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Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 17:06
| I have the dreaded fluorescent tubes lighting my kitchen. I have 8' ceilings and no island under the light fixture. I would love to replace it but have not had any luck finding a flush mount fixture that would come close to creating enough light. Can anyone point me to a reasonably priced flush mount that can provide a good amount of light for my kitchen? |
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| We had several of those in our kitchen/keeping room when we moved in. We had the fixtures removed, the ceiling patched, and can lights installed. No comparison. We also have 8' ceilings. |
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| You might need more than one ceiling fixture. How large is your kitchen? Is it modern or traditional? |
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| We have a u shaped kitchen separated from the eating area by a peninsula. The working area, where the fluorescent lighting is, is about 14' x 14'. How many can lights do you think we would need? My kitchen is more traditional than modern. |
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- Posted by gsciencechick (My Page) on Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 20:30
| We took out the tube flourescent and put in a CFL fixture of similar wattage. I had to repaint the ceiling in that area, but that was it. Our kitchen is 15 square feet. We also have a hanging fixture over the table, then task lighting in pendants over the sink, and then in the range hood. I am not a fan of can lighting, but based on what your kitchen may look like, that might work for you. |
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| I'm not a designer, by a long shot, but I did DIY my kitchen which is 12 x 14. It has 8 ft ceilings (no island) and a peninsula (no overhead cabs). What I did for lighting, was a centered semi-flush mount fixture, with 2 matching pendants over the peninsula, a 3-light matching chandy over the sink and finally, the co-ordinating 5 light chandy over the breakfast nook (next to peninsula). It's good lighting for me, but what really puts it over the top is under cabinet task lightng (T-5's). Just thought I'd share :) Dawn |
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| In our previous 10 x11u-shaped kitchen we removed the large fluorescent box installed four 6 inch cans in the ceiling. The peninsula dividing the kitchen and eating area had upper cabinets and the sink was located there. We also added a small can over the sink. It was installed inside the short cabinet above the sink and a whole was cut into the bottom of the cabinet for the light. We felt we had more than enough general lighting. Now that I have under cabinet lights in my new kitchen, I realize how great it is to have that too. |
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| We have those, and we are planning to replace with CFL track lighting. Look for electronic ballasts for instant-on. |
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| We replaced ours with a semi-flush mount that holds three 100-watt equivalent CFL lights. We put a pendant over the sink. With those and under-cabs, we have plenty of light. |
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