With all of the can lights and then ceiling speakers in the kitchen and adjacent family room, I don't want to make things to busy. I've already got to figure out a good way to deal with the glossy housings the previous owners installed when they added the can lights.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
-Ryan

ps: I can't wait to tear that tile out too.

I think you could get away with it..just wouldn't do anything with nickel or light metals. The finish you picked would go with the other colors in the kitchen.

Thanks!

Style isn't much my forte so I leave that for others. Shoelvr's advice sounds good to me. The only thing I might add is to be careful about fixture height (length of the downrod). Too low, and they may dominate the decor more than you want. But again, I'm not an expert on style.

If it were my kitchen I'd be inclined to remove the recessed lights near where the new lights will be located. I can't see why you'd need them. If nothing else, that will leave you with fewer holes in the ceiling - places for heat to leak out in the winter.

The other idea I've been toying with is to replace some or all of the can lights with surface lights in both the kitchen and adjoining living room. I think it will make for too much going on though.

I was thinking of something like these for over the bar. click here

But if I did use these ceiling mounted lights in place of the cans elsewhere, then I might go with a smaller pendant like these but with an opaque cover.

And I kind of like something like this over the sinks.

Any more thoughts?

Thanks again!

living room

I would consider doing the ceiling mounted lights here as well, but I think it will be majorly too busy with everything. I think I'll start by replacing the can housings with a matte white instead of the gloss after I repaint.