Remodel, log home in Deerfield Massachusetts

These clients came to us through their kitchen-design professional. They said simply that they had seen a friend ruin a great new kitchen with what they termed "awful" lighting. Their requirements were complicated by the fact that log homes do not have space for wiring or built-in lighting between floors and by the demanding aesthetics of log interiors (they're dark, and conventional things like ceiling cans look incongruous in rustic wood ceilings). We designed for and supplied the best quality, most efficient, dimmable, undercabinet and aimable ceiling lighting available. To minimize visibility on the wood ceiling, we supplied custom-colored, fully regressed ceiling downlights. And we reduced their surface brightness by locating them for aiming away from sight lines.

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We also aimed light sources at intersecting angles to provide shadow-free lighting regardless of location. (Note: aiming is particularly crucial in kitchens such as this one, because granite countertops are highly reflective and can produce overwhelming glare.) Finally, we fabricated custom, solid-brass antique-looking gooseneck fixtures, in a custom finish, to provide aimable peninsula illumination (This is an area where ceiling cans would be conspicuous regardless of aiming.) The results? "Perfect! Beyond perfect, even"