More Lights!

So we decided to continue on with our lighting projects around the house since the dining room turned out so well, the next spot was the kitchen. The decision to rip out the old lighting was expedited by a trip to Ralphs where I saw the exact same set up over the deli counter.....see below for the old version

This set up has a pair of flourescent lights (kind of like the ones you see in office buildings) installed in an alcove and covered by a lovely sheet of plastic with faux wood paneling....quite breathtaking, but that wasn't the best part. Every time we turned this "light box" on to use the kitchen we heard a buzzing sound K said "reminded him of the presence of angels". It reminded me of what it might feel like to be a cafeteria worker, but we don't always have to see things eye to eye I suppose.

We didn't take any photos of the demo on this one, perhaps it was because we got wrapped up in tearing things down so quickly, but all we had to do was rip off the wood, take down the plastic sheet and de-install the fluorescent tubing. The alcove was finished so K patched up the holes we weren't going to use for our new fixtures and we just added the paint (leftover from a sample that I had tested out for the living room and decided not to use) and a strip of molding to cover up the edges. Check it out below

A vast improvement I think, and this one was a renovation on the cheap as well, both fixtures came from Ikea and were under $100 total, the molding was simple (under 20$ I think) and the paint was $3 because it was just a leftover sample.