Help needed on lighting plan

7 years ago

We are remodeling our small kitchen (11'4" by 13'8"). We went with black cabinet and want to make sure the room is bright enough using recessed lights and a pendant over island so it doesn't look too crowded. There is a ceiling box across the room above the window with is 11" in height and 17" in depth. Here is my lighting plan. color represent on the same switch. I am planning on using PAR on most of them. But should I consider BR for some of them which is not for task lighting? Also for the fridge corner, the fridge will come out more than what is drawn in the plan. Will that create a dark spot in that lower right corner? Should I consider put one more light at that corner and make the two task light symmetric on both side of the stove?

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RL Relocation LLC
7 years ago
What does the 3' and 5'' denote? are you planning to use three can sizes? Par an Br bulbs? LED wide flood 2700k. Where is this box? Is that why there are no lights on the other side of the room?
Yingxi Shi
Original Author
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
I am planning on using 4" and 5" cans. I guess my hand writing is not so good. there is no 3" should be mostly 5". The box is on the top where the two pink 4" lights are. I am planning on using PAR for most of the task lighting, but don't know if I should use some BR to provide some more soft lighting in the center of the house and near the island.

The room ends at the edge of the island on the left, where is dining room and has its own chandelier. That is why I didn't plan any light to the left of the island. the bottom left of the room is connected to hall way. In this image it shows a pole (white circle) and two beam, but we are going to remove the pole and keep the supporting beam.

Thank you for your change. I saw the change of moving the one big pendant into two smaller pendant and move the two recess light further away from the island. But I want to have a dramatic look so I want to have one big pendant, 15" in diameter or can be 20" in diameter and have two smaller recess light to provide enough light. My question is if the recess light are further away from the island, will that cast shadow of people on the island when people gathering around the table? Also, will the bottom right corner be too dark if the fridge is going to stick out more?
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RL Relocation LLC
7 years ago
You need to light the whole room, not just half and hope the dining room chandelier does the rest? It will not be on while you are in the kitchen one would think. You are going to have shadows, and poor lighting because your lighting plan is not based on task, but beauty. a chandelier over the island would most likely light up that whole room, but again the light is not focused. if you only place lights over the island you will have shadows when you face the fridge...

Also you do not need 2 sizes of cans, do all 4' or all 5'' not a mix you dont need it to look like a poka-dot pattern in there.

Lastly this talk of par and BR bulbs is so 2010, by 4'' LED cans with flood, you dont need to focus this light you need to drive it down and light the entire room.
Yingxi Shi
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks for the suggestions! I am totally new with the recessed lights. To make this plan, I just read some articles online and hope it will work!