I had the same issue with a closet at my previous home.i have no suggestion for a . hallway decorative light but I did purchase ” stick on “ battery operated puck lights for the closet’s interior. They come in ”tap on ” & motion detected modes. They were very bright.

I know lighting compnies offer more decorative battery operated sconces, etc. All Modern offers several battery operated ceiling lights, more decorative. Some are rechargeable.

K Laurence's solution works well. If you put the lights where you can get to them easily, recharging batteries is easy.

I suggest you look at adding rechargable lights on the hallway wall, not the ceiling, reachable without a ladder or stepstool.

So the problem was I was googling wireless instead of rechargeable! I just ordered *these ones from the evil A.* Some of the review pics made them almost look like a recessed waffer light.

We got some rechargeable ones that have a magnet you stick on the wall first. They have different levels of light and are motion detection and very bright. They also last a long time and can be quickly taken down and charged very fast From Costco

You can find these rechargeable lights on Amazon.

Other suggestion for your long hallway: replace the ceiling light with a track light, you can have a gallery wall with either family photos (black & white is always nice) or other subjects, and place a nice runner that coordinates with your decor.

@lisedv - I have one of those strip lights for a closet but having a light inside these closets doesn't work. I need one for the hallway. Thanks for the mock up of the other part of the hallway. It looks nice with the lighting you added.

@dee_mckervey - Good to know that Costco sells similar lights.

These are the ones we use -they work great -I don't see them on Costco Canada anymore but maybe in the US?

Can you put LED strips down the insides of the door jambs? We did that in our pantry closets that have full depth shelves, and they light the contents quite well.

We tried but there is not enough surface space on the jamb. It is super narrow.

IMO a track light LED 5 or more heads and no need to ever have an issue with the lighting no recharge needed.

I might be tempted to mount some very shallow plug in sconces on the empty wall opposite the closets, if there are any plugs in the vicinity (maybe mounted higher than normal so they don’t feel like they impede too much?)

I agree with lisedv and Patricia. Track lights are your friend here. You can get light the length of the hallway—you can even get it to turn the corner into the other part of the L if you want.

I had not thought of that. So from the one J box in the middle of the long part of the L, I could get track lighting that would run the length of the L and turn the corner and light the short part of the L too? If so, do you have any recommendations for decent track lighting? Is it a problem that the ceiling is solid plaster and might be a total bitch to drill into?