Living in this kitchen for a long time, I’ve had time to really think about what I wanted things to look like. The lowered ceiling is a feature of the 80’s for sure and makes things feel closed in…and not in a cozy kind of way. Between our limited budget and actual limitations of how high we could raise the ceiling (if we wanted to), I thought it might give the same effect for less cost if the fluorescent light fixtures were pulled, the opening made slightly bigger and a tray ceiling was created. My handyman was pretty skeptical about it, but I had a vision. I knew that this would be the right decision. So, I came home from work the other day and found the work started on this part of the project:
As a reminder….this is what it looked like before
I had him make the area about 6 inches bigger to create a more even look
It’s already looks bigger!
Next, the last light will come out and the mud will come in…
It’s starting to come together….
What a difference already!
And once we get some lighting back in the kitchen, it will be even better!