HELP WITH KITCHEN LIGHTING
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Comments (8)"Both of those spaces have horrible lighting plans. And kitchen designs. To the point of being an actual hazard to work in them. Lighting is just the tip of the iceberg in the uselessness of a vaulted ceiling in a kitchen. The extra height causes many many issues. All expensive." IF YOU CAN ONLY INPUT NEGATIVE COMMENTS............DONT BOTHER COMMENTING. CONSTRUCTIVE IS ONE THING, HOWEVER, FOR THE MOST PART, IT IS ALWAYS A SLIGHT, NEVER: " YOU KNOW THERE MIGHT BE A BETTER LIGHTING PLAN FOR YOU, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IDEA........." ALWAYS: " YOU'RE SPACE WAS POORLY PLANNED AND IS NOT GOING TO WORK AND IT LOOKS TERRIBLE" Do you realize how you come across @User, or do you just not care about how you make other people feel? If I was to poll other houzzers on how they feel about the majority of your comments, they would agree. Go claw your way out of the live wires, perhaps you need a little exposure to shock....See MoreElectrician tomorrow YIKES! Need help with kitchen lighting plan.
Comments (10)Whoa! White cabs, white counters, and 18 lights - not only can you do surgery there, but the International Space Station will see a glow coming from your house! The first thing I would ask is why the island is so far out and under a beam. Assuming the beam is a "soffit," it will be uncomfortable to sit there. It looks like you can slide it towards the sink and interpolating around 44" between the stove. then sliding to the right to give about 42" between the refrig (I might even slide it further right if that's a door on the back wall). This allows clearing the beam a bit. Consider a 4" or 6" recessed light as "general" lighting, not task. Not only do they light up the counter, but importantly throw onto the floor as well. So you do not need separate lighting for the floor as that is not where you want your focus to be. If you use 6", you get more lumens, but they need spaced farther apart. Here, using 4" gives you spacing of about 30"-36". Spacing hardly ever works out perfect with joists/blocking, plumbing, ducts, whatever is in the ceiling (wafer lights mostly allow placement anywhere though). So you do the best you can placing them at the counter edge. Tall pantries and refrig 12" farther out. Placement in center of sink (here shown on counter edge rather than middle). If you have a cabinet over the hood, centering is not as critical, but if its a stainless hood to ceiling you may want the light centered. You will get a hot spot reflection, but it is necessary to light the adjacent counter and floor as you won't use the hood LEDs for general lighting. With the undercabs consider where you will hide the transformer so the electrician knows where to place his whip. Mini pendants determine if you want a separate ceiling box for each or 1 box for a track, as you have less selection in mini's that mount individually to a box....See MoreNeed help with kitchen lighting and details!
Comments (1)Sorry the app is not letting me edit the post. Continued below: The backsplash will be matte subway tiles in alabaster. The intent is to give the kitchen an older feel with character because it’s a new build/mass produced kitchen. The trouble I’m having is whether pan rails will be too busy looking and I’m going back and forth between sconces on the back wall or hanging pendants over the island. Will the back wall be too bare if there are no sconces or shelves? Will the kitchen look to busy with overhead pendants over the square island? Any design suggestions for these finishing details would be so appreciated....See MoreHelp with kitchen light over Island
Comments (4)this is a pretty traditional looking fixture suitable for Island and/or dining table it is from Wayfair.com Makson pendant ... just an observation. Center your area rug on the window and (fill that space with the rug) put the chaise/sectional at the edge of the rug....See More3onthetree
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