Sometimes lighting plans look like a lot with all the strokes back to the boxes, in real life this looks pretty darn good to me.

The plan is too small to read the details. What is the ceiling height? What size are the recessed lights?

From what I can see, it doesn't look like too much. Just make sure to budget for dimmers and install them on all the switches.

The other important item, is the choice of the actual recessed lights. Do you want more yellow/incandescent light 2500K or more bright/daylight light 4000K? There are several options in between those 2 and you might want your electrician to bring in a couple of samples to install, test and compare in your actual space.

Depends on a lot of factors. I like a very well lit room. My friend likes a very dim room. Ask a real estate agent about resale (what is typical lighting for a house that's for sale?). Even if you are not selling now, you need to plan for the future. Like another posted said, the height of the ceilings need to be considered. Also, consider the amount of natural light. Here is Albany, NY, we have very strong morning sun coming in the east. Not so much in the setting sun in the west. I don't like that my living room is so dark (even in the middle of summer) that I have to put lights on to read. If I ever bought another place, I would be sure to have the morning sun come into the living room. Another issue is that I don't like ceiling lights in a living, family, or bed room, but that's personal preference. Also, the light you need in a kitchen is different than the light you need in a living room. In my opinion, one can never have to much light in a kitchen! Just looking at the ceiling lights in your home - and not any other lights, is not good planning. Lighting is often an afterthought in a home, however, I think it's much more important than that.

Thanks for your feedback!

In response to questions/comments:

-the ceilings are 9 foot

-unfortunately the family room is relatively dark because our backyard is wooded and there is a screened porch behind it. Not much we can do about either of those. Most of the natural light comes from the kitchen

-the kitchen windows not facing the back of the house get afternoon sun

-I don't love overhead lights in my family room, but thought it would be good to have the lights there for resale. Not sure if there is other types of lighting for which we should wire now while the walls are open

-we are thinking 3000k

For what it's worth, the designer of this plan is an architect and interior designer (i.e., he is not a lighting designer specialist)

I have reattached the plan, hoping it's a bit darker this time, along with the lighting schedule that sets forth the types of lights (including the size of the cans).

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