2009 September 25

A common problem we run into in lots of kitchen redo projects is the ceiling light fixture. The most popular styles are either a small round 2 bulb light found often in homes 20-40 years old, and the standard 2 bulb florescent light. When you take these fixtures down, and have a popcorn or knockdown plaster finish, there’s a space where that finish isn’t in place and it can be very difficult to patch and match it so it looks right without doing the entire ceiling over again. I found a solution to this issue with one of my favorite customers as we were redoing his kitchen. I covered the”scar” with a piece of finished wood, built an attractive frame around that giving it some layers and depth, and then hung his choice of a new fixture. Now it looks like it all fits together, and gives the ceiling space some interest as well.