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Light fitting with LED around the frame to brighten ceiling

  • 27-02-2016 01:34PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi all,
    This may be a bit of an odd-ball and may not exist....
    I'll be making some changes to my apartment in the coming months and one thing I want to try and get right is lighting.

    As it's an apartment, the only place for light fitting is the ceiling. (no power going to the walls to fit a wall fitting)

    Typical lay-out down-stairs... open kitchen and living area with 2 x ceiling fittings with a size of about 9m x 4m.

    Currently the 2 fittings each have 4 spots. It's fine and dandy, but i'm wondering if I could improve things.

    I was wondering if such a fitting existed that had an LED strip light on top of the fitting (hence the fitting hangs down a bit from the ceiling) that would give a bit of a 'glow' to the area surrounding the frame? After that, i'm wondering is spotlights the best solution? I'm inclined to stay with spot-lights as I will have 1 or 2 feature paintings on the wall, so want the light to be focused on that (but without any dark spots)

    In the kitchen itself I have lighting behind the cabinet which lights up the counter-top nicely.


    Same goes for the bathroom, would like to do the same as the kitchen.

    As I have no clue on lighting, any advice much appreciated!


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,328 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    What about the spotlights that are on tracks or wires

    Paulmann_Mac_II_150_Wire_System_Lights_A_SS_1.jpg


    More spaced out obviously. Have some shining up and some shining on your pictures?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 224 ✭✭lovehathi


    u can buy rigid strips of led light and put around the frames but only worry i have is how will u power them up it will have wire coming to it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 Ciara Eloise


    Ill PM you


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