I recently remodeled my kitchen and loved that i chose to install skypanels for my fluorescent lighting.
What to replace a fluorescent light with in the kitchen.
This past week has been full of showhouse meetings and children s hospital projects but we also managed to knock three more bullets off our kitchen to do list.
It was a very reasonable price also about 35 40 a piece.
It would give your kitchen a new exciting look.
Essentially you can replace the fluorescent light with any fixture as long as you make sure it will provide the light you need.
The led one we chose had a lightweight plastic one but as you can see in the photos above the box under the fluorescent fixture was pretty standard and you could use any standard light fixture with the metal plate.
I would recommend getting usaskypanels for fixing up your fluorescent lighting.
With no need to change wiring it s simple to replace an old fluorescent kitchen fixture with a new track light.
A standard reflector type floodlight casts a beam of light beam spread of about 70 degrees which is good for general lighting.
When it comes to the cooking zone leds are a perfect choice.
Adding crown moulding inside the soffit is a great way to give it a finished look.
If you re still looking for inspiration try searching interior design magazines and websites for other ideas for replacing fluorescent lighting boxes.
You ll need to determine your light output for your square footage.
My lightbox measured 4 x6 x12 around.
Remove the old lighting and install recessed lights inside the raised soffit ceiling.
Depending on the size of the soffit in relation to your kitchen you may want to add additional task lights around the soffit above the counter tops.
I m also debating on installing a few recessed lights inside the lightbox.
If you want a simple way to give a room a makeover try replacing the fluorescent light fixture in your kitchen with recessed lights or pendant lights.
Improving your kitchen lighting can be as simple as switching to different light bulbs fig.
Instead of fluorescent light on your ceiling you can choose flush mount kitchen lighting or leds arranged on the ceiling to illuminate the entire room.
We 1 patched primed and painted the old yellowed ceiling 2 replaced the two fluorescent lights in the kitchen area and 3 replaced the light over the breakfast table.
What a relief that was to find out 8.