Friends, how do we feel about pot lights? I've always been on the fence and (probably a symptom of my job) they always remind me of finished basements with beige furniture. Is anyone with me?
When it was time to think about lighting for the kitchen, I surprised myself by suggesting them to Corey. You see, he had already installed all these fabulous cabinet and under cabinet lights and I didn't want some awkwardly retro-modern fixture that I rescued from Craigslist to detract from the clean vibe of our kitchen.
Corey still has some patching to do (from running new electrical) but so far, I think I like them.
... And just to show you that I don't fully worship the god of neutral décor, guess what's back in our dining room! I'll give you a hint- It solves a pet peeve I've had about the room since the day we moved in and it looked like this:
Give up? Here it is:
No, it's not the painting. I wrote about the painting here. It's the light, which I wrote about here.
Remember when we had it in the condo? I had loved it and it was one of the few things I actually cared for enough to move to our new/old house. I remember our buyers had wanted it but I refused to give it up.
I know it's loud and maybe a little tacky but I just love it so much and now that it's up in the dining room (and the old fixture is sitting in a snowbank at the bottom of our driveway) the new/old house feels a teeny bit more like home.
