11/5/2023 0 Comments Houzz lighting bedroom![]() Many of our line voltage fixtures are already roughed in, so no using low voltage at this point (although we will have a few in bathrooms to light the mirror), Most of those experts we spoke to also told us to just put a ton of recessed line voltage fixtures in a grid over most rooms. Glad to read above that you are not totally disagreeing with this advice, despite still specifying low voltage MR16 for many applications. ![]() In speaking to a lighting designer, an interior designer, our architect and our electrician on the subject of line vs low voltage recessed lights they all seem to say they are not installing/specifying low voltage anymore, but instead are using the LED lamps (bulbs) in the regular line voltage fixtures. However, most books on the subject are not recent publications, and the industry has involved in the last few years with the wider use of LED lamps. Every lighting design book I have read, always recommends the low voltage recessed down lights. I know what you mean so it doesn't matter but you will be able to find more professional information online by avoiding contractor jargon. Bulbs are lamps and can lights are down lights or recessed lighting. In the lighting industry these things are called by different names. I just put 75 of them in a large renovation. You are wise to use adjustible wall washers if you can find line voltage fixtures with enough adjustment. The trick is to find LED lamps that are warm but they will all have severely sharp shadows. They look much better than the new recessed LED fixtures that are not recessed much. 4" line-voltage fixtures are designed for halogen PAR 20 lamps that don't have as even a light pattern unless they are frosted (if you can find them) or they can use PAR 20 equivalent LED lamps that are more expensive but last much longer and use less power so the pay back is quick. Ontariomom, 4" low voltage MR16 fixtures offer a clean bright warm halogen light that can be softened with a frosted lens (if the electrician will put them in). My DH can use the other set of outlets for his stuff. With four outlets, I can have a lamp, charge my phone and a mattress pad heater or heated blanket on my side of the bed. Most homes just have a 2-plug outlet in the center of the wall. Something that you might consider is a 4-plug outlet by each side of the bed. What I suggest for most homes is a center ceiling light or fan combination and table lamps. I have found the individual reading lights to be too bright for reading. If I am in bed, I use the table side lamps. Unless I am vacuuming or folding clothes on the bed, I don't use any of the ceiling lights. The room also has lamps on each bedside table. I also installed a six-light chandelier on a dimmer and two small recessed lights over the headboard, each with their own switch. ![]() ![]() I went a little overboard in our most recent master bedroom addition, I put recessed lights in the corners and one in the middle of the wall for a total of eight. Putting lighting in major spaces on rheostat (dimmer) controls also adds an important degree of flexibility in how the space appears and is used. There are much more creative and positive approaches to lighting, involving an appropriate combination of ambient, task and accent lighting, which used together will make any space look more inviting and more usable for its proposed use. Generally speaking, this sort of lighting, used alone, gives a dim and unflattering view of a room, even a small room. On the other hand, ceiling mounted fixtures, and fan mounted fixtures, are really only good as minimal ambient lighting in a room, and often, when using only a single 60-watt lamp, throwing just enough light to avoid stepping on the dog's forgotten bone. They are not usually good for general or ambient lighting, or for accent lighting, except where wall washers are used for highlighting a wall display of some sort. Properly speced and installed, they can also be useful as wall washers for artwork, sculpture, shelving displays, etc. ![]() Recessed lights (can lights or pin lights) are most usually considered to be task lights, that is they are best for throwing light onto an area of some sort of task or work. ![]()
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