Is it a good idea to make a tray ceiling in the middle of a 6'11" tall ceiling?
I have a 4'x6' recessed light area in the middle of my kitchen. There are 6 plastic ceiling tiles used to diffuse the light of the fluorescet tubes in the middle of this hole I guess you could call it. My cubbards are then attached to the top of the ceiling so in other words the soffit extends the room and so from the center of the hole where the lights are is 8\'. This is a drywalled ceiling. This would make the room 6\'11\" tall. This is open to the dinette area but then the ceiling goes back up to 8\'. I am removing the fluorescent tubes and will turn this area into a sort of tray ceiling. I would remove the fluorescent tubes and place a partially flush mounted light I would like it to hang down a bit. Something like a half globe style that fits 3 incandescent bulbs. You would not see naked bulbs. Does this sound like a good idea. It would cost too much money to raise entire ceiling up to the 8\' height.
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i am thinking of doing something along those lines in a tray ceiling. i want to remove 4 flourescent tubes and put a fixture in the middle. do you simply remove the fixtures and balasts and are you then left with one electrical box? to finish the space off i might just get some of the newer style (tin ceiling) acoustic tiles, use the grid that is already there for the difusser panels. this space has to be covered because there is a pipe running across it the type of fixture i use would have to be semi-flush, i guess. all of this would eliminate drywalling the space (i would need to create a new ceiling to cover the pipe) i think it would look just fine.
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