Project · Birdland, Sunnyvale
Birdland kitchen lighting
A kitchen remodel that had the cabinets and stone sorted but one fluorescent box in the ceiling. We drew a three-layer plan, cut eight 4-inch cans on a 2700K dimmer, hung three pendants on their own circuit, and ran LED tape under every upper cabinet with the drivers hidden above.
Fixtures8 cans · 3 pendants
Color2700K · CRI 92
On site3 days
ScenesCook · Dinner
What was included
- Lighting plan on the cabinet drawing
- Eight 4-inch recessed LED, wafer style, no attic needed
- Three pendant boxes on a separate dimmer
- Under-cabinet LED tape, drivers above the uppers
- Lutron Caséta dimmers with a two-scene keypad
- Dedicated counter circuits added while the walls were open
“The Dinner scene is the first thing we show guests. It makes the stone look like the sample.”
§ 02
See how the work progresses.
Eight stages from a similar job, start to finish. Concept imagery.
01 · Old fixtures
02 · Protected
03 · Layout marked
04 · Cans cut
05 · Cables run
06 · Fixtures hung
07 · Dimmers set
08 · Finished
§ 03
How it ran.
- Day 0
Site walk
Walked the kitchen at 7 pm with the owners. Agreed the pendants should carry the room.
- Week 1
Plan
Layout approved on the cabinet elevation; fixtures ordered.
- Day 1–2
Rough
Cans cut, pendant boxes braced, tape runs and drivers set.
- Day 3
Scenes
Trims in, dimmers paired, Cook and Dinner scenes programmed.
Planning a lighting design job?
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§ 04
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