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2 hours ago, k31th said:

how low do you want your light fixture to your island? going to have to be pretty tall to reach into the middle of the island, too, it looks that big :P


https://carolineondesign.com/how-to-hang-pendant-lighting-over-kitchen-island/

 

I can’t reach the middle but I’m fairly midgety 😂😂

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oh gee... I'm not a fan of those pendant lights, personally, with how low they recommend it to be... but I'm a big lanky POS that gets in the way of anything that's even slightly low so I'm a bit biased in that opinion :)

 

1 hour ago, JETURBO said:

There’s a bit of a magic formula for pendant drop lights and surfaces so this one is bang on the 810mm distance gap. 
 

Yeh the island is 2000mm x 2000mm and you can kind of never have enough bench space especially with a big Wog family that entertains often, it’s not that hard to reach to centre really ;) 

810mm... yikes... of course it's great sized for entertainment purposes; just ask the adults to bend over and get to the tiramisu in the centre hahahha

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Funnily enough it’s loads of room. That means it’s nearly 1800 off the ground and it’s over an island... doesn’t matter how tall you are, if you bend over to grab something there’s no way you’d hit your head on it... 

 

unless you’re drunk dancing ontop of the island 😂😂😂

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Ok so I was heavily questioned about my vision for our ensuite by J@ and today I got my vindication...

 

 

 

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Finally the custom made cabinets and the lights arrived and it has transformed the space and j@ only hates it 40% instead of 120% so I am taking that as a huge win! 🤣

 

I will photo in stages:

 

Stage 1: The dreaded pink tile 

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Stage 2: Grouted and looking better.

 

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Stage 3: Sinks, Tap wear, basins and lights 

 

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Stage 4: Custom Cabinets

 

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Stage 5: Mounting 

 

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Stage 6: Completion

 

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Well I went for a theme on all lighting which remains to be seen as a positive or other...

 

All our down lights are cool white (white white) and all feature lights are warm white. 
 

I’m no lighting designer but I did this for the “homely” feel at night, but all the globes  are LED so easily changed. 
Given those same lights are above our bedside tables it makes for a warm and dimmable light. 


The bathroom and ensuite still have white down lights in the space so you don’t have to use the warm wall lights (eg when doing make up etc) 
 

I also changed the downstairs powder room light ( I didn’t like the one I originally picked) ... now it’s gold and clear instead of black...


before: 

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After: 

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And the boys rooms came out funky too....

 

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The downstairs after one looks better for sure.

 

It might be a good thing having the bedroom lights different than the rest of the house.

 

Haha it's almost like you know what you're doing :declare:

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Me and Mrs BCB were looking at properties to buy about 7 or 8 years ago.
Looked at a house, bathroom had pink tiles.........
We both looked at each other and said in unison "bathroom needs renovating"

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