Help with Kitchen Lighting Plans

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

I'm sorry for the crosspost. I posted this in the lighting area, but I did not get any answers.

I am looking for advice on lighting my kitchen. We currently have a sconce above the sink and a ceiling fan centered on the sink and 64" from the wall. There is also a pendant above the kitchen table centered on the bay window, 48' in. We have 7'6" ceiling height.

I want to rethink everything.

1. The sconce must go. It knocks into the cabinet door if it is not perfectly aligned. It also serves no useful function. I will use the wiring for the sconce to run LED tape lights under the cabinets.

2. The Ceiling fan will be replaced with a ceiling hugging model with no lights. I like the fan as it helps keep the kitchen cool when lots of cooking is happening.

3. The pendant stays. No issues here.

4. I want to add recessed lights to the room. Based on my research, four 6" lights 3' from each corner should be sufficient. I might bring them closer to the center, but I do not want them above the fan blades.

5. Given the safety concern of electrical near a sink, I am going thinking about using a 4" recessed light above the sink instead of an LED strip under the sink.

Please let me know your thoughts. A rough, not to scale sketch of the kitchen is below.

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alimages
Original Author
11 years ago
A pendant above the sink will not work due to upper cabinets being in the way. The ceiling fan is also an issue at 30" from the uppers. Ceiling fan + recessed light = disco effect... YIKES!
PRO
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11 years ago
Ah I didn't see the upper cabinets over the sink. Would you consider track lighting and removing the fan all together? Trying to brainstorm with you here.
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alimages
Original Author
11 years ago
Track lighting is a possibility, but might be redundant with the LED tape lights. The fan is very helpful when canning or doing any heavy cooking to keep the kitchen from getting hot.

We also have less than 8" of ceiling, so hanging lights are being avoided, except for over the table.
PRO
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11 years ago
If you keep the fan centered more towards the middle of the kitchen and set the recessed cans around the perimeter I think you could avoid the "disco" effect you had mentioned. Keep the pendant as you said, and run the under cabinet LED lighting. As for over the sink unless you wire through the upper cabinets a more modern wall sconce may be your only choice.
Nothing Left to Say
11 years ago
It looks like your only lighting for the sink will be coming from behind the person working there? Our first kitchen was like that before we remodeled and I hated it. I cast a shadow over the sink so I was always washing dishes in the dark. We changed our lighting in that ktichen specifically to get a light over the sink in front of the person working at it.
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11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Keep us updated, we'd love to see before and afters!
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Lightcrafters, Inc.
11 years ago
You can easily install a couple of puck lights above the sink. They can be cut into the upper cabinet to be flush. Cheap, easy and plenty of light.