04-30-2016, 11:49 PM
Last week there was another post about recessed lighting layout plans
We are also looking at doing some changes that will likely include recessed lighting. We are scraping a popcorn ceiling (refinishing with knockdown), so now is the time to also update the lights and cut new holes & patch old ones.
We currently have track lighting (indicated in red) that will be going away.
The area is 35x24 with vaulted ceilings (8' at the wall, 11' at center - high part runs east-west in this drawing - north is up in real life too...)
You can see the front door on the east side of the north wall. There are two 7'6" high walls for closets making a entry/hallway (with 3 existing can lights). Kitchen is in NW of this drawing...already has 9 can lights.
Dining room table is in SW corner. Thinking about either can lights over that or possibly a hanging chandelier (indicated in green) of some sort. Positioning can lights over that is a little challenging. The existing track lighting is 3 70W bulbs. 1 can will not be enough light, but 2 or 3 in there looks too clustered.
The proposal I have here shows the ones I am thinking will work well in yellow. The blue ones are questionable. I know we will get more light with cans pointing straight down...but right now, we have 70W bulbs in all the track lighting (2 each in the 3 fixtures in the living room area), so going down to 3-5 recessed lights doesn't seem enough). Add to that the fact existing ceiling fans have 5 bulbs and the new will only have 2...
Looking for options and opinions:
How many cans?
Where to place them?
What to do over dining table? (cans - where/how many) or chandelier?
Thanks!
We are also looking at doing some changes that will likely include recessed lighting. We are scraping a popcorn ceiling (refinishing with knockdown), so now is the time to also update the lights and cut new holes & patch old ones.
We currently have track lighting (indicated in red) that will be going away.
The area is 35x24 with vaulted ceilings (8' at the wall, 11' at center - high part runs east-west in this drawing - north is up in real life too...)
You can see the front door on the east side of the north wall. There are two 7'6" high walls for closets making a entry/hallway (with 3 existing can lights). Kitchen is in NW of this drawing...already has 9 can lights.
Dining room table is in SW corner. Thinking about either can lights over that or possibly a hanging chandelier (indicated in green) of some sort. Positioning can lights over that is a little challenging. The existing track lighting is 3 70W bulbs. 1 can will not be enough light, but 2 or 3 in there looks too clustered.
The proposal I have here shows the ones I am thinking will work well in yellow. The blue ones are questionable. I know we will get more light with cans pointing straight down...but right now, we have 70W bulbs in all the track lighting (2 each in the 3 fixtures in the living room area), so going down to 3-5 recessed lights doesn't seem enough). Add to that the fact existing ceiling fans have 5 bulbs and the new will only have 2...
Looking for options and opinions:
How many cans?
Where to place them?
What to do over dining table? (cans - where/how many) or chandelier?
Thanks!