Before
Upper cabinets across the window wall, blocking a third of the glazing, and a single ceiling fixture that left the counter dark by 7 pm.
Fountain Hills · 2026
Lighting a kitchen that faces a view
The clients would not give up the view and did not want to lose storage. We took the uppers off the window wall entirely and replaced their volume with a full-height pantry run on the opposite side.
10 weeks on site$118,000 to $134,000 (sample band)
01
Layout change
Upper cabinets removed from the window wall, storage moved to a pantry run
After
Clear glazing wall to wall. A 10 ft full-height pantry run opposite holds more than the uppers did. Four lighting layers, with under-shelf task light on the floating shelves.
02
Scope
What was in the contract
- Removal of all upper cabinets from the window wall
- 10 ft full-height pantry run with interior drawers
- Floating oak shelves with integrated task light
- Four-layer lighting plan at 75 foot-candles on the counter
- Porcelain counters for UV and heat stability at the window
We can see the fountain from the sink now. That was the whole brief and they took it seriously.
The part other firms leave out
What went wrong: the first under-shelf driver we specified buzzed audibly at low dim. We replaced every driver in the room at our cost and now bench-test dimmer and driver pairs before ordering.
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