On Jun 15, 10:47*am, "John" wrote:
I am still gathering ideas for lighting my kitchen. (I don't want to fit
downlighters in the ceiling due to constraints of joist directions). One
idea is a couple of modern circular fluorescents - another is to make
something like a pane as illustrated in this:

http://www.theexcitinglightingcompany.com/panels.htm

Has anyone done this and got any ideas or tips?

I did something similar in my kitchen. In my case the purpose for it
was to conceal a structural beam.

Basically, I made an MDF soffit and fit downlighters into it. the top
of it is lit using cold cathode neon.

The finished thing: http://gallery.mac.com/loopylup#100003
The build pictures: http://gallery.mac.com/loopylup#100026

Steve