Help me improve out kitchen lighting ... fixtures?

[Soliloquy]

Originally Posted by SonshineMama

No worries. I’m fascinated. My husband also said it’s to brand. However I like daylight and shining down on me so I don’t like enclosed fixtures much

Grace, Simon, and I all have glare issues (migraine trigger) so we do the opposite. All indirect lighting. Grace is so sensitive that she can tell the difference between generic and brand name LED bulbs. She can detect the slower refresh rate. We joke we are like the X Men with our supernatural senses.

[tempus vernum]

Originally Posted by Soliloquy

Grace, Simon, and I all have glare issues (migraine trigger) so we do the opposite. All indirect lighting. Grace is so sensitive that she can tell the difference between generic and brand name LED bulbs. She can detect the slower refresh rate. We joke we are like the X Men with our supernatural senses.

I’m wondering suddenly if this is why S wears sunglasses inside oh dear.....

[knitlove]

Originally Posted by Soliloquy

Grace, Simon, and I all have glare issues (migraine trigger) so we do the opposite. All indirect lighting. Grace is so sensitive that she can tell the difference between generic and brand name LED bulbs. She can detect the slower refresh rate. We joke we are like the X Men with our supernatural senses.

Oh my yes!!! I have to have all the lights being the same brand in any room.

I had it in my iep in school that once a year I could ask for the light bulbs to get rearranged so that the colors would match on my desk.

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[Soliloquy]

When I was in school, overhead projectors, where the teacher has a clear plastic film to write on, were very common in high school and college. If the overhead protector AND the regular lights were on, I felt like my head would explode. I remember looking around the room and wondering why it didn't seem to bother anyone else.

When I was a teacher, the lights were always off when I used the overhead. . And when I got a classroom with lots of windows, I usually kept the lights off entirely. (They were all those horrid fluorescent tube lights.)

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Originally Posted by SonshineMama

I’m wondering suddenly if this is why S wears sunglasses inside oh dear.....

Maybe ... or it could be "don't notice me" or something else entirely.

[tempus vernum]

So DH has installed just our track listing and I’ve realized every light fixture in this house is dim including the cabinet lights I was ok with

We got the other two fixtures but dh hasn’t had a minute to install. Excuse the mess LOL . In my family rooms defense it’s lit by only the Christmas tree at the moment but here my new fixture .. I love it!!


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Oh and the Polly pocket is a family thing. Been hanging from a kitchen light fixture in the old house for years and kids insisted we bring and hang in new kitchen dd1 hung it years and years ago and rehung it in the new kitchen the day we moved. When dh changed the fixture she also hung it on the new one . I’m guessing they will expect us to take this Polly pocket to every place we live and eventually dd1 will inherit it we r kinda zany


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[knitlove]

Oh horray! Having good lights in a house in December is important.

Did you replace bulbs when you moved in? Replacing everything with led's with higher lumins might help the rest of the house some.

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And I love the polly pocket story!

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We replaced the ones that can use leds. Some are so ancient we can’t find LEDs

One thing that’s weird is we had ceiling fixtures in the bedrooms and living spaces here at old house and do not here. Only kitchen bathrooms and hallways have them here... So we need to fix the lamp/lighting situation in those rooms too . We’ve been unsure what we want to do and didn’t realize it until the winter started hitting.

Plus all fixtures were replaced in the last 10 years. This house was built in the 70’s and looks like our new fixture is the only new one.

Now that my breakfast bar and work space is lit I’m ok going slow. We bought a good make up mirror for the bathroom so we have time to decide. We r usually a little slow usually to decide so dh was shocked I bought 3 fixtures in 72 hours

[heartofjoy]

That looks really nice! I'll bet you are loving it! I just replaced some of my LEDs with daylight instead of soft white. I don't like the bluer light but I did it to help me fight depression.

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[knitlove]

Originally Posted by SonshineMama

We replaced the ones that can use leds. Some are so ancient we can’t find LEDs



One thing that’s weird is we had ceiling fixtures in the bedrooms and living spaces here at old house and do not here. Only kitchen bathrooms and hallways have them here... So we need to fix the lamp/lighting situation in those rooms too . We’ve been unsure what we want to do and didn’t realize it until the winter started hitting.



Plus all fixtures were replaced in the last 10 years. This house was built in the 70’s and looks like our new fixture is the only new one.



Now that my breakfast bar and work space is lit I’m ok going slow. We bought a good make up mirror for the bathroom so we have time to decide. We r usually a little slow usually to decide so dh was shocked I bought 3 fixtures in 72 hours

What ones can you not find things for?

And what is the world is with it with houses that have no lights!!! Our house I. Burlington was like that, the only light fixtures were in the bathroom and kitchen. It was totally crazy. This house is slight better but I still want more lights in the living room - I typically ovoid that room because it is so dark.


I am so so glad you have one good area of light it helps so so much.

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