Kitchen Lighting.
Discussion
Hacked off, Fed up, bored with the ridiculous over-run on this project so lost my "design flair". Looking for inspiration / blatant theft of ideas to illuminate the kitchen with.
Quite Large area, >6m x 4m. Don't think I can be arsed with fitting loads of downlighters in the ceiling, but want something a tad more stylish than a couple of 60w bulbs hanging from a plastic blob, more pleasing to the eye than a 10ft long tube that flickers and looks like something from a hospital ward.
Quite Large area, >6m x 4m. Don't think I can be arsed with fitting loads of downlighters in the ceiling, but want something a tad more stylish than a couple of 60w bulbs hanging from a plastic blob, more pleasing to the eye than a 10ft long tube that flickers and looks like something from a hospital ward.
different I'll grant you. Not sure it'd pip the 2x60w bulbs though.
If you are planning on using this as your regular kitchen for the next few years (as in, not just doing it to sell the place) then my advice would be to do as good a job as possible. And if that involves 'being arsed' to fit downlighters, then go ahead and do it.
Do a 'can't be arsed' job now and you will regret it every time you turn the lights on. I garuntee you.
Halogen downlighters - yes, good. Uplighters above the cupboards are good as well, as are under-cupboard lights. All will take time to wire in, especially if you need to put new circuits in for them, but in my experience of kitchens the more lights you have and the more controllable they are, the better.
Oli.
Do a 'can't be arsed' job now and you will regret it every time you turn the lights on. I garuntee you.
Halogen downlighters - yes, good. Uplighters above the cupboards are good as well, as are under-cupboard lights. All will take time to wire in, especially if you need to put new circuits in for them, but in my experience of kitchens the more lights you have and the more controllable they are, the better.
Oli.
zcacogp said:
If you are planning on using this as your regular kitchen for the next few years (as in, not just doing it to sell the place) then my advice would be to do as good a job as possible. And if that involves 'being arsed' to fit downlighters, then go ahead and do it.
Do a 'can't be arsed' job now and you will regret it every time you turn the lights on. I garuntee you.
Halogen downlighters - yes, good. Uplighters above the cupboards are good as well, as are under-cupboard lights. All will take time to wire in, especially if you need to put new circuits in for them, but in my experience of kitchens the more lights you have and the more controllable they are, the better.
Oli.
I think that's part of the problem - much as I'd like to think we'll be here for years to come the way work is going we could be selling (or trying to...) much sooner.Do a 'can't be arsed' job now and you will regret it every time you turn the lights on. I garuntee you.
Halogen downlighters - yes, good. Uplighters above the cupboards are good as well, as are under-cupboard lights. All will take time to wire in, especially if you need to put new circuits in for them, but in my experience of kitchens the more lights you have and the more controllable they are, the better.
Oli.
I was intending lights below the cupboards and fluorescent strips on top of them, it's the ceiling mounted ones that are the issue!
Davi said:
zcacogp said:
If you are planning on using this as your regular kitchen for the next few years (as in, not just doing it to sell the place) then my advice would be to do as good a job as possible. And if that involves 'being arsed' to fit downlighters, then go ahead and do it.
Do a 'can't be arsed' job now and you will regret it every time you turn the lights on. I garuntee you.
Halogen downlighters - yes, good. Uplighters above the cupboards are good as well, as are under-cupboard lights. All will take time to wire in, especially if you need to put new circuits in for them, but in my experience of kitchens the more lights you have and the more controllable they are, the better.
Oli.
I think that's part of the problem - much as I'd like to think we'll be here for years to come the way work is going we could be selling (or trying to...) much sooner.Do a 'can't be arsed' job now and you will regret it every time you turn the lights on. I garuntee you.
Halogen downlighters - yes, good. Uplighters above the cupboards are good as well, as are under-cupboard lights. All will take time to wire in, especially if you need to put new circuits in for them, but in my experience of kitchens the more lights you have and the more controllable they are, the better.
Oli.
I was intending lights below the cupboards and fluorescent strips on top of them, it's the ceiling mounted ones that are the issue!
Kitchen lights are usually on for long periods so you need fluorescents, not halogens or other incandescents. Thin fluorescents under cupboards, any kind of fluorescent above the cupboards. The top fluorescents will reflect off the ceiling all over the room so you don't need lights in the ceiling unless you want to hang one over a table.
zcacogp said:
If you are planning on using this as your regular kitchen for the next few years (as in, not just doing it to sell the place) then my advice would be to do as good a job as possible. And if that involves 'being arsed' to fit downlighters, then go ahead and do it.
Do a 'can't be arsed' job now and you will regret it every time you turn the lights on. I garuntee you.
Halogen downlighters - yes, good. Uplighters above the cupboards are good as well, as are under-cupboard lights. All will take time to wire in, especially if you need to put new circuits in for them, but in my experience of kitchens the more lights you have and the more controllable they are, the better.
Oli.
Do a 'can't be arsed' job now and you will regret it every time you turn the lights on. I garuntee you.
Halogen downlighters - yes, good. Uplighters above the cupboards are good as well, as are under-cupboard lights. All will take time to wire in, especially if you need to put new circuits in for them, but in my experience of kitchens the more lights you have and the more controllable they are, the better.
Oli.
What Oli saidherewego said:
Kitchen lights are usually on for long periods so you need fluorescents, not halogens or other incandescents. Thin fluorescents under cupboards, any kind of fluorescent above the cupboards. The top fluorescents will reflect off the ceiling all over the room so you don't need lights in the ceiling unless you want to hang one over a table.
If I could get away without any on the ceiling at all that would be great, as it would also fit in with the general design - was just concerned that it wouldn't provide enough light purely bouncing them off the ceiling from above the units.Gassing Station | The Pie & Piston Archive | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff