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.
What to replace old fluorescent light in kitchen.
Just follow these steps.
It will replace this brass light fixture i gave a 0 makeover a while back.
Fluorescent light bulbs can lack the warmth and coziness that you want in your home and the light fixtures can look big and bulky.
The lights on the track can be positioned and pointed at specific areas in the room.
Fluorescent soffit type if your home was built between the 1970 s and the 1990 s you may have a soffit ceiling with a raised portion in the center.
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.
Many older fluorescent light fixtures offer little in the way of design aesthetic so replacing them with regular light fixtures will open up a world of creative choices for your room.
Shedding light on kitchen lighting.
Here are some of the main factors to consider.
It involves removing the old fixtures installing the recessed lights and repairing any ceiling damage left over from the old light fixtures.
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And after 16 years of living with an ugly fluorescent light box i now have an open ceiling with a pretty little light to replace it hanging in my kitchen.
Track lighting works in large and small rooms alike.
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.
Replacing a fluorescent light fixture doesn t require an electrician.
A lighting plan should be an integral part of a kitchen remodel.
Replace the old fluorescent box with a set of modern track lights.
With no need to change wiring it s simple to replace an old fluorescent kitchen fixture with a new track.
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A 4 lamp 4 foot fixture can go from what you have now about 7200 lumens in led terms or the equivalent of replacing a fixture that has four brand new fluorescent tubes with four 1800 lumen led tubes to nearly twice as bright about 12 000 lumens with four 3000 lumen led tubes depending on the lumen rating of your led replacement tube.