How To Fix Misplaced Pendant Lights

This light placement has frustrated us since we moved in, that's why we never installed pendant lights. The rough-ins should have been centered on the entire bar, but they were centered only on the cabinet side of the bar. Why?

This isn't rocket science, people... It should have been kind of obvious, right?  Well, Hubby and I have a solution! 

The plan was to create a "bulk head", because we didn't want to patch the old holes.... that would just mean patching, mudding and SANDING... in other words a HUGE MESS!!!!! No thank you!

Here is the plan drawn on the ceiling.  You can see the circles for the new light boxes.

Then we cut the circles out.  Now, you can totally see that the placement position is soooo much better!!

Hubby built a frame that was going to house the light boxes and hold up the pendant lights. He's so smart with configuring this kind of stuff. 😍

We got it screwed into studs to give it the support it needs. Good Job, Honey!

Next was drywall.  Hubs got it all ready before we installed the bulkhead on the ceiling.

It's starting to look good! Next up.... patch the screws, a tiny bit of sanding, then some primer and crown molding.

I did have to piece the crown molding at the corner, but no one will really be looking there. And... my miters weren't the best, but nothing a little caulking can't fix!

I thought that would pretty much be it.  Maybe a little extra caulking around the edge, but no.... it looked terrible.  You can see the edge of the drywall isn't meeting the crown molding nicely. I tried caulking it, but it just looked messy and unfinished.

The solution, was to put a piece of small flat trim on the bottom to cover the edge.  Now, it looks much better!!

Here are the pendant light fixtures and glass shades we chose.  Simple and classic.  If we ever want to we can change the glass shades to something else, it'll be a easy.

Love love love this!!! It looks like it was meant to be there.  It goes right along with the cabinets in the background.

And now we have light!! This has brightened up the whole space, kitchen and dining area.

So, this my friends, is how we fixed our off center pendant lights. 😁

Blessings,
Lori