Vaulted Ceiling Lighting Help
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Hello,
We're about to remove a wall to combine our kitchen/dining and living area.
We have have a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and are having a hard time deciding how to do the lighting. There's not much space between the roof and ceiling to fit downlights, and we're not sure if that's what we want anyway.
Here's a few photos of how things are now, along with a floorplan showing what we will have when we're done
Suggestions would be appreciated
Thank you
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The last photo is from West elm, blackjack lighting space furniture (so expensive) I am sure you will get something beautiful from Beacon as legendaryflame posted, you have a lovely home and similar lights to these will look fabulous (from Beacon lighting)
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