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Need help with lighting plan - sketch inside

craigintx
14 years ago

We're pretty much completely gutted on the way to a redo of our 1960's galley kitchen. We're moving walls and opening the space up quite a lot. It's time to decide on a final lighting plan, and my head is swimming.

We need help mostly in the kitchen and family room. The breakfast room will keep its chandelier over the table. The dining room will get a center chandelier and 4 wall washers in the corners for art/furniture. Will 5" cans work here? Slot or scoop trims? Lighting designers of course want to sell us 4" low-voltage - worth the upgrade?

The family room has a center ceiling fan - no light kit. One designer we've talked to suggested 4 5" cans around the fan - maybe 8' apart, plus a single directional can to light the fireplace/mantel. Of course this was spec'ed as 4"low voltage with slot trim. She also suggested 3 4" cans with pinhole trims down the right side of the room to light the pathway. Overkill?

The kitchen is hardest. I'm currently thinking 4 5" cans along the edge of the counter on the sink wall. 2 more along the edge of the island. One or 2 more near the refrigerator/pantry - which go all the way to the ceiling. How far out should these cans be?

We will have undercab lights along the sink wall and one or 2 4" cans over the sink.

Over the island, we'll probably do 2 or 3 4" cans, maybe low-v, to keep the view unobstructed. Pendants are still under discussion, though.

In the area at the right side of the kitchen, we'll do more cans to light that area, which will have a desk and file storage along the "right" wall and a furniture piece along the "bottom" wall.

We would love some suggestions on placement and size of fixtures. The designers we talked to wanted to put 10 4" low-v cans in the kitchen + 4 more in the office area, which seemed a little much. Are the 4" low-v fixtures even the right thing for kitchen lighting?

Thanks for the help!

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