On Feb 25, 1:50*pm, T i m wrote:
I agree it looks modern and designer (I guess the .mac bit in the
following link gave it away g) but (respectfully) with the dark
floors and work surfaces and units it doesn't look 'bright' as I
understand it? Maybe you don't have all the lights on and that's in
'mood' mode?
I think the main lights were on at about 10% in that shot - it's like
an operating theatre with them at 100%. When cooking we have them set
to about 60%
I do need to take some more photo's though - they were done in a big
rush for someone else.
I know a lot of people who
post here prefer frugality over design -
Functionality (not necessarily the most frugal) over design here yes.
It's also a function of size / space. With a small kitchen like ours
we couldn't have any lighting above the units or we would lose
valuable storage space. We don't have a cooker hood because we have a
free standing gas stove with eye level grill (my eyes are 6' from the
ground, not in my pelvis) and with under-worktop dishwasher, fridge
and freezer in there isn't an awful lost of space for 'fancy'?
I'm a big fan of hidden lighting and have used it elsewhere in the
house too. Are you saying you have stuff stacked on top of your
units? If you don't, then you could put some fluorescent lights on the
top of the cupboards hidden behind a baffle. As long as your ceiling
is bright white, you will then get a large amount of pleasant looking
diffuse light which you could then supplement with task lighting.
Plus if I had a kitchen like yours I would feel bad about
fiberglassing *my motorcycle panels or our Daughter turning a school
design project in there! ;-)
Its not too bad to be honest - takes a good deal less looking after
than our old kitchen. I don't think I'd go as far as repairing a
motorbike in there though!
CFL's maybe not, and I guess in *that* style of kitchen even FL's
might look out of place unless 'concealed' but then there goes a lot
of light again .. :-(
The problem I have with CFL's is that I don't like the colour
temperature and I don't like the fact that they cannot be properly
dimmed. As soon as something comes out which is the right (in my mind)
colour temperature and can dim down to 5% without flickering, then
I'll be more than happy to adopt it.
Excuse the clothes and tools... Must take some better pictures at some
point.
I can't see any tools or clothes, could you take some pictures with
the lights on please? I did expect to see a MacBook Air on the side
though? weg
I was mainly referring to the clothes airer in front of one of the
windows. The pictures were taken before the MacBook Air was launched -
must take some fresh ones. I would certainly love an Air but at 1200
quid, it will need to wait until the house is finished *and* the
credit cards have been paid off
It looks like nice work and equipment, do it all yourself Steve?
Every last bit... Nearly killed me but I learnt lots whilst doing it!
Here are a handful of work in progress pictures:-
http://gallery.mac.com/loopylup#100026
After I finished the kitchen, I attacked the living room. This was
completed the day before Christmas. It has some nice hidden
lighting...
http://gallery.mac.com/loopylup#100011
Shower room is next, then I am hanging my DIY hat up for the
forseeable future! It's quite draining when you can only do it on
evenings and weekends although I have saved an absolute fortune by
doing it all myself.
Steve