I ordered 4' LED tube lights from Amazon and retrofitted a fluorescent fixture for my laundry room. Basically, you just disconnect the ballast and toss it. Have to reconnect some wires but it's a quick job...maybe 10 minutes. Loads of light. Not pretty but it's only a laundry room in the basement...more like a laundry closet. I would have to crane my neck to even see the fixture so didn't figure looks mattered much. Having ample light does matter. Actually the two LED tubes deliver tons more light the fluorescents ever did and much better color rendering. No problem matching dark colored socks anymore.

Yep, I recently replaced the old fluorescent shop lights in the basement with LEDs and the light is so much better!

Two 100 watt bulbs should be plenty sufficient. Most laundry rooms don't have enough light in order to see stains (for pretreating). Yours will be awesome.

Laundry rooms need plenty of light. I have three ceiling floods in my laundry room (with 85-watt LED daylight bulbs), and it's not a large room.

I like that light fixture, but I think your fears are well-founded. The bulbs must shine through a piece of non-clear glass, and that's going to obscure the light. Laundry rooms are hard-working spaces, and they need good lighting. Function first.

I'd like that light fixture as the overhead light in a bathroom ... and you'd have additional task lighting by the mirror.

Ah, I wonder if everyone is looking at the picture of the light with the stained glass panels? I finally figured out how to load the image (instead of just the link) for the crystal one......(sorry it's so dinky!)

This shade would not impede the light, but I am still not sure the 1200 lumens would be enough.

Laundry rooms tend to be dusty & linty. I wouldn't want the crystal one because of the never-ending need to clean it. Often.

Hey, I have the light with the stained glass panels! It allows for plenty of light with higher watt bulbs. We originally had it in our dining area and now it's in our entry area. I like it a lot and we never had a concern with how much light it gave off in either application.

Good point about cleaning, ci_lantro. The crystal one in the dining room is painstaking to clean. I use a spray liquid so I don't have to disassemble the thing. Without the dining table underneath for dripcatching, a laundry room fixture would be even more awkward to clean..

I like the stained glass one much better than the crystal one. And it feels more appropriate for a laundry room as well. Since you are redoing the room, why have just an overhead light? You could add under-cabinet/shelf lighting with an inexpensive (and hidden!) LED strip. Between overhead and task lighting, you'll be able to see everything!

Yes, I was thinking of adding a task light under the cabinet over the washer! Fortunately, there is an outlet just at the right spot and a way to hide the wiring, saving me the expense of hardwiring the light.

You could install two of the stained glass fixtures, evenly spaced, with adequate lumens.

I ended up ordering the stained glass fixture the other day and it arrived today! When I hold the shade up to a light it doesn't seem to block too much -- for one thing the largest part of the shade is the round piece on the bottom which is a very translucent piece. And many of the sections of the stained glass portion are clear glass with a texture.

When I ordered it, I also purchased two LED bulbs for it which are the 100w equivalent. GE makes a bulb that is between the 5000K daylight color and the 2700K soft light, which they call "Reveal." Its color is 2850K with a CRI of 100. The reviews were so great that I thought I'd give it a try, since so many say that the 5000K bulb give their home the look of a Walmart, and I don't really want that. This bulb has 1140 lumens so that will give me 2280 for the room overall. We'll see how that works; if it isn't enough along with the undercabinet light I plan to add, then Elizabeth's suggestion would be a good solution, especially since the shade is so pleasing to me that I wouldn't mind two.

Under cabinet lighting will add a lot to your layout. the ceiling light will be great as you have decided I believe. I have 2 - 100w bulbs in my bathroom in sconces in my 10x6 room. It is very well lit, though the ceiling is only 7' tall which probably helps. I like the info you provided on the "Reveal" light. I look forward to hearing how all this works out for you.

My suggestion is the same as Elizabeth's....use 2 of them.

I like the fixture you purchased but I'm curious if the colored strips on the side show up as colors around the perimeter of the room when illuminated.

With indoor LED lighting I try to stay under 3000K. I use the Satco brand of LED lights and their 100W equivalent is 1500 lumens and 2700K and draws 15W. Remember that you can use a LED that is rated higher than the 100 watt equavalent as long as you stay within the wattage max of the fixture. Only problem is the bulb may not always fit within the fixture since it seems the higher the wattage the larger the LED bulb.

LOL, the walls of the laundry are aqua so if the color in the shade transmits to the walls we might not be able to tell!! seriously, I expect most light we notice and use will be coming down through the translucent circular lens on the underside of the shade. Of course, some will come through the shade and a little will bounce off the ceiling.

I bought an undercabinet LED light today -- found one that can be adjusted for color: 2700, 3000, or 4000K. Maybe this will do it -- time will tell!