Lighting debate- pendants, led fans, downlights
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2 years ago
We’re building a new home, with a classic feel. (Sandstone frontage, wrap around verandahs, etc) Ceilings throughout at 3.3m, and living dining area will have even higher cathedral ceilings w fire place. I have a personal dislike toward downlights and visualised some beautiful pendants in this living space- my functional husband however thinks we should have ceiling fans (I agree they make sense, but find fans with combined lights ugly, and can’t do fans AND pendants). We have the same debate in the bedrooms…
What would others do?! Would love to hear thoughts or suggestions.
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rocksfam
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led downlights too bright and harsh
Comments (5)As the others have said, you shouldn't need an electrician. You twist the light fixture and the centre drops down, then just replace the actual bulb with the warmer white one. At least, that's what I did with ours...All our bulbs were two prong low voltage, not terribly expensive to replace....See MoreUpgrade to LED downlights
Comments (5)Can't give you the technical side of things, but we are about to pretty much do the same thing in the same sized room. We are going with two separate sets of 4 LEDs - one in living, one in dining, so 8 lights altogether. We're going to have both sets on dimmers so we can adjust the level of lighting if/when required and independently of each other. Both our electrician and an in-home Beacon Lighting consultation agreed this would be adequate and a dramatic improvement on the poor light quality the oysters currently provide. Only other tips i can pass on is that if you're also upgrading any lights in adjacent spaces, make sure you use same light colour of LEDs - generally best to stick with warm white - and don't get too many LEDs - have seen many examples where people have put in heaps and then felt the ceiling looks like a runway!!...See MorePendant light or Fan
Comments (3)Choosing a ceiling fan that looks good in your living space can sometimes be tricky. There's so many styles of fans available these days. So do you try to match your decor (Hamptons, modern, mid-century, minimalist, etc) with a "feature fan" OR go with a white ceiling fan that will (hopefully!) blend in with your ceiling? That's why we made the Fan Visualiser. So you can take an actual photo of your living space and see which fan looks the best. Try it out and let me know if you have any feedback. :-) https://www.myfan.com.au/visualiser/...See MoreLed lighting
Comments (6)Hi Jim here you go.... If we were doing this, we would allow 3 pendant lights across the bench, 4 down lights in the kitchen walk area, two down lights in the overhead cupboards switched from the wall, 6 in the dining and six in the living. The living and dining are switched as 2 ways, meaning that you can turn them on and off from both locations shown with the dotted lines. Location of switches is personal, but again, if we were doing this I think switching the kitchen lights on over at the living switch is too far so have separated them. As to the overall spacing and number of downlights in any area, that depends on ceiling height, type of light (eg how recessed they are/aren't) etc and your personal preference. There is a lot of technical advice you can research and lighting consultants will no doubt have other inputs but the above is a good starting point. Cheers...See Moredreamer
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