Need floating shelf lighting help on bar

last month

Hello! We just installed a bar in our pool house and we have 3 floating shelves across the middle. It looks just like the picture below. We want to put some sort of lights on those floating shelves but we don't know what to use since there isn't a ledge to hide it. Our electrician is waiting on me to decide what we want but I am not sure what I am looking for. Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!

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chispa

last month

Ideally the lighting would have been planned before the bar was installed.

Can you use a router to carve out a small channel in the shelves and then place LED tape light in there? Anything else will look like a last minute add on ...

LED tape on the right side.

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millworkman
last month
" It looks just like the picture below. "

Context is key as it may look just like this but it is really not just like this. Show your setup.
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thinkdesignlive
last month
Planned with the design and prior to install is the key.
Maureen
last month
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last month
Thank you! Yes I agree on it needing to be planned beforehand. We didn't think about it being so dark over there until it was done. I will have to take a picture of it with the shelves this evening. However it truly is identical. They designed it off of this picture. Here is a pic without the floating shelves but they are the exact same as above. Unfortunately, they are already installed so I am not sure how feasible carving out a small channel would be but that would be ideal.
pricklypearcactus
last month
What is your goal with the lighting? Is the goal to make the area brighter or to specifically make the items on the shelves more visible? If it's the former, maybe some recessed lights in the ceiling just in front of the shelves would provide general lighting in the area.
thinkdesignlive
last month
I hope you have an outlet long the back wall because a small table lamp always helps.
la_la Girl
last month
What about a cordless wall sconce or two?