Hi there, It would help with an image of your lounge, in order to give you more suitable advice.I can imagine, according to your description, that your lounge is quite spacious, decorated with colourful furniture. From the options you have provided, I would advice to use the LED hoop, as you already have colour in your furniture, I wouldn't advice to have colour in the lighting too. Have you considered other styles that could look great in your lounge? I would love to help you choose your perfect lighting.

Hi Martin, lighting plans can drive you a bit mad can't they? I have had a look at your proposed plan and I think that keeping the row of ceiling lights in the lounge and kitchen in line is a good idea. I have a few questions for you too; are the lounge ceiling lights on dimmer switch? If not, there are quite a few of them, it could be very bright in there, which is great if you would like it nice and bright in the lounge in the evening but sometimes you might want the lights a bit lower. So my next question here would be do you have lamps for mood/task lighting in there to soften the light when required? It looks as though you have but I just wanted to double check. In the kitchen, will you be having under cabinet lighting under the wall cabinets on the sink run? These are super important task lights for working in this area so pop some in there if you haven't already. With these in place, you might not need all the ceiling spots you have put in place in the kitchen, but again, this is totally up to you, if you like things nice and bright then go for it. I am glad you have included some directional lighting over the breakfast bar and dining table, they will look fab and give the room extra character. If you have any other questions I will be happy to help.

Hi Sab I have a open plan Kitchen, dining and sun room where the dining room (flat ceiling) then leads into a vaulted ceiling sun room. The sunroom was an exentsion built some years ago and is clad in board and then painted. Hoping these pictures show the rooms well enough. You can see some more photos here https://www.houzz.co.uk/hznb/projects/kitchen-and-dining-space-pj-vj~6337964 Hope that helps Rgds Vicky

You could splice a rain / beading / small coving just below the original to hold an LED strip light, it makes a good ambient light source. You could also use some wall sconces instead of lamps, if you don't want to go to the hassle of channelling the wire (I wouldn't blame you) you could have them wired with a cloth bound flex with a plug and switch. I've done that myself so I can easily move them around if I want.