Nope! Once you have chosen to place an electrical box there it MUST have a proper electrical device cover plate installed on it. EVERY single one of the electrical connections or boxes in that ceiling has to have a hole drilled to expose it and an approved cover installed or a fixture installed there. Even if it's just a junction box where a connection was made. Exception is if you can access it in the attic and install a cover on it there. However, in this case there isn't an attic, so this exception does not apply.
Less is more, especially if you can’t separate the “pendant “ lights in the living space. You can add lamps for lighting there. Happy wife, happy life Nate 😊
I agree with Katie. I wouldn't put them in and I definitely wouldn't take out any part of the ceiling. You are doing an awesome job. It looks good! Great job guys.
I agree with pendants or ceiling fans with lights in living room and a pendant in dining room. The ceiling is to beautiful to have to many lights. Can always add lights near later if you need them. Definitely ask Jim before removing a board. He may have the solution to the wiring.
You do you but if you put all those round ceiling lights in, you are going to have a polka dot ceiling. Way too many of those lights. Use lamps on end tales in the living room. I agree with Katie, too many lights is not comfortable. Y'all have a very Merry Christmas.
CANNOT just "remove a board" & replace it over a junction box for an electrical connection!! Every single electrical box mounted in that ceiling MUST have a hole drilled an a proper cover installed on it. (assuming it's connected to a live circuit) It's a serioius code violation to just cover them up with drywall.... or even WORSE, a pine board 😱
I agree totally with Katie. The ceiling is so beautiful please don’t upset the boards. The living room is more intimate and the pendant lights will be perfect.
If needed table lambs or one of those standing lights would be adequate for the living area. A pendant light over the table in the dining room would also be enough IMO. Instead of all six lights in each side just put in four on the side you need to access the wiring and maybe two in the other side. Less work.
good morning everyone, to many lights:) its best to do less then if you need more light get floor lamps or table lamps. dining room only needs a chandelier, just try the chandelier first if more is needed then add cause you can't takeaway holes in the beautiful ceiling.
I agree, I would have a reversible fan that pushes the heat down in the winter time, and reverse it in the summertime to move the cool air around. My ceiling fan is on a remote so no additional wiring required.
I'd add the extra lights in the dining room because dining room tables can be used for so many extra projects. Like playing cards, sewing projects, editing a video, or several videos. Wrapping Christmas gifts, sorting things from the garden, or the fruit 🌳 trees. A dining table can and does give you an area to do lots of things you wouldn't necessarily know about now. In the living room there is a possibility you might want particular specialized lighting. I crochet while watching TV and I need lighting for seeing my work. Again, if you want to do reading that would/could require specialized lighting. Thank you for including us in your discussion regarding your thoughts toward lighting. Whatever lighting you desire I think it is important enough to decide now rather than having to do it later when furniture and appliances are in place. I love the ceiling and look forward to seeing how you will be addressing the center beams coverage. God bless you and please have a very Merry Christmas. ❤
Symmetry is important. You don't want the lights to be too many, too bright, and so distracting at the top that it takes away from the beauty of the wood ceiling. Ceiling lights also cannot be 100% of your lower room task lighting because people bend over their head to eat their food, to read, to prepare food, etc. So lamps and under counter lighting are also needed. It would definitely be too glaring to only have overhead lighting in a room this large.
Yes!!! It has to be symmetrical otherwise you’re limiting how spaces in the room can be used. Since it’s a great room less is more. Ambient lighting is what lamps are for. Too much overhead lighting is tacky.
I think that Nate looks at the lighting as though he is going to be working or recording in the space. Katie looks at it from a normal everyday living approach. I’m with Katie. And Nate’s experience with “I can do this” turning into “I’m having trouble doing this”, it might be best to “Leave well enough alone.”
I have always been a fan of ceiling fans with lights when you have a vaulted ceilings. They are so useful in summer as well as winter to push and pull airflow. Personally I think you will hate having pendant lights in the living room area, especially if you mount a tv on the wall. Or if you opt for a wood stove/fireplace on an exterior wall. It inhibits your choices on furniture placement too. Just some input :) You guys are really rocking this reno!!
@rosalynhansen6713, That is very good thought to ponder...sure wouldn't want to detract from that beautiful ceiling. Also, Nate, do you really want it to be so bright EVERYWHERE? Subtle lighting has its benefits.
Decsions, decsions, decsions!!! So hard. As I get olderI find a need more light but floor lamps can do so much and it won't mess with your beautiful ceiling! Thanks for sharing your dilema. Good luck!
Too many flush mounts In your beautiful wood ceiling, I would just have the pendants in the living room area. With the table lamps. Down the road if needed you could install some picture style lights on the front of the bookcase unit, some of those wouldn't need to be hard wired for. I like your idea of tying those pendants to that one switch by your hall way. I also think that you probably wouldn't need those extra lights in the area of the bar stools. If you are concerned about the amount of lighting you could have flush mounts on each ends of your hall, that light will be enough especially since you'll have the flush mount in front of the pantry. By the way you could get a can of brown spray paint and paint those white cans so they will blend in too the ceiling. he picture style lamps on the front of the bookcase if needed down the road.
I have those lights in the ceiling of the living room and kitchen and rarely have them on in either place. I use lamps in the living room and under the cabinet lighting, One can light over the sink and 2 pendants over the kitchen bar/ island. Everything is looking great. Not too much longer for you.
I'm with Katie... You are thinking I just need to get these lights in...as many as possible now... 8:31 but ultimately you could end up with a Swiss cheese ceiling filled with holes and bright LED lights that will hardly get used as Living rooms are usually for relaxing and not air traffic controller work... Lol entries need lighting. Kitchens need lighting, bathrooms need lighting. basements need lighting... Everything else is more relaxed.😊
Honestly, I'd finish up all the remodeling and have the remaining ceiling lights be the very last thing. That way you can get moved in, get your furniture situated, and then decide how much light and what type you'd like to put in each area. In the living room, I prefer table or floor lamps that can be soft light - enough for reading or even softer for watching TV. I think having all those ceiling lights is going to be the equivalent of living on the sun, and I can't imagine a situation where you'd need so much light in your living/relaxing space. In our dining room, we have a pendant fixture centered over the table, then a canister light in each corner. We seldom use the canisters, but they have come in handy when we're using the table for a project instead of for dinner. If you're concerned about how you'll feel about the dining room lights not lining up with the kitchen lights, tape them to the ceiling and live with them for a few days and see how you feel about them then. The beam is a visual room divider between the kitchen and the dining room, so it might not be a big deal.
Put the pendant lights in the living room, and if you need to get excess to the wires then you could just put in 2 lights on the outside walls and none near the beam. Ceiling is beautiful. 🌲
Dining room: in addition to center pendant, just do 4 can lights (1 at each corner) and not 6. Living room: since the can light is needed for connectivity, do 2 cans on the outer edges of each side (along the walls) in addition to pendants. I wouldn’t do lights in the ceiling near your beam.
I’ve said this multiple times, many of us have experience, yet Nate fails to listen to educated ideas and opinions. My LR / DR is similar in size to their LR / DR area, 1, yes, 1 ceiling light, over dining table, lamps in LR!
At least Nate has the ability and knowledge to do it later. Dont do anything you will regret. The wiring is sound. It will always be there for you. Fi ish the other rooms, set your furniture in place, use those great lamps you have then reflect back to the ceiling and relax and talk about it.
Make sure you don’t have any inaccessible junctions in the ceiling. I think 3-4 per “room” is entirely adequate. If anything I’d remove the living room pendants.
EXACTLY. At this point every one of those electrical boxes in the ceiling with REQUIRE a hole to be drilled and an approved electrical box cover installed. Can't just leave them buried in the ceiling under the wood. Very big no-no.
Sorry Nate, I have to agree with Katie. Kitchen needs the most lights. Thank goodness you made them dimmable. Pendant over the dining room table. In the living room/den, maybe one light above, the rest would be lamps on end tables, etc... Ambiance is important for living room/dens. The ceiling is beautiful by the way. Too much light could take away from it's beauty. After the lights are in and you get use to them, it won't be a huge focus as it is now.
Kitchen task lighting should be under upper cabinets; then you don’t need all those bright lights in the ceiling- very overwhelming. Nate,leave the ceiling as is- don’t start tearing any of the boards out.
Leave out the ceiling lights in the Living Room. Use the pedestal lights that reflect light off of the ceiling. Having various moveable lights on the floor and tables, will give a lot of lighting possibilities according to what is wanted at the time.
Too many lights will make your beautiful ceiling look like Swiss cheese. Less is more! Table lamps and floor lamps and pendants will give you plenty. I wouldn’t do more than four.
In my opinion Pendant only. I do have LED in kitchen. And have pendant fan in living room. I have Open concept. Lamp light is the coziest and easiest on the eyes for our family. I have never wished for more LED lighting. Just have a electric plug on the floor
My thought is a pendant over dining room table plus 4 puck lights if pendant doesn’t give out a lot of light. Living room put the pendants and maybe one puck in each far corner. Ceiling is too pretty to add all those additional lights. ❤
So I don’t have an office in this house, but I kind of use the kitchen and the dining room as my office because when I have to do any reading I do need better lighting and the kitchen has the best lighting but that’s just I don’t know if you’re gonna make an office over there we have some lighting for y’all to look over things you know whatever bills or whatever needs to be over. Lighting is important on that part.
I love the open area. I agree put in the lights and only turn on as desired ❤ I have always wondered why living rooms didn't have lights. We always add lights. Lamp light never reach where we needed them. I really like your set up. Fantastic job from where you started ❤😊
It is NOT necessary to put ceiling lights in the living room area just because they are in the kitchen area. Table lamps, floor lamps, etc will make it much cozier. Dimmer switches in kitchen, Island, & table. Nate.....PLEASE Do Not remove the ceiling board! I see the look on Katie's face. Don't risk it.
Try eyeball type lights as they can be directed more to wash the walls and do not show so bright on the ceiling as they have shades over part of the fixture
DO NOT TAKE BOARD OUT OF THE CEILING!!! You will have to bust up the board to get it out and then you will not get another one in because you will not be able to connect one side and not the other. Just because you have the wiring there for the puck lights, you can connect them later if you find you need them, go with table lamps DON’T TAKE AWAY THE BEAUTIFUL CEILING, LOVE THE WOOD!!!!
Not an option anyways - if there's an electrical junction box up there it CANNOT be covered up with the wood! There MUST be an approved electrical box cover used on any electrical connections in the ceiling.
Please DO NOT use white trim rings for the recessed ceiling cans, as they will stick out like a beacon. Look for bronze color trim to blend in with the wood. There are too many 6” recessed can light fixtures - especially with what has been installed in your kitchen. It appears you will not be using wall cabinets. You might be more pleased with using 4” recessed cans. As for the dining room, select the area where you KNOW the table will be placed. Center an appropriate chandelier/pendant fixture over the table, with four 4” recessed cans placed above the four corners of the table. The chandelier and can lights (all on dimmers) should be on their own switches. The chandelier placement over the table is typically 36” above the table top; however, you’ll also have to be aware of the ceiling height when calculating the length of the chain/cord. You will appreciate the use of 4” recessed cans (on dimmers switches) in the living room to help satisfy the need for various levels of illumination needs.
Add lights with different switches to control different light sets, some with dimmers. you both get what you want. if you do it now then no work later.
I wouldnt mess with the ceiling. U would be using lamps in the living room, for plenty of lights. U only need one hanging over dining table. It’s not an air strip runway.
Had to laugh at your light discussion. The purpose of overhead lighting is to use to clean the room or find something you dropped on the floor. It is called general lighting. The pendants are accent lights and lamps are task lighting. Using lamps keeps a room warm and cosy.
I don’t think you need that much lighting because you can always add some beautiful lamps you know all around and then I’m not sure if you’re gonna be putting like a ceiling fan for those hot summers with the light in it or something, but can probably even use more sunlight if you can I’m not sure how many windows you have over there. I may not not not, I’m sure will come up with a solution or a solution ya can agree on
What about only putting in the 1 extra light in the living room to make it work easily. That is a light over a door so that would look ok in my opinion.
U deserve time off u r working so hard take some time to ur shelves don’t burn out I’m loving the work u have done in the house many blessings from North Texas ❤
I don’t really like the puck lights. Sorry, and my perfectionist brain is really bugged out on the layout of them in the kitchen. 😂 I think in your living room you should have a more ambient light. I have no lights in my cathedral ceiling but I have 3 skylights. They provide all the light I need in the day and in the evening when I’m watching tv the ambient light from the dining area is enough. If your lighting is dimmable than that’s going to be great. Will you be having upper cabinets in the kitchen or just shelving? I’m so excited for you guys! Your getting so close to moving in. 😁
Hello 👋 Nate and Katie, if I had the advantage of Jim as a friend, I would definitely talk with him about removing tongue and groove from a center position. That in my opinion is not going to turn out well. I agree with Katie, put the lights in as wired and use the dimmer you installed already. 👍💪🙌🙏🌈✌️🐽🐷🐖
As I got older, I do like more lighting, but I’m doing sunlight. My living room has five windows. It’s a 1925 homes so I could open a curtain and get daylight. I don’t have any lights on now but I also have a chimney I have put under mount lighting under the chimney Mantle so if I want mine, I’ll do that and I have a stained glass lamp to the side of me and the ceiling fan has night as well, but I don’t like Light. I’m picky about putting lights on. I’m very confused conservative frugal person now as I got older…lol In my bathroom, I actually switched the curtains out to half café rod style so I can get more sunlight now I have a large bathroom and I have three switches in there because I get power from the shower night, the vanity light and the main ceiling light in there so I have three outlets in my bathroom very large bathroom, but I prefer the sunlight coming in And I have the lights put on also opting for some of those new Amazon lightbulbs that are motion, censored lightbulbs, my father-in-law who is 80 always leaves the lights on so I just got him the motion lightbulb in his bathroom so when he walks in, it turns on and he don’t have to touch it. I actually put a lock over the switch plate, so he don’t have to mess with it., and they’re very bright. I actually like the bright light when I use lightbulbs I don’t do the warm light. I like the bright light because of I guess I need I need it for my vision, but either way I do a lot of sunlight.
In the dining room, you only need a light over the table
the ceiling is beautiful. I wouldn't cut any more holes in it.
you can always add lights at a later date if necessary.
Nope! Once you have chosen to place an electrical box there it MUST have a proper electrical device cover plate installed on it.
EVERY single one of the electrical connections or boxes in that ceiling has to have a hole drilled to expose it and an approved cover installed or a fixture installed there. Even if it's just a junction box where a connection was made.
Exception is if you can access it in the attic and install a cover on it there. However, in this case there isn't an attic, so this exception does not apply.
Less is more, especially if you can’t separate the “pendant “ lights in the living space. You can add lamps for lighting there. Happy wife, happy life Nate 😊
I agree with Katie. I wouldn't put them in and I definitely wouldn't take out any part of the ceiling. You are doing an awesome job. It looks good! Great job guys.
I agree with pendants or ceiling fans with lights in living room and a pendant in dining room. The ceiling is to beautiful to have to many lights. Can always add lights near later if you need them. Definitely ask Jim before removing a board. He may have the solution to the wiring.
You do you but if you put all those round ceiling lights in, you are going to have a polka dot ceiling. Way too many of those lights. Use lamps on end tales in the living room. I agree with Katie, too many lights is not comfortable. Y'all have a very Merry Christmas.
I like Katie's idea of no lights in the ceiling of the livingroom.
Agree with Katie on not removing a board. I like the pendant lights only idea for now.
CANNOT just "remove a board" & replace it over a junction box for an electrical connection!!
Every single electrical box mounted in that ceiling MUST have a hole drilled an a proper cover installed on it. (assuming it's connected to a live circuit)
It's a serioius code violation to just cover them up with drywall.... or even WORSE, a pine board 😱
I agree totally with Katie. The ceiling is so beautiful please don’t upset the boards. The living room is more intimate and the pendant lights will be perfect.
Your ceilings are so beautiful! I think just the pendants would be beautiful in the living room.
I agree with you! The ceiling is beautiful!
If needed table lambs or one of those standing lights would be adequate for the living area. A pendant light over the table in the dining room would also be enough IMO. Instead of all six lights in each side just put in four on the side you need to access the wiring and maybe two in the other side. Less work.
Talk with Jim before you do anything! He has very good advice.
good morning everyone, to many lights:) its best to do less then if you need more light get floor lamps or table lamps. dining room only needs a chandelier, just try the chandelier first if more is needed then add cause you can't takeaway holes in the beautiful ceiling.
Lamps are never adequate lighting!Thats why kramers wife has to wear glasses,from inadequate lighting!😂😂😂😂
Agree
I totally agree with Katie
What about a ceiling fan with lights? Helps with heating and cooling
I agree, I would have a reversible fan that pushes the heat down in the winter time, and reverse it in the summertime to move the cool air around. My ceiling fan is on a remote so no additional wiring required.
I agree, ceiling fans with led dimmable lights are so much more useful than just a random pendant light that may or may not get used.
I'd add the extra lights in the dining room because dining room tables can be used for so many extra projects. Like playing cards, sewing projects, editing a video, or several videos. Wrapping Christmas gifts, sorting things from the garden, or the fruit 🌳 trees.
A dining table can and does give you an area to do lots of things you wouldn't necessarily know about now.
In the living room there is a possibility you might want particular specialized lighting.
I crochet while watching TV and I need lighting for seeing my work. Again, if you want to do reading that would/could require specialized lighting.
Thank you for including us in your discussion regarding your thoughts toward lighting.
Whatever lighting you desire I think it is important enough to decide now rather than having to do it later when furniture and appliances are in place.
I love the ceiling and look forward to seeing how you will be addressing the center beams coverage.
God bless you and please have a very Merry Christmas. ❤
I’m with you Kate, I don’t like a lot of lights, I love sitting in the dark, it’s more relaxing!
I 💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️the ceiling!
Nate minimal is best:) if you start messing with taking out the boards you are looking for more aggravation and more work is what you don't need.
Not to many lights will spoil the beautiful ceiling 😊
Symmetry is important. You don't want the lights to be too many, too bright, and so distracting at the top that it takes away from the beauty of the wood ceiling. Ceiling lights also cannot be 100% of your lower room task lighting because people bend over their head to eat their food, to read, to prepare food, etc. So lamps and under counter lighting are also needed. It would definitely be too glaring to only have overhead lighting in a room this large.
Yes!!! It has to be symmetrical otherwise you’re limiting how spaces in the room can be used. Since it’s a great room less is more. Ambient lighting is what lamps are for. Too much overhead lighting is tacky.
I would put lights in the corner where the built in will be. It would highlight it
Just pendants. No overheads, especially in the living room. That ceiling is just too beautiful!
Agree with katie,pendants only in other areas, maybe paint the recessed lights a color to match ceiling color
So you made your decision: pendants. Don’t mess with the ceiling. You can always add more canned lights later. Doesn’t look like you’ll need them.
You really don’t need so many lights. Your ceiling is so pretty now. Do not put those big white discs all over the place.
I think that Nate looks at the lighting as though he is going to be working or recording in the space. Katie looks at it from a normal everyday living approach. I’m with Katie. And Nate’s experience with “I can do this” turning into “I’m having trouble doing this”, it might be best to “Leave well enough alone.”
Good job talking through that. Have a Merry Christmas! ✨🎄✨
Don’t put too many holes in that ceiling you’re going to ruin the whole look
I have always been a fan of ceiling fans with lights when you have a vaulted ceilings. They are so useful in summer as well as winter to push and pull airflow. Personally I think you will hate having pendant lights in the living room area, especially if you mount a tv on the wall. Or if you opt for a wood stove/fireplace on an exterior wall. It inhibits your choices on furniture placement too. Just some input :) You guys are really rocking this reno!!
Pendant plus 4 in dining room. Pendants only in living room. Don’t detract from the beautiful ceiling
@rosalynhansen6713, That is very good thought to ponder...sure wouldn't want to detract from that beautiful ceiling. Also, Nate, do you really want it to be so bright EVERYWHERE? Subtle lighting has its benefits.
Decsions, decsions, decsions!!! So hard. As I get olderI find a need more light but floor lamps can do so much and it won't mess with your beautiful ceiling! Thanks for sharing your dilema. Good luck!
Yes, lighting decisions must be made at this time.
So far so good on everything coming together I love the ceiling
Ultimately what makes you both happy.
Love your ceiling. You did a great job!!
Too many flush mounts In your beautiful wood ceiling, I would just have the pendants in the living room area. With the table lamps. Down the road if needed you could install some picture style lights on the front of the bookcase unit, some of those wouldn't need to be hard wired for. I like your idea of tying those pendants to that one switch by your hall way. I also think that you probably wouldn't need those extra lights in the area of the bar stools. If you are concerned about the amount of lighting you could have flush mounts on each ends of your hall, that light will be enough especially since you'll have the flush mount in front of the pantry. By the way you could get a can of brown spray paint and paint those white cans so they will blend in too the ceiling.
he picture style lamps on the front of the bookcase if needed down the road.
Oops about the last partial sentence at the bottom of the post😁
The ceiling looks great!
I like just 1 main ceiling light in the living room. You can always use a decorative reading lamp on an end table by your chair, Nate.
I have those lights in the ceiling of the living room and kitchen and rarely have them on in either place. I use lamps in the living room and under the cabinet lighting, One can light over the sink and 2 pendants over the kitchen bar/ island. Everything is looking great. Not too much longer for you.
I'm with Katie... You are thinking I just need to get these lights in...as many as possible now... 8:31 but ultimately you could end up with a Swiss cheese ceiling filled with holes and bright LED lights that will hardly get used as Living rooms are usually for relaxing and not air traffic controller work... Lol entries need lighting. Kitchens need lighting, bathrooms need lighting. basements need lighting... Everything else is more relaxed.😊
Honestly, I'd finish up all the remodeling and have the remaining ceiling lights be the very last thing. That way you can get moved in, get your furniture situated, and then decide how much light and what type you'd like to put in each area. In the living room, I prefer table or floor lamps that can be soft light - enough for reading or even softer for watching TV. I think having all those ceiling lights is going to be the equivalent of living on the sun, and I can't imagine a situation where you'd need so much light in your living/relaxing space. In our dining room, we have a pendant fixture centered over the table, then a canister light in each corner. We seldom use the canisters, but they have come in handy when we're using the table for a project instead of for dinner. If you're concerned about how you'll feel about the dining room lights not lining up with the kitchen lights, tape them to the ceiling and live with them for a few days and see how you feel about them then. The beam is a visual room divider between the kitchen and the dining room, so it might not be a big deal.
Beautiful ceiling!
Put the pendant lights in the living room, and if you need to get excess to the wires then you could just put in 2 lights on the outside walls and none near the beam. Ceiling is beautiful. 🌲
Dining room: in addition to center pendant, just do 4 can lights (1 at each corner) and not 6. Living room: since the can light is needed for connectivity, do 2 cans on the outer edges of each side (along the walls) in addition to pendants. I wouldn’t do lights in the ceiling near your beam.
Sometimes you just got to talk it out. I’m sure y’all have made your decision. 💚
Better to have them and not use them than to need them and not have them.
WAY TOO MANY LIGHTS ! ! Listen to Katie !
I’ve said this multiple times, many of us have experience, yet Nate fails to listen to educated ideas and opinions. My LR / DR is similar in size to their LR / DR area, 1, yes, 1 ceiling light, over dining table, lamps in LR!
At least Nate has the ability and knowledge to do it later. Dont do anything you will regret. The wiring is sound. It will always be there for you. Fi ish the other rooms, set your furniture in place, use those great lamps you have then reflect back to the ceiling and relax and talk about it.
You can add dimmer switch for living room and adjust as needed when on
Make sure you don’t have any inaccessible junctions in the ceiling.
I think 3-4 per “room” is entirely adequate. If anything I’d remove the living room pendants.
EXACTLY. At this point every one of those electrical boxes in the ceiling with REQUIRE a hole to be drilled and an approved electrical box cover installed. Can't just leave them buried in the ceiling under the wood.
Very big no-no.
Sorry Nate, I have to agree with Katie. Kitchen needs the most lights. Thank goodness you made them dimmable. Pendant over the dining room table. In the living room/den, maybe one light above, the rest would be lamps on end tables, etc... Ambiance is important for living room/dens. The ceiling is beautiful by the way. Too much light could take away from it's beauty. After the lights are in and you get use to them, it won't be a huge focus as it is now.
Kitchen task lighting should be under upper cabinets; then you don’t need all those bright lights in the ceiling- very overwhelming. Nate,leave the ceiling as is- don’t start tearing any of the boards out.
Leave out the ceiling lights in the Living Room. Use the pedestal lights that reflect light off of the ceiling. Having various moveable lights on the floor and tables, will give a lot of lighting possibilities according to what is wanted at the time.
We have 3 and 3 in our living room and sometimes I feel like they can either be seen from space or interrogation 😮
I do too...install a dimmer
I'm with Katie. Ok, i watched to the end and yes to just pendants where you're talking about. ❤
You can always add more light later after living in it a while.
Too many lights will make your beautiful ceiling look like Swiss cheese. Less is more! Table lamps and floor lamps and pendants will give you plenty. I wouldn’t do more than four.
Looks good
In my opinion Pendant only. I do have LED in kitchen. And have pendant fan in living room. I have Open concept. Lamp light is the coziest and easiest on the eyes for our family. I have never wished for more LED lighting. Just have a electric plug on the floor
My thought is a pendant over dining room table plus 4 puck lights if pendant doesn’t give out a lot of light. Living room put the pendants and maybe one puck in each far corner. Ceiling is too pretty to add all those additional lights. ❤
So I don’t have an office in this house, but I kind of use the kitchen and the dining room as my office because when I have to do any reading I do need better lighting and the kitchen has the best lighting but that’s just I don’t know if you’re gonna make an office over there we have some lighting for y’all to look over things you know whatever bills or whatever needs to be over. Lighting is important on that part.
19.43 you bring in the answer 😂
Pendants with adjustable/ dimmer lighting for your various needs should work. Those canned lights look better on white ceilings…
Put in the big lights first, add on the smaller ones later if needed
It seems like way too many lights in kitchen. Just in my opinion. Love those ceilings!
I love the open area. I agree put in the lights and only turn on as desired ❤ I have always wondered why living rooms didn't have lights. We always add lights. Lamp light never reach where we needed them.
I really like your set up. Fantastic job from where you started ❤😊
It is NOT necessary to put ceiling lights in the living room area just because they are in the kitchen area. Table lamps, floor lamps, etc will make it much cozier. Dimmer switches in kitchen, Island, & table.
Nate.....PLEASE Do Not remove the ceiling board! I see the look on Katie's face. Don't risk it.
Love ya both....
Try eyeball type lights as they can be directed more to wash the walls and do not show so bright on the ceiling as they have shades over part of the fixture
DO NOT TAKE BOARD OUT OF THE CEILING!!! You will have to bust up the board to get it out and then you will not get another one in because you will not be able to connect one side and not the other. Just because you have the wiring there for the puck lights, you can connect them later if you find you need them, go with table lamps DON’T TAKE AWAY THE BEAUTIFUL CEILING, LOVE THE WOOD!!!!
Not an option anyways - if there's an electrical junction box up there it CANNOT be covered up with the wood! There MUST be an approved electrical box cover used on any electrical connections in the ceiling.
Please DO NOT use white trim rings for the recessed ceiling cans, as they will stick out like a beacon. Look for bronze color trim to blend in with the wood.
There are too many 6” recessed can light fixtures - especially with what has been installed in your kitchen. It appears you will not be using wall cabinets. You might be more pleased with using 4” recessed cans. As for the dining room, select the area where you KNOW the table will be placed. Center an appropriate chandelier/pendant fixture over the table, with four 4” recessed cans placed above the four corners of the table. The chandelier and can lights (all on dimmers) should be on their own switches. The chandelier placement over the table is typically 36” above the table top; however, you’ll also have to be aware of the ceiling height when calculating the length of the chain/cord.
You will appreciate the use of 4” recessed cans (on dimmers switches) in the living room to help satisfy the need for various levels of illumination needs.
I just saw your video of the blue crane. The blue crane is the national bird of South Africa. It is indigenous to SA.
Pendants and lamps
Add lights with different switches to control different light sets, some with dimmers. you both get what you want. if you do it now then no work later.
Not many lights in living room ceiling it is too pretty.
I wouldnt mess with the ceiling. U would be using lamps in the living room, for plenty of lights. U only need one hanging over dining table. It’s not an air strip runway.
I would put the lights in. That way if you have people over and need more light you could use it.
I’m with Katie, less light is sexy imho. A sunrise, a sunset, and candle lite dinner.
I would go one pot light in the corners of the living room and maybe next to the Beam against the back wall as they seem the darker areas on the video
Ceiling lights in living room 3 on each side with dimmer fan in center...no hanging lights in living room
Dining area light over table only
Leave the two drop down lights in the living room and use accent lighting if needed
Had to laugh at your light discussion. The purpose of overhead lighting is to use to clean the room or find something you dropped on the floor. It is called general lighting. The pendants are accent lights and lamps are task lighting. Using lamps keeps a room warm and cosy.
No more lights in my opinion- you could live with it and add them later if you feel you need them.
Listen to Katie. Don't touch the boards in the ceiling. Just more work and aggravation for you Nate. Keep it simple. I know thats hard for you.
Put the lights in. It will differentiate the spaces!! Don’t mess with splicing under wood.
100% with Katie those lights in kitchen look like a spaceship is parked in ceiling too bright
Meant to say add lights near the wall later if needed.
Dont take out a middle board.
Are you going to enclose the kitchen area or keep it open?
I don’t think you need that much lighting because you can always add some beautiful lamps you know all around and then I’m not sure if you’re gonna be putting like a ceiling fan for those hot summers with the light in it or something, but can probably even use more sunlight if you can I’m not sure how many windows you have over there. I may not not not, I’m sure will come up with a solution or a solution ya can agree on
What about only putting in the 1 extra light in the living room to make it work easily. That is a light over a door so that would look ok in my opinion.
I vote pendants only in living room. And my opinion is worth what y'all pay for it ❤
U deserve time off u r working so hard take some time to ur shelves don’t burn out I’m loving the work u have done in the house many blessings from North Texas ❤
Pendants in kitchen and one in dining. Six is wayyyyyy too many. LR can be lamps. No more holes in that beautiful ceiling.
I don’t really like the puck lights. Sorry, and my perfectionist brain is really bugged out on the layout of them in the kitchen. 😂 I think in your living room you should have a more ambient light. I have no lights in my cathedral ceiling but I have 3 skylights. They provide all the light I need in the day and in the evening when I’m watching tv the ambient light from the dining area is enough. If your lighting is dimmable than that’s going to be great.
Will you be having upper cabinets in the kitchen or just shelving? I’m so excited for you guys! Your getting so close to moving in. 😁
Just put in light on different switches can use or not as necessary
Hello 👋 Nate and Katie, if I had the advantage of Jim as a friend, I would definitely talk with him about removing tongue and groove from a center position. That in my opinion is not going to turn out well. I agree with Katie, put the lights in as wired and use the dimmer you installed already. 👍💪🙌🙏🌈✌️🐽🐷🐖
As I got older, I do like more lighting, but I’m doing sunlight. My living room has five windows. It’s a 1925 homes so I could open a curtain and get daylight. I don’t have any lights on now but I also have a chimney I have put under mount lighting under the chimney Mantle so if I want mine, I’ll do that and I have a stained glass lamp to the side of me and the ceiling fan has night as well, but I don’t like Light. I’m picky about putting lights on. I’m very confused conservative frugal person now as I got older…lol
In my bathroom, I actually switched the curtains out to half café rod style so I can get more sunlight now I have a large bathroom and I have three switches in there because I get power from the shower night, the vanity light and the main ceiling light in there so I have three outlets in my bathroom very large bathroom, but I prefer the sunlight coming in And I have the lights put on also opting for some of those new Amazon lightbulbs that are motion, censored lightbulbs, my father-in-law who is 80 always leaves the lights on so I just got him the motion lightbulb in his bathroom so when he walks in, it turns on and he don’t have to touch it. I actually put a lock over the switch plate, so he don’t have to mess with it., and they’re very bright. I actually like the bright light when I use lightbulbs I don’t do the warm light. I like the bright light because of I guess I need I need it for my vision, but either way I do a lot of sunlight.
No more bright lights..Just pendants. You don't live in a bright bowling alley
You might want some ceiling fans in that room.
I agree w Katie.....Nate...if u remember...Katie has been right most of the time...🙄....a woman knows her home... trust her!!..❤
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