My kitchen used to have one of those ugly box lights with fluorescent tubes that were a mainstay of homes built in the 1970’s.  It was ugly and hideous I needed to go. This lighting fixture is clean and sleek and smooth. The white will match with anything. I can point lights at my highest spots, for example where I chop vegetables, do my cooking, and wash my dishes. So it provides a lot more functionality than my old giant box light. Track lighting has also been around since at least the 70s but I do not think it is dated in the way my old box light is at all, especially one with clean white lines like this one. I think the style of this will last for decades to come, which is great because the lighting above my kitchen island is not some thing I want to have to think about. I just want it to look good and work!