This type of lighting should work well, especially if they have dimmers to, which will add to the ambiance. A standard lamp would also help if say light is needed for reading etc. Also go to your local lighting shop and ask them to show you their working displays.

Hi Sue, There are endless possibilities with a room of this size. Try floating shelves to go along with your TV unit or a collage of pictures to help blend in your wall speakers. If wall paper is too much you could consider individual wall stickers to create a swooping flock of sea birds or shoal of fish to carry in the coastal theme. Definitely consider the use of tall vases that you can light up. Pick a theme and work with it but careful not to smother it with too many things. Keep it simple and it'll be nice. I've attached some examples that I've found online, the same images can be view via the below links. Cheers, Dex http://bradpike.com/interior/high-wall-decorating-ideas http://housedecoratingideasmag.com/10-bedroom-wall-decorating-ideas-for-a-beautiful-bedroom/ http://www.kylieminteriors.ca/decorating-ideas-for-wall-mount-tvs-how-to-blend-in-the-black-hole/tvhomeklondikecom/ http://azlifewave.com/high-quality-interior-decorating-ideas-for-living-rooms-inspiration/light-and-fresh-nuance-interior-decorating-ideas-for-living-room-with-minimalist-pine-tv-desk-and-media-center-nice-blackbeige-wall-shelves-beautiful-indonesian-ethnical-rattan-lamps-and-wooden-sta/

@Relle Belle, I too am OCD about things being straight, even and balanced. We are building our home entirely ourselves and so when we were ready for the electrician, I had already drawn up a lighting plan. I made the sole decision ultimately where every light, fan, powerpoint, light switch and pendant was to go, as it's my home and I have to be forever happy with it but more importantly, when you are personally responsible for the position of every light etc... you start to make better decisions about where they should be and why!! I decided on evenly spacing my down lights with four in each bedroom and a fan in the centre but without a light, as I'm not fond of fans with lights, they tend to take away from the beauty and elegance of downlights. My lounge kitchen dining is one open plan, so I still have the downlights evenly spaced but simply have some lights set on seperate switches, so they have more of a purpose, as I have an open passageway running the full length of this open plan area, so I didn't need those lights on when I only want the lounge lights on for example. Again I have a fan in the centre of the lounge only and in the kitchen, the down lights weren't going to sit squarely over the island, something I couldn't live with, so I chose not to place them in that way at all and have decided on a central task light over the island and I have feature pendants over the dining table. All my lights line up in this large open area and look real good that way and I'm very happy with the changes but I can't stress enough that a simple lighting diagram can be all you need to get the look and feel you want long term. In the bedrooms I'm having pendants, so you have to either already know the size of the bed for each room or physically have the bed for each room as your pendant switch needs to be just past the edge of the bed but not too far away to be over reaching when already in bed to turn the light on or off. I also don't like the largish 100mm+ downlights and have chosen the smaller neater 90mm lights, makes the ceiling look less busy and with a ducted cooling system in the future I wanted to allow space for the ducting vent without having the ceiling overcrowded. If the fans bother you now, chances are they always will, so move them now!! There is really far more to consider than simply leaving the lighting plan to an electrician who often doesn't care a hoot if the lighting is adequate or ill positioned, unless you are lucky like me and have an electrician that does care, so if you want to make any changes whilst the wiring is going in, it's a piece of cake and don't let any electrician tell you otherwise!!!

A long track lighting across both dining and living so you can direct the light to whatever you want hi light. A hanging light over the dining table that can be clipped into the track. this would be the most cost effective great way to light up your rooms and it can be powered from an existing ceiling light. I would have two tracks joined into one cheers