Kitchen lighting---I want recessed though
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 1:22 am
I have a 1976 Oakwood (Freedom) single wide, 2 bedroom where bedrooms are at the extreme ends of the house. It has a vaulted ceiling in the living room/kitchen, while the bedrooms have a flat, lower interior ceiling but roof is pitched the whole way. Obviously this means there is some space between ceiling and roof in the bedrooms but less space between ceiling/roof where kitchen is.
In the kitchen, some fool decided that putting only two light fixtures was sufficient, and they are on only one side of the vaulted ceiling, which is opposite the sink/countertop/cooking area of the kitchen. Dumbest design idea I've ever seen. Even turning both lights on, it's still darker where cooking happens. I want to add lights to even out the light for this big kitchen. The fixtures are that typical 1970 stuff, two bulb ugly thing with a square glass diffuser. Yeah..ugly. Outdated.
Roof is aluminum. I really want recessed lights. Some suggested track lighting but being a vaulted ceiling, that would be tricky and look odd, plus it still would be using the existing light locations on only one half side of the kitchen. Is it really feasible to add recessed without much difficulty? I can't believe home builders in the 70's didn't have better ideas than what they gave me.
I'm nearly finishing a 17 month project where I gutted my master bathroom down to the joists and studs, converted the tub to a huge shower-only, moved the toilet, removed a closet, installed moisture resistance drywall walls and Durock in the floor and shower area with porcelain tile throughout and porcelain floor tile. Got rid of the ugly skinny window and replaced with a new, bigger one too. Even used mosaic tile in the shower floor. $5,000 project and looks so amazing! (if Titanic had been this watertight it'd never have sank)
Anyways, looking for serious advice on the recessed kitchen lighting.
In the kitchen, some fool decided that putting only two light fixtures was sufficient, and they are on only one side of the vaulted ceiling, which is opposite the sink/countertop/cooking area of the kitchen. Dumbest design idea I've ever seen. Even turning both lights on, it's still darker where cooking happens. I want to add lights to even out the light for this big kitchen. The fixtures are that typical 1970 stuff, two bulb ugly thing with a square glass diffuser. Yeah..ugly. Outdated.
Roof is aluminum. I really want recessed lights. Some suggested track lighting but being a vaulted ceiling, that would be tricky and look odd, plus it still would be using the existing light locations on only one half side of the kitchen. Is it really feasible to add recessed without much difficulty? I can't believe home builders in the 70's didn't have better ideas than what they gave me.
I'm nearly finishing a 17 month project where I gutted my master bathroom down to the joists and studs, converted the tub to a huge shower-only, moved the toilet, removed a closet, installed moisture resistance drywall walls and Durock in the floor and shower area with porcelain tile throughout and porcelain floor tile. Got rid of the ugly skinny window and replaced with a new, bigger one too. Even used mosaic tile in the shower floor. $5,000 project and looks so amazing! (if Titanic had been this watertight it'd never have sank)
Anyways, looking for serious advice on the recessed kitchen lighting.