Why did you decide on recessed or flush mount lights?
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light or dark cabinets - how did you decide?
Comments (23)I really went back and forth between cream or black and finally ended up with cream perimeter cabs and a black island. I did ask lots of opinions from friends and on another forum, but I ended up just going with my gut. Whenever I looked a pictures of traditional white or cream kitchens, it just looked right to me, but I really had to have some black in there, to keep it from becoming too bright. There isn't a right or wrong answer to this, just make sure you get what you love, and what you can live with....See MorePros/Cons of Recessed Lights. Must decide now.
Comments (11)I really struggled with this, too. I think it's best to consult a lighting specialist, but even then we weren't happy with the results, probably because we didn't know what to ask. I can only speak to the cans, but I think the type of bulb and trim you use has a big impact on the type of light you get. Our lighting specialist recommended short neck halogen PAR bulbs - the kind that have the reflector covers that look like outdoor bulbs - with black trims. We knew the black trims weren't for us, so we looked into the alzak trims, both clear and wheat haze. In the end, since we couldn't decide, we told the electrician to put in the basic white trims with the halogen PAR bulbs. We HATED it. The light was more spot-light than ambient (although not all that spot-light). We could clearly see the parabola shape of the light on the upper cabinets and walls. The shadows were bad, especially the handles on the upper cabinets, and the lights were very harsh when looking at the ceiling (although maybe the alzak trims would have fixed that). So then I started googling. Turns out, we wanted more ambient light, which is sounds to me like what you want, too. But our cans were in, and I wasn't about to consider changing those to surface mount. We ended up going with LEDs, as suggested by Nancy_in_Mich, and we LOVE them. After lots of internet research, we got the Cree LR6 2700k cans for $80 each at polar-ray.com and put them on a dimmer. Polar-ray is local to me so I did not order them over the internet, but they were great - very helpful and knowledgeable, and I saw good reviews of Polar-ray on the internet. The LEDs spread the light more. There are still shadows, but much reduced. The come on immediately (no warmup) and dim, although not as much as the halogens did. They are very bright, at least as bright as the 75 watt halogens. I recommend a dimmer! Here's a picture with both bulbs - look at the two lights near the wall. The one on the left is the LED, right is halogen 75 watt. You can see the defined edge of the light for the halogen, but not the LED. Also, the LED light is higher up on the wall - more spread out and diffuse. You can also see a color difference - we prefer the LED because the halogen was quite white. There are two other bulbs in the pic - the front one is LED and the right one is halogen (see the shadows created by the one on the right). Good luck with your decision!...See MoreTurning Recessed Light Into Semi-Flush Mount?
Comments (5)Is this the same kind of can that was in the kitchen? If so, you should have an idea what is up there. We were considering changing two cans in a hall to flush mounts and I found aconversion kit at Home Depot. The Westinghouse one in the link is the one we were l ooking at. We decided not to do them, so I can't tell you about putting them in, but it looked pretty simple. I think there was a video online that showed the installation....See Morehallways: recessed or semi-flush lights?
Comments (2)I love the light that recessed lights cast but nothing wrong ceiling mounts. Guess it depends on style and what really speaks to you. In my case, a ceiling mount would have been "too much" with competing nearby kitchen pendants so I did recessed in that hallway space near the kitchen and then a ceiling fixture in the second-floor hallway....See MoreNicoletta
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