How Nosotros Made The Kitchen Lantern Pendants Work

I've ever wanted some additional controversy lighting inwards our kitchen, but amongst the means our electrical flow lighting was configured it only wasn't going to work.  Today I'm sharing how nosotros went nearly working around that too installing the novel lights.  This turned inwards to quite a lengthy post, but I wanted to demonstrate our procedure inwards representative anyone else has a similar problem.

  

We had cracking lighting, but our ceiling looked similar swiss cheese...there were lots too lots of recessed tin lights (22 altogether inwards our opened upwards kitchen/living/dining!).  The biggest work inwards adding lighting over the isle was that none of the electrical flow lighting was centered.  It was centered for the room every bit a whole, but the isle is off centre too none of the tin lights were where they needed to be.  So, nosotros knew that if nosotros flake this projection off it would non live quick too easy.  

Thankfully, my soon-to-be-brother-in-law knows a affair or ii nearly electrical work, too agreed to assist us out.  We decided to take away the entire centre row of tin lights inwards guild to install the pendants there.  However, this left the lights on the other ii sides unbalanced, too then nosotros moved ii of them over allowing both sides of cans to live an equal distance from the pendants inwards the center.  

I got everything measured too marked. To determine the exact seat of the novel lights, I made a grade amongst painters record on the isle correct below where I wanted the lights to be.  Then, I cutting a long string, tied a pen to the destination of it, too attached the other destination amongst a thumbtack to the ceiling.  I kept adjusting the thumbtack slightly until the pen on the bottom hung precisely over the grade on the island.  Then, nosotros had our spot for the novel lights!  I likewise measured too marked where the lights on the correct side needed to go, too the lights amongst the greenish record are the ones nosotros removed.   

In the hateful fourth dimension Ray too Micah worked together inwards the attic to describe the one-time lights out, motion the 2 cans over, position inwards ceiling patches where needed, too install the wiring too ceiling braces for the novel pendants.  I wishing I could give yous a how-to on that, but I didn't fifty-fifty sweat to figure out what they were doing!  Micah fifty-fifty installed a completely novel dimmer switch for the lanterns, too then they could operate separately from the tin lights.

On a side note, patch the boys were working my sis too I were doing fun stuff...like make-up shopping too framing artwork for her bedroom.

After a long afternoon of work, Micah left us amongst 2 recessed lights inwards a novel spot, 2 places wired too develop to install the novel pendants, too lots of ceiling holes to destination patching.  He did the difficult part, the ease nosotros could handle.

To repair the seams left around the patches that Micah position in, I filled the edges amongst spackling paste, permit it dry out too lightly sanded.  Then I used some texturing chemical compound too feathered around the seams to sweat to blend eveything in, too paw sanded when it dried.  

After painting, it looked terrible!  The patched spots were really obvious!  I decided that I hadn't sanded nearly enough, too knew it was going to own got to a greater extent than than sanding past times hand.  So, I taped plastic around the expanse every bit much every bit I could, plugged inwards my palm sander, too got subsequently it.  Yes, it was messy too dust yet got everywhere, but it had to live done! 

It worked!  Everything was squeamish too polish too the filled patches were undetectable.  Even without whatever additional texturing, everything  blended correct in.  Now, unless yous stare genuinely difficult too the lighting is only right, yous can't tell where the one-time lights were.  

With the lighting from this angle yous tin encounter the places that were repaired, but I'm certain that's a pigment consequence to a greater extent than than anything, too someday when nosotros acquire around to repainting the entire ceiling everything volition live completely undetectable. (Years agone when nosotros painted the ceiling, nosotros used a Satin finish.  I've since learned that is a large no-no on ceilings...if it had been apartment pigment I'm certain none of these spots would own got showed.)

Once the ceiling repair piece of work was done, Ray was able to easily install the lights.  First, nosotros hung the lite cage upwards without the glass, only to build certain the elevation was right.  Those are heavy...it helped non to own got the drinking glass inwards until the final minute.

Now, because I don't desire to atomic number 82 anyone astray, I own got 1 work to portion amongst yous that I didn't intend nearly earlier putting these lights up.  With our cooktop beingness out inwards the opened upwards on the island, nosotros don't own got whatever variety of vent for the stove.  SO... subsequently cooking for a few weeks amongst the lights upwards I noticed some splatters too residue on the glass.  I don't desire to live cleaning these lights all the time.  Honestly it's a petty tricky to build clean the drinking glass on the inside-it's a tight mash to become far in that location too I don't desire to live rocking the lite around a lot.  I came upwards amongst a petty solution that's non the prettiest, but it helps.  When I'm cooking something especially messy, similar frying something, I stretch a shower cap over the bottom of the light!  

Yeah, I know, SUPER classy...but it works!  Some particles yet acquire on the exterior of the glass, but I don't heed cleaning that move every bit much.  Even amongst that problem, I yet intend it's totally worth it to own got the lights there.

One to a greater extent than tid-bit inwards the lighting saga, recollect I bought these at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore final year.  They were build novel inwards a sealed box, too then it never crossed my heed to opened upwards it upwards too banking concern correspond them out.  Well, certain enough, 1 of the panes of drinking glass was cracked when I opened the box, too the store wouldn't practice anything nearly it.  These panes are beveled, too then to supersede 1 would own got damage me nearly $40.  Crazy...I exclusively paid $50 for the whole light!  Needless to say, I decided to become amongst a regular slice of drinking glass for that 1 pane, for nearly $10, too turned that side to the back.  I genuinely don't intend anyone would ever fifty-fifty notice, too then we'll only permit that live our petty secret, o.k.?  :)

So, I approximate the moral of this even is don't permit a little something similar lights beingness inwards the incorrect house halt yous from doing something yous genuinely desire to do! (And kudos to yous if yous genuinely read this novel of a post!)

   

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