Ceiling Beams With Recessed Lights
This kitchen boasts a small space for a breakfast bar lighted by charming pendant lights set on the wooden ceiling with exposed beams.
Ceiling beams with recessed lights. Each beam will have a top and two sides. Unlike the typical way of installing recessed lights you need special housing cans also known as shovel cut cans that are angled to fit up to a 45 degree slope for fitting the lights. Faux wood ceiling beams with recessed lights are one way to add lighting accents to the room without having to install the lights directly into the ceiling.
Miter the edges so that the three pieces fit together seamlessly. It might sound a bit odd to you but recessed lights on vaulted ceilings can work wonders. The wooden exposed beams of the ceiling are given emphasis with yellow recessed lights.
Then mark those measurements on the 2x4s. Cut the 2x4s to size on the table saw. The recessed lights look perfect for this kitchen which also features a ceiling with beams.
But there s a twist. The beautiful bones of a cathedral height exposed beam ceiling deserve special treatment when it comes to lighting. The flat surface whether parallel to the floor or angled is optimum platform that can be used to recess downlights.
Measure the ceiling area where the new lights will be installed. Recessed downlights also referred to as can lights are an ever growing constantly changing product that should not be looked past when considering how to light a room using exposed beams. But there s a twist.
Zillow digs tm this is a view of the large great room that houses the living room on the far side and a game area next to it with a pool table in the middle under wrought iron pendant lights that hangs from the high cathedral ceiling with exposed.