Hi All

In our new kitchen they've fitted six of the 50w mains halogen
downlighters.
All very pretty - but a right pain to 'see by', unless you happen to
be standing directly under one of the spots ('beam us up, Scotty!')
So - an expensive (300 watt) way to generate light & dark patches g

So - thinking about fitting some 'hidden' fluorescent lighting on top
of the wall-units, so as to bounce light off the walls / ceiling, and
get a better, more diffused, lighting setup.

Only one of the wall units is long enough to 'hide' a 4ft tube - the
others are shorter - between 2' and 3'6"....

So - from a quick search on the web it seems that the common options
in tubular fluorescent are 2ft and 4ft..... which suggests using one
or more of the shorter tubes on top of the shorter cabinets...

Alternatively, what about using a number of compact fluorescents on
top of each cabinet ...? - anybody tried this ? how did it look ? -
was the illumination 'even'

Finally, given a choice, what's the most 'acceptable' colour for the
tubes - as in white, warm white, etc ?

Advice / suggestions please ?

TIA
Adrian