ᐅ Lighting for a Long, Narrow Combined Living and Dining Area in a Mid-Terrace House
Created on: 4 Jul 2021 18:20
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JuliaAlex
Dear forum users,
We have purchased a mid-terrace house and are currently working on the electrical planning. Our biggest concern is the open-plan living-dining area with the kitchen, especially the central part around the dining table. Since it is a mid-terrace house (unfortunately, due to current prices, we could not afford anything else), the dining area does not have a side window, and the house is very narrow and long (almost 12 meters (39 feet 4 inches) in length, only 5.88 meters (19 feet 3 inches) wide). Our main worry is that the dining area will feel like sitting in a long, dark tube. We would like to counteract this by using interior design, spatial arrangement, and especially lighting.
Do you have any concrete ideas, maybe with pictures? Or are there other homeowners in a similar situation who could give us some tips?
For your information: The house facade on the living area side is almost fully glazed and faces south, our kitchen window is also quite large, the front door will have glass elements, and the separation between the entrance hall and dining area will be made with a glass door. Our staircase, however, is closed off (the wall is load-bearing), which of course contributes to the tunnel-like feeling in the dining area.
So far, we have planned the following lighting points:
1x ceiling outlet in the entrance hall
1x ceiling outlet in the entrance hall near the staircase (where a wardrobe will be located)
2x ceiling outlets in the kitchen (1 in the middle, 1 above the counter)
1x ceiling outlet above the dining table
1x ceiling outlet in the living room.
Additionally, we are considering installing wall outlets for indirect lighting either on the wall facing the staircase or on the opposite wall in the dining area, but we have not yet decided on a specific lighting concept there.
We appreciate all constructive suggestions and ideas!
We have purchased a mid-terrace house and are currently working on the electrical planning. Our biggest concern is the open-plan living-dining area with the kitchen, especially the central part around the dining table. Since it is a mid-terrace house (unfortunately, due to current prices, we could not afford anything else), the dining area does not have a side window, and the house is very narrow and long (almost 12 meters (39 feet 4 inches) in length, only 5.88 meters (19 feet 3 inches) wide). Our main worry is that the dining area will feel like sitting in a long, dark tube. We would like to counteract this by using interior design, spatial arrangement, and especially lighting.
Do you have any concrete ideas, maybe with pictures? Or are there other homeowners in a similar situation who could give us some tips?
For your information: The house facade on the living area side is almost fully glazed and faces south, our kitchen window is also quite large, the front door will have glass elements, and the separation between the entrance hall and dining area will be made with a glass door. Our staircase, however, is closed off (the wall is load-bearing), which of course contributes to the tunnel-like feeling in the dining area.
So far, we have planned the following lighting points:
1x ceiling outlet in the entrance hall
1x ceiling outlet in the entrance hall near the staircase (where a wardrobe will be located)
2x ceiling outlets in the kitchen (1 in the middle, 1 above the counter)
1x ceiling outlet above the dining table
1x ceiling outlet in the living room.
Additionally, we are considering installing wall outlets for indirect lighting either on the wall facing the staircase or on the opposite wall in the dining area, but we have not yet decided on a specific lighting concept there.
We appreciate all constructive suggestions and ideas!
Bertram100 schrieb:
By the way, I have the toilet located under the stairs. It saves a lot of space in the entrance area. Would that be an idea for you? Your entrance seems a bit tight, especially with children.Is a basement planned (+ one word)B
Bertram1004 Jul 2021 18:46Is the entrance in the basement? Or the bathroom?
For the daily chaos of jackets and shoes that inevitably comes with children, the entrance could never be wide and large enough for me.
For the daily chaos of jackets and shoes that inevitably comes with children, the entrance could never be wide and large enough for me.
minimini schrieb:
I also like the idea of a daylight panel lamp; let's see if we can make use of it.Nowadays, such things do exist, although I haven’t seen one myself yet. We had a single-family house with a floor-to-ceiling window by the dining table. But a nice picture that gets some lighting is also a good option. Or those glossy wall-mounted images—like large slide transparencies—with an abstract design or a stylish motif could also work, as long as it doesn't come across as tacky.M
Myrna_Loy4 Jul 2021 19:13If the entire 6 m (20 feet) south-facing side consists of windows, I wouldn’t worry too much about it.
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hampshire4 Jul 2021 23:22The solutions from CoreLux provide nearly daylight-like lighting.
In our townhouse, we had a simpler setup with a ceiling light featuring 8 pendants in a row. Comfort and warmth were created by the wooden dining table illuminated from below.
In our townhouse, we had a simpler setup with a ceiling light featuring 8 pendants in a row. Comfort and warmth were created by the wooden dining table illuminated from below.
Myrna_Loy schrieb:
If the entire 6 m (20 feet) south side is windows, I wouldn't worry about it at all. That's exactly right. It won't be dark at all with 4 m (13 feet) of windows!
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