Have: angled track lighting in kitchen- want: pendant lights
(Please excuse my mess) To be honest I would love to redo the entire kitchen but due to budget constraints I am currently looking to replace the lighting above the island. I love the pendant look right now. I was hoping to replace the fixture with minimal "construction" to the ceiling. Does anyone have any suggestions on lighting?
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Lindz
5 years agoThank you for your response! I should've clarified that the track lighting is not completely over the island- and I would like the lighting parallel to the island.
I also believe (in my lack of knowledge) that the wires connect in only one side of this light. ( above in pic I am referring to the right side.) of course that's the side that doesn't align with the island.
PROShakuff
5 years agoIt seems the outlet it probably center of the room... If you don't care to put a track dead over the island, you can sometimes do the shaped tracks and possibly shape it so part of it goes over the island, but not all of it. This way you can keep the electric in the center still. I would do a cost comparison though to see if it's more expensive to do those tracks with pendants or to move the outlet over the island and patch/paint old holes. It may be interesting to add additional lighting in the room as well as get rid of the second track and put one continuous one. www.shakuff.com
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