The light does not scatter through the holes and create a dotted look all over, which was a concern at first, but they definitely needed a backing not only to prevent being able to look right up into the fluorescent lights, but it helps diffuse the light as well as add a little insulation.Ģ. Finally after searching for awhile, I found a basket store based in LA called Cane and Basket that also does online orders and was far more budget friendly for the amount of cane webbing I needed, which was about 17′ and in fact, I had enough to finish the four panels we created over my desk.ġ. I found woven cane on amazon and etsy, but they only sold small sections or by the yard and it was expensive. The project was not cheap, but it cost about as much as it would have if I were to purchase a nice light fixture for the space so it was worth it to not have to look at the plastic panels that as far as I could tell, were my only pre-made option. When I first saw the space… many suspended fluorescent light fixtures as well as recessed light boxes made up the ceiling in between all the popcorn textured finish.Īfter painting… we left the plastic panels up to paint because I knew I wasn’t going to use them and they protected the recessed lighting from getting sprayed.Ī close-up… here is what is behind those ugly plastic panels. More resources: History of Chair Caning // Wicker Rattan Retrospect // Patterns of Distinction of the Caned Chair Here’s what the ceiling looked like before… * Watch how cane webbing is made in this video: history of cane webbing A detail I couldn’t help noticing since cane has been on my mind so frequently lately. * Side note: you can see many cane backed chairs in the new Bridgerton series on Netflix. Many would make their own chairs and then weave their own cattail seats. In America, the common folks had chairs with solid wood seats or seats made from rush or cattails. More affluent people purchased chairs with caned seat bottoms. Caned bottom chairs were popular in Europe around the 17th and early 18th Centuries. Archeologists have discovered caned chairs in Egyptian tombs dating to 1300 B.C. Though this woven cane has been popularized in contemporary furniture since the 1960s and always reminds me of the ’80s and the Cesca Chair, its roots go back centuries.Ĭane work is a form of basketry that has been used in furniture for thousands of years. The natural color of the cane matches my new light wood floors while also working with my Old World Meets Contemporary vibe I was going for. Then I tried to come up with a DIY to upgrade the panels I already had into something better but it would have resulted in me just basically covering them up and then no light would be able to get through.ĪND THEN IT CAME TO ME… natural woven cane webbing was the perfect solution for all of my problems that would also create a fun and unique look that worked with my space as well. I thought about draping fabric in the space, which would have been pretty and added a romantic touch, but wouldn’t help with insulation. Why aren’t there other solutions or options for this kind of lighting? I was on a mission to find a solution to this problem that was not only visually pleasing, but also created some sort of insulated barrier between the upstairs flooring and my downstairs ceiling and lastly, they had to be removable to be able to change the bulbs. The only options are all pretty horrible and reminded me of an old corporate office space full of cubicles. When looking to replace them, I was mortified. They’re called troffer light panels or troffer lights) We painted the wood frame surrounding the fluorescent light fixtures as well so it’s all seamless.īut then there was the issue of the hideous plastic panels that conceal the lights and recessed box behind them. And while I would have loved that, I didn’t want the cost or extra time spent on that project.Īs much as I hate textured ceilings, my idea to paint this side in the same color as the walls ( Behr Marquee Midnight Blue) really helped give the texture a cool look that didn’t make the space feel smaller, as I worried it might. On this side though, the only way to remove them would have been to demo the entire ceiling and re-drywall the space. The other side of the space had them too but they were built in a box that hung down from the ceiling so we were able to remove them easily. The ceiling on this side is dropped with recessed boxed fluorescent lighting fixtures and flanked with a popcorn textured finish. As I mentioned in my First Look at My New Office post a few days ago, I knew when I walked into this space that this is where my desk would go.
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