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HELP ME PICK A KITCHEN CEILING LIGHT

last year

have a small kitchen and need help with picking a new ceiling light. don't like the 3 ball light that is there now

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Flo Mangan

last year

In order to replace kitchen ceiling light, I need more information. With pendants and dining area all in this “view” you need to coordinate the look of all lighting. I don’t mean “matchy matchy” but each having some constant that visually links them together. I also need to know if your need more light from this ceiling fixture? While I wait to get more info, here is a selection set that possibility would work. I generally don’t recommend clear glass in kitchens because they are the hardest to keep clean.

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everdebz
last year
Hi. Idk if we'd call this 'messy'.. but if you don't have lights under the uppers, maybe you'd like lighting spread out a little [not this much].
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kandrewspa
last year
You have Edison light fixtures over the island, but your style looks traditional (the furniture in the eating area and the pantry door). What style are you going for? Do you get enough light from that one center fixture?
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Hi Wantakitchen. Here is that light. It's a beauty... Pristine Lighting Fixture Tapestry 3 Light Pendant NEW The urls are so long you may just want to search on the title, but here is the url anyway. http://cgi.ebay.com/Pristine-Lighting-Fixture-Tapestry-3-Light-Pendant-NEW_W0QQitemZ110207420747QQihZ001QQcategoryZ29510QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem You might also want to look on eBay following this path: Home> Buy> Home & Garden> Lamps, Lighting, Ceiling Fans> Chandeliers> 12-22". You have 433 entries from which to choose. :-) Here is a link that might be useful: Chandeliers 12-22
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ladyshadowwalker - your light came out great! It looks like a factory finish. The Possini light I like does come in either chrome (which would match the chandelier ceiling canopy) or brushed nickel (which would look pretty close to the brushed stainless handles and appliances.) I also wonder if I would better off just trying to find a light with almost no metal at all - I will post some in another posting. mydreamhome, I hear what you are saying - thanks for the link to the bathroom forum discussion and for the compliment on the tile and chandelier. I liked Mongoct's bath photo - I can see how the ORB he used up top also reflects the floor color. I am a bit sensitive to different finishes, though, and the brushed nickel pulls with the polished nickel faucet would bother me (it doesn't look bad at all in that bathroom, I just would personally not get used to it so quickly.) But I definitely think that especially as most people will not be thinking about this when they see the kitchen, they'll be just taking it in as a whole, that I am probably the only person who gives a darn. :-) Going to post some options in a minute!
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I need to replace the light fixtures in my kitchen. we’re getting new backsplash and I want something a little more glam (which is challenging with the maple cabinets) and possibly flush mount over the table and a small pendant or semi flush over the island. The ceilings are lower than I was used to in my old house and I’m having a hard time finding a style me and my husband can agree on
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@RL Relocation LLC thank you. There is a fixture already installed above the sink to provide the entire kitchen with lighting. No bulb installed yet though. Wiring for the lighting above the peninsula is easy. The wires currently run in a layer between the exposed rafters and the external roofing. Hence a source for each pendant light drops down either from the rafter or drilled through the beam I am only looking for suggestions of pendant lights for above the peninsula that will fit the design of the kitchen
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everdebz
last year
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This room's light seems to have a wheel/ circle with a few bulbs. How does that seem... to keep the style already in your room?
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nylenore
Original Author
last year
i was trying to match using same color. i do need light from ceiling. also like a hanging fixture
everdebz
last year
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How high is the ceiling where current light is?

and how low would bottom edge of new light be .. how low can it hang?
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RL Relocation LLC
last year
I would be doing low profile track lighting that blends away, all the above options will not give you any more or better light than you have now.
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Flo Mangan
last year
RL is right. But I did find a 4 light for ceiling in kitchen.
nylenore thanked Flo Mangan
shirlpp
last year
What you have now in the other lighting is so taste specific. Are you keeping those?
everdebz
last year
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Enough light idk.... Transitional, Compact Fluorescent, 16 W x 13.5" H

Called 'down lighting'.

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RL Relocation LLC
last year
Guys, sometimes lights need to be functional

. The pendant lights and the dining light should be the "pretty" lights here.
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RL Relocation LLC
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RL Relocation LLC
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nylenore thanked RL Relocation LLC
nylenore
Original Author
last year
I do like the dining light and the pendants i just want to change the ceiling with the 3 balls
shirlpp
last year
The pendant lights and the dining light should be the "pretty" lights here.

Sorry RL Relocation LLC, but "pretty" is subjective.
shirlpp
last year
Recessed ceiling lighting is really what's needed.

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