invisible lighting behind built in shelves
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8 years ago
I've been asked to build some bespoke box shelving for a friend and whilst discussing it with him used Mondrian as a reference for the design. Afterwards it occurred to me that the shelves could be stood off the back wall a small distance and the space behind illuminated, with coloured panels painted on the wall behind a couple of the box spaces to create the Mondrian effect. However, as the shelves are to be built in place the access to the space at the back will be very restricted so if the lights were ever to fail (i was thinking a strip of LEDs on tape) then it would be hard to replace them. Any ideas for easy maintenance of a system like this?
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