we are moving house soon and the house, 4 yrs old, has downlights and fans in all rooms, and I thought some pendant lights over the kitchen bench (not a kitchen island) could give the open plan area a modern look,or do pendants only look good above an island?
There are 2 large downlights above the kitchen floor (which I could leave as is), and 3 small downlights on the same dimmer switch.
2 of those small downlights are above the kitchen bench with the barstools, and the other small downlight is above the sink.
I read in an old topic here, that you can incorporate a DIY type pendant which simply clicks into an existing lamp holder and that way you could save on electrical costs as you can legally install them yourself, and I wondered if there was a pendant which could click into a small downlight fitting where I could do it myself, or get an electrician to wire it straight in....or is the downlight wiring voltage not suitable to power a pendant light?
I would like to get 2 pendants with a top flange thingy so would cover the small downlight hole....and leave downlight above the sink working same time as pendants, or connect its wiring to the 2 big downlights in middle of kitchen, or have it working by itself which would need another switch in the wall.
maybe wiring in another pendant between the 2 small downlights would look good, although the 3 pendants would be close together, and in middle of bench not spread out across it. I think there is about 1 metre between those 2 downlights.
I was possibly looking at pendants with stainless fittings and frosted white glass shades.
anyway if I did have to plaster and paint ceiling and get new wiring done by an electrician, would 2 pendants be ok, or should I really go for 3-4 pendants......not really sure if the cost to do that would be worth it?
this is the current owners furniture in photo (can only see 1 downlight above barstool bench in this photo but there are 2)
anyway not sure if that all makes sense as its now past mightnight here. hehe