It depends what effect you want. If you're trying to light the hallway floor and lower walls, the recessed cans work very well, and shouldn't be as glare producing as these surface lights. I'd recommend using PAR lamps in the fixtures instead of the BR lamps, as the beam is tighter and less likely to glare. Stay away from white reflectors, as they bounce light into the eyes; use black, specular clear, or haze.

Track lighting is a last resort, as it harkens back to the 80's, when we all (myself included) overtracked. It would be called for here if you had some spectacular art on the walls to highlight, or couldn't get into this ceiling to wire cans.

Good luck!

Thanks! First time reaching out on this app and I'm already impressed and hooked. Appreciate your thoughts!

There are many very attractive non 80’s tracks with LED bulbs and tiny heads and i still use track if I want directional lighting in many spaces and also very good if you don’t want to repair your ceiling and if you want a DIY install in 1 hr. no electrician required.

Thanks! My husband is the track proponent around here and I do like some of the more modern fixtures, I just consider them too modern for our house. We don't have anything hung on the walls in this space and it is very transitional, with doors to the laundry, bath and basement. This is our first home so I am woefully underprepared as a do-it-yourselfer. I was hoping the cans wouldn't require modification of the ceiling but haven't pulled these fixtures off yet!

I like track or recessed lights, have them both in my house, recessed where possible and track to lights directed to art. But it seems that you could also go for more attractive ceiling lights. You have enough ceiling height to go for something semi-flush mounted or pendants even.

If you aren't going to move the lights, then I would recommend recessed lighting for this narrow corridor

Love the first image Carolins... We are both tall so like the ceilings to feel as high as possible, which draws me away from pendants a bit.

"I was hoping the cans wouldn't require modification of the ceiling but haven't pulled these fixtures off yet!"

Try something like these. Probably the easiest to retrofit.

http://www.cooperindustries.com/content/public/en/lighting/products/recessed_general_purpose_downlighting/led/4-inch-led-SLD4/_861894.brands.lighting!halo!led.html

Have you considered LED flat panel lights? I'm looking at some from Pixi for my basement. They are pricey, but I think they will fit in well.

Suzy77 those are interesting, would definitely consider for our basement but I think it looks a little too office-like or modern for our hall space