Lighting options

2 years ago

Moving to a rental, the flat is nice but the small living area doesnt look great due to the colour of the carpet and the single pendant light.

What would be a good lighting option, think 30 year old bachelour place :)

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minnie101
2 years ago
It depends on what styles you like really?

if you dont want to bring attention to it then maybe a white or glass easy fit pendant so it blends into the ceiling (although it looks as it if may hang over a coffee table if the sofa was on the right?). You could then use more statement lighting for a floor and table lamp
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2 years ago
Thanks, was thinking about using it to have a lower light over the coffee table but the ceiling is low. i plan for TV on the wall and dont want to obstruct the view. been thinking the solution may be a cirlcle light like in the photo, what do you think?
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Yea, need to have a careful think as you say Maths wife! I was hoping to have units along the all opposite the door! Which would then risk the table being pushed slightly off centre.. but don't want it to look weird, as aware that others may use it as a separate living area! and don't want massively off centre lights! (also slightly annoyingly I think one will need to move about 20cm to the side lol!) I think part of my confusion (with the kitchen) is that in our current kitchen ( slightly smaller than the new one) we have 8 spots! and still have a corner thats dark when you're working in it! (but I think that's more due to poor placement) but the electrician only quoted for 6, which again I think will leave a dark corner near the utility. I also want them to line up with the living room area, so if we ever opened it up more and took out the double sliding doors, it doesn't look silly! lol so much to consider! (I realise they're not quite lined up in that plan) @Space Cat, it's definitely not something we'd considered! so thank you for giving us another option! I think we're going to stick to normal plugs as we often put the lamps on timers.. and move things around etc. :-)
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minnie101
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Why don’t you place your tv first? Ideal height is when your eyes (sat) are level with the centre of the screen so I suspect a slightly lower than normal pendant over the table would be fine

I suggested an easy fit pendant but suspect the landlord may be happy with a new light or reinstate the rose and cable when you move if not?! However if you went for that I would still go with something that doesn’t visually fill the room

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