Lighting for a cottage ceiling
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PRO7 years agoRelated Discussions
Old, dark cottage with low ceilings. Need clever lighting!
Comments (1)by the way, the beams will be painted white and the walls white and a nice wood floor put down...See MoreHelp with tiny cottage living room
Comments (11)Thankyou so much, ah I didn't think of tie backs! The fabric is very stiff, I managed to get them outside the bay....with a lot of difficulty because of the silly pelmet thing, and was thinking of a bit of heavy gold moulding to cover the bit which is outside of the pelmet going round the corner. Praps I might change them for some red toile ones? I love my books but they are a problem in a tiny cottage. I think a half size book case and do as you suggest. So lovely to have others opinions! Thankyou...See MoreLounge room ceiling and light
Comments (0)Our late Victorian "cottage" has a small sitting room with lining boards on the ceiling. We are going to paint the walls a dark grey, and do white in all the woodwork, with a white fire surround. We are contemplating doing an exposed brick chimney, but are going to wait and see what we get when we take the old plaster off. The question I have is, can you put in a chandelier if the ceiling is all lining boards? Or does it need the plaster and possibly a ceiling rose to make if look good?...See MoreMulti-outlet ceiling rose - how many lights for double height ceiling?
Comments (4)It may be worth speaking to the electrician if you're not as keen on swagging. I know they can run a "pipe" through the ceiling void with the cabling in to put extra outlets and then just drill a hole from underneath the ceiling for the light but that is dependant on the joist direction etc though. That may not be feasible for what you want to do but may be worth asking the question anyway! If not, choose hooks that blend in with the ceiling? It will be easier to assess position this way too as you can just get the electrician to hold each one up for assessment before fixing! A general rule is that lights should be 1/2 - 2/3 of the tables width and normally hung 30-36 inches above the table. Given the double height I'd probably just start the lowest pendant c40-46 inches but I'm not sure on your total ceiling height and even though it's a feature you want to make sure the table is sufficiently lit! It's probably worth drawing it out on paper...See More- 7 years ago
- PRO7 years ago
I would actually paint all the beams except for the large central beam the same colour as the ceiling. It will lighten it enormously, plus it will make the beautiful central beam stand out more.
The lighting isn't helped by the wall lights being down lighters. Ordinary sphere lights or up lighters would be better to light further up the wall.
If you have head height you can also wrap the rope lights around the central beam a little like this.................you won't get them to be too long, but I think you could get it to work.
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Carolina