<p>For the most neutral look, if go with the clear seeded glass as the safest look for a kitchen rather than risk a color buyers may not love. </p>
<p>“Yessss! I hate that, too. Love the glass pendants in the post above!”</p>
<p>Oops. I was referring to the glass pendants from Ballard. The ones found by Silpat just do not draw the same Ohhh as the Ballard pendants, which are simple yet full of character. </p>
<p>If you want to make pictures show up in your post, just put this before your link</p>
<p>(img) but use [ ]</p>
<p>And this after your link</p>
<p>(/img) but use [ ]</p>
<p>And no spaces.</p>
<p>Try it! Then we don’t have to click the links. Who will go first?</p>
<p>Not sure image tags work, but here goes:</p>
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<p>ETA: it does work, what do you know.</p>
<p>It can be a bit of a pain to extract out just the URL to the image though. houzz throws up a huge block of html for embedding and you have to edit it.</p>
<p>I would put lighting fixtures in the kitchen but would be tempted to skip the dining room and living room. It is so much a matter of taste and dependent on the rest of the decor that it is hard to pick something that will be universally appealing.</p>
<p>Yes, I’m torn between putting dining light up or not. Its a very personal lighting fixture dependant on buyers table, location, taste, etc. In some houses I just put up plate. In other houses i find something perfect for the house and I cannot contain myself!</p>
<p>There’s another issue in our dining room that is making it challenging. The room lendsitself to round table because of the angled turret windows. Current ceilingwire is in middle of room. But i am putting in french door for deck access and someone will probably push table more towards front. Lamp will probably not be centered correctly, even with our staging. So, i will have to install eyebolt in ceiling to swag fixture over staging table.</p>
<p>Which brings us to next lighting issue. There are ridiculous requirements in California building codes now. If you touch anything with a permit you are subject to “Title 24” requirements. You have to put fluorescent light fixtures all exterior, kitchen, baths and dining room. Do you know anyone that wants a fluorescent fixture in their dining room??</p>
<p>When I was building addition in North Park 2 years ago, I looked at inspector and asked “How many people change it the minute you leave??”. 100%</p>
<p>I’m hoping code has been updated to allow LED now</p>
<p>Oh good lord! I hope LEDs are allowed now by that code, but knowing the glacial speed of such code updates, I would not be surprised that they are not even mentioned. </p>
<p>I would not put a dining light in unless you will be staging the house with a dining set.</p>
<p>Forgot to mention that you can’t just stick a fluorescent bulb into a beautiful fixture. They have to be new fixtures that only allow fluorescent. Have you ever seen permanent florescent fixture you love??</p>
<p>It just takes aggravation to whole new level. The only way to avoid it is if you install motion sensor switch which turns off lighting automatically. That is the way i went in that flip. But it was hilarious because electrician set it at 30 seconds or something. When you were on toilet you had to start swinging arms around every 30 seconds or so to keep lights on. I finally had to dismantle switch myself and set it to 5 min or so.</p>
<p>OMG. I’m speechless. No, I have never seen a fluorescent only fixture that I liked. </p>
<p>Personally, I strongly dislike track lighting, although the wavy bar type can be very attractive, depending on what is hanging from the bar.</p>
<p>I’d go with some kind of clear glass pendants in the kitchen. I also tend to dislike ceiling fixtures where the bulb is pointing down, uncovered. When I look up, I don’t want to be looking at a naked bulb. They can look nice from a distance, but not overhead.</p>
<p>CB, </p>
<p>CB, you have my sympathies with CA building codes. Any code compliant fixture (flourescent) for our kitchen remodel was hideous. Our builder actually kept a supply of compliant fixtures, that he installed and then removed after inspection. He did charge a small use fee–justifying it by saying it was his way of maintaining his inventory! I was just happy he took those obnoxious things down quickly. Such a stupid process. With this nonsense, it’s no wonder that many skirt the whole permit process…</p>
<p>BUDGET UPDATE</p>
<p>I just don’t even want to look at my bleeding spreadsheet at this point, but I promised I would keep everything up front during this process.</p>
<p>Spent to Date: $66,000 !!! where did it go???</p>
<p>I think I still have about $45,000 in costs, but it is all dependent on what the City makes me tear down or rebuild or not build at all. That’s based on my plan submittal.</p>
<p>Overages are in demolition/dump fees - Gee, what else is new! Have spent $4,900. I think I estimated $3,500 and I thought I was being generous!!</p>
<p>Electric / Plumbing will probably go over budget about $3,000
We have a lot of drywall, sanding, mudding that needs to get done (not counting what we will have to tear off for inspection) that will probably go over budget $2,000</p>
<p>PROGRESS THIS WEEK</p>
<p>We are trudging along with things we can do without a permit, basically painting and landscape stuff. I lent out my employee for 2 days to someone who is enclosing a patio (Gee, probably without a permit), so his costs were lower this week.</p>
<p>Built new gate in back of courtyard
Scrubbed and painted back retaining wall
Sanded, scraped and painted original white gate in front
Stucco repairs and patches, including closing up outside kitchen wall to courtyard where old door and window were (sure hope I don’t get into trouble for that, but they can see all the framing from the inside)
Primed over new stucco areas
Dug giant trench on alley side for new fence footing
Poured new fence footing with rebar
Dug trench from center of courtyard to front of house for drainage system from courtyard. If it rains hard in that courtyard the water needs to go somewhere
New gate hardware on both gates
Painted living room ceiling and rafters - still need one coat of semi gloss on wood rafters
Painted both bedroom ceilings</p>
<p>Oh, and we wasted our time today stapling plastic sheeting over bad roof areas because it’s supposed to rain this weekend. Would not have needed to do this if we were allowed to have a new roof two weeks ago like we planned!</p>
<p>I posted some new photos to the Flickr group</p>
<p>Here is another Ballard Design that is interesting. Might tie in the seeded glass pendants in kitchen. Definitely not Grandma, and no bling. Still looking</p>
<p>[img]<a href=“http://www.ballarddesigns.com/darby-9-light-chandelier/lighting/chandeliers-pendants/316910[img]”>http://www.ballarddesigns.com/darby-9-light-chandelier/lighting/chandeliers-pendants/316910[img]</a></p>
<p>Let me try again with the suggested method above</p>
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<a href=“http://www.ballarddesigns.com/darby-9-light-chandelier/lighting/chandeliers-pendants/316910[/img]”>http://www.ballarddesigns.com/darby-9-light-chandelier/lighting/chandeliers-pendants/316910
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<p>What is the URL of the image you are getting to post? </p>
<p>Just a note; I think we’re not supposed to put pictures directly into the posts. I can’t find it in the Terms of Service but remember it being discussed in a wedding thread. I believe the reason is that it can turn the threads into picture threads instead of discussion threads.</p>
<p>Well, this is just a coincidence! A listing just renewed in our area and they put the Ballard Addie Pendant Seeded Glass lights in the kitchen. Check it out on Zillow or something</p>
<p>940 Rosecrans, 92106</p>
<p>Not in my neighborhood so I’m not looking at it as a comparable sale, it’s over on the San Diego Bay side of the Point Loma peninsula. But note that the seaglass blue pendants kind of stick out and the single clear pendant probably looks more appropriate. Coloring of the kitchen is similar to where I am going in the kitchen</p>