In keeping with the original 50′s dated esthetic in the kitchen, it should come as no surprise that the ceiling light fixture looked like this…
Needless to say, this giant florescent behemoth wasn’t flattering anybody. In the dark winter mornings it woke us up faster than a strong cup of coffee. It had to go. Easy. So we removed it, only to find this…
Ah, yeah, perhaps not so easy. What proceeded was a multi-step, multi-day ceiling repair job. First, drywall was attached to some 2 x 4 anchors installed in the recessed area
Followed by several layers of drywall patch to recreate the texture of the original ceiling, and a temporary fixture in the meantime.
After a week, we were ready to paint the ceiling and get the new fixture installed. We realized that with the low ceiling (sad, but true) any swanky chandelier or pretty pendants were not an option. We pored over hundreds of flushmounts, but they just didn’t spread the light around the room the way we needed. So we went with a brushed steel halogen fixture. It’s sleek stature and streamlined directional light was the right kind of luminescent muscle for us. David wins! Let there be better light!
Needless to say, this giant florescent behemoth wasn’t flattering anybody. In the dark winter mornings it woke us up faster than a strong cup of coffee. It had to go. Easy. So we removed it, only to find this…Ah, yeah, perhaps not so easy. What proceeded was a multi-step, multi-day ceiling repair job. First, drywall was attached to some 2 x 4 anchors installed in the recessed areaFollowed by several layers of drywall patch to recreate the texture of the original ceiling, and a temporary fixture in the meantime.After a week, we were ready to paint the ceiling and get the new fixture installed. We realized that with the low ceiling (sad, but true) any swanky chandelier or pretty pendants were not an option. We pored over hundreds of flushmounts, but they just didn’t spread the light around the room the way we needed. So we went with a brushed steel halogen fixture. It’s sleek stature and streamlined directional light was the right kind of luminescent muscle for us. David wins! Let there be better light!
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