THESE MULTIPLE MINI FIXTURES–OF WHATEVER COLOR– WORK WELL IF A CEILING IS HIGH ENOUGH–BUT WHERE A KITCHEN (OR ANY) CEILING IS RELATIVELY LOW– THEN THE EXTRA “SHADE” –WHATEVER THE COLOR–ACTS TO MAKE THE CEILING LOOK EVEN LOWER AND THE FLOOR TO CEILING SPACE LOOK CROWDED.

SO…IN OUR OPEN “FARMHOUSE KITCHEN” –IN A HOUSE ON A NEW ENGLAND SEA ISLAND WITH TRADITIONALLY LOW CEILINGS ON THE MAIN FLOOR ( HEATED WITH WOOD STOVE IN THE WINTER!) WE INITIALLY USED 60-90 WATT DIM-ABLE INDOOR FLOOD LIGHTS SCREWED DIRECTLY INTO A SIMPLE PORCELAIN RECEPTACLES INSIDE THE CEILING — IN A LINE OVER THE KITCHEN COUNTERS AND ISLAND. THE OPENING TO THE CEILING WAS COVERED WITH A THIN METAL COVER PLATE THE SAME COLOR AS THE CEILING… THRU WHICH A SERIES OF 60 W FLOOD LITE BULBS WERE SCREWED INTO EACH RECEPTICLE. THEY WERE WIRED IN SEQUENCE–AND ARE ON A DIMMER.

WITH THE ADVENT OF NEW STYLE SEMI-SCULPTED OPEN GREEN DIMMER BULBS, ONE CAN ACHIEVE AN EVEN LESS BULKY LOOK— WE SWITCHED TO SEMI SCULPTED MUCH LESS BULKY INSIDE DIMMABLE “GREEN” FLOODLITE BULBS–WHICH PROVIDE AN EVEN “LIGHTER” MORE OPEN LOOK AGAINST THE CEILING…..

THAT SAID: WITH A HIGH CEILING, THE BARN LIGHT FIXTURES SHOWN WOULD BE PERFECT!