi flush more close up but at least you can see how it looks with pendants nearby
michoumonster
8 years ago
rebunky