So, we have a squarish kitchen, quite large, with L shaped run of cupboards down one wall and under the window. The cooker is in the middle of the non window wall.
Then in the middle of the floor we have a table, which seats 6 and where we eat most meals, and hang out most of the time.
At the moment there is a light fittting in the centre of the room with 4 spots aimed randomly at the corners of the room. There are also lights under the top cupboards shedding light down on to the worksurface.
The issues
- the sink is dark, and you cast your own shadow. Onviously not during the day, but on a dull day and evening
- there is no direct light down on to the table which would be nice
- there is no light down on to the worksurfaces, but dh says the under the cupboard lights do this, so more is not needed, my gut says not enough (and guess who uses the room most)
I would like a track of spots in an L above the worksurfaces and the sink, following the line of the units. Then somethign over the table.
dh not keen, says it won't look good, and is only really needed over the sink.
I would like 3 long pendants down over the table, ds has heard about this and begged me not to, he is 6'3" and woudl bump his head on them, we stayed at relatives over Christmas and he kept bumoing his head on theirs, even though the dh in their house is also over 6'
Don;t know what else to do really. Kitchen is old, we've modernised it with new cupboard handles and repainted the doors etc, no chance of a re-do for years to come, so thought doing the lighting would improve it.
Any brilliant ideas from the vipers?