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Advice wanted on interior lighting.

5 years ago

New construction and would like thoughts on lighting.

Our initial thoughts for the First Floor.

Study - Dome light in the middle.

Foyer/Hall - Dome light near front door, recessed light in middle of hall, recessed light near basement/laundry room door.

Laundry Room - 2 or 3 recessed lights.

Great Room (vaulted ceiling) - Ceiling fan with light in the middle and (8?) recessed lights surrounding.

Kitchen/Dinning Room - 3 pendent lights above island as pictured. Recessed lighting in kitchen area as pictured with adding a recessed light between the island and study. In dinning room area considering ditching the chandelier and putting in 9 (3x3) recessed lights.

Second Floor thoughts.

4 Bedrooms on left (Game Room and Rec Room are actually bedrooms) - Ceiling fans with lights in the middle.

Master Bedroom - Ceiling fan with light in the middle, 4 recessed lights surrounding.

Lighting the the Kitchen, Dinning, Great Room, Master Bedroom will be dimmable.

Any suggestions for lighting in our bathrooms?

Suggested lighting for the Walk in Closets?

Thanks in Advance!!!





Comments (4)

  • PRO
    5 years ago

    I dislike center ceiling lights in most cases and I really dislike ceiling fans with light too in those spaces. What do you mean by dome lights? I like all my fixtures to be LED bulbs in 4000K so I would not be doing dome lights probably. .A study needs a lot of layered lighting so mostly table lamps and floor lamps for tasks and reading center lights cast weird shadows that need to be lit. recessed lighting in a vaulted ceiling are next to useless and in that great room I would be looking at cable lighting to bring light down to human level and again layers of lighting .Kitchens need to be lit like an operating room almost . Under cabinet lighting for those layers I mention pot lights pendants and IMO the under cabinet lighting on its own switch and no need for dimmers in a kitchen . I lkke a really nice fixture in an entry no dome light.

    The Guy thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
  • 5 years ago

    This goes to show that a lot of this is personal. I find 4000k lights to be a little cold, and prefer the warmer tones of 3000k lights. I also don't mind ceiling fans with lights as a basic room light, and I use the dimmer in my kitchen all the time. I would consider a chandelier or other statement light in your entry.

    The Guy thanked amodernmountainhome
  • 5 years ago

    I would err on the side of too many lights rather than too few. You can always use dimmers if it’s too much. I think you kitchen needs more can lights. I would also add 4 to the bedrooms in addition to the ceiling fan.


    We just did our electrical walkthrough-as a side note, we have a kids bathroom identical to the layout of yours between rec room

    and bedroom 2 with very close dimensions. It looked fine on paper but in person it was too cramped. We ended up getting rid of the linen closet and centering the vanity on that wall instead. In that room, we’re doing 3 can lights plus 2 vanity lights.


    We went with cans in all our closets too. There’s nothing worse than a dark house, light that sucker up!!

    The Guy thanked M t
  • PRO
    5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    There are three categories of lighting:

    Ambient: Lighting which provides a basic, overall desirable level of lighting for a given space;

    Task: Lighting which is designed and located to illuminate a particular task for a given space;

    Decorative: Lighting which is designed to be a attractive visible feature in a space.

    Many spaces in a house may have more than one of these categories of lighting, depending on the desired interior design.

    It's rare that a single lighting fixture can provide all three categories of lighting, thus one needs to think carefully about the type and categories of lighting most beneficial in every space.

    And, yes, lighting is highly personal. But there's more to lighting than simply keeping one from stumbling.

    The Guy thanked Virgil Carter Fine Art
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