Hello everyone,
My wife and I are building a house in 2018, and currently one of the topics is planning the lighting, especially the spotlights, in the living and dining area.
You can see the exact layout of the room in the attached drawing.
We have an open kitchen with an island, a dining area, and a TV corner for cozy evenings. The ceiling height is standard at 2.60m (8.5 ft).
We have done some research and put some thought into it. What you see in the drawing is our best draft so far: a symmetrical but staggered lighting design with 13 spotlights.
If you don’t have better (ideally also cheaper) ideas, we would have the fixture boxes for the spots (HaloX is one supplier) installed during the ceiling pour. We don’t want to lower the ceiling, as we want to keep the full room height.
In this design, we planned three circuits: Circuit 1, Circuit 2, and Circuit 3. Circuit 3 is a cozy pendant lamp for the corner. The rest are LED spots, with Circuit 2 being dimmable.
It was important to us that the kitchen is well lit, that the dining table is always properly illuminated, even if it’s moved about 50cm (20 inches), and that the whole design follows a certain logic—randomly placing spotlights in critical spots just looks odd.
We would be interested in your opinions on the lighting plan. Are there enough spotlights?
Is the arrangement suitable for what we have in mind? Do you have any other ideas or suggestions that might be worth considering?
Maybe a completely different setup…?
I would be happy if you shared your thoughts and experiences with us!
If you need any more information, I’ll gladly provide it.
Best regards
Roppo
My wife and I are building a house in 2018, and currently one of the topics is planning the lighting, especially the spotlights, in the living and dining area.
You can see the exact layout of the room in the attached drawing.
We have an open kitchen with an island, a dining area, and a TV corner for cozy evenings. The ceiling height is standard at 2.60m (8.5 ft).
We have done some research and put some thought into it. What you see in the drawing is our best draft so far: a symmetrical but staggered lighting design with 13 spotlights.
If you don’t have better (ideally also cheaper) ideas, we would have the fixture boxes for the spots (HaloX is one supplier) installed during the ceiling pour. We don’t want to lower the ceiling, as we want to keep the full room height.
In this design, we planned three circuits: Circuit 1, Circuit 2, and Circuit 3. Circuit 3 is a cozy pendant lamp for the corner. The rest are LED spots, with Circuit 2 being dimmable.
It was important to us that the kitchen is well lit, that the dining table is always properly illuminated, even if it’s moved about 50cm (20 inches), and that the whole design follows a certain logic—randomly placing spotlights in critical spots just looks odd.
We would be interested in your opinions on the lighting plan. Are there enough spotlights?
Is the arrangement suitable for what we have in mind? Do you have any other ideas or suggestions that might be worth considering?
Maybe a completely different setup…?
I would be happy if you shared your thoughts and experiences with us!
If you need any more information, I’ll gladly provide it.
Best regards
Roppo
hmm, the correct positioning of the spotlights in the kitchen is quite important, as they will most likely stay there.
For the living room (above the dining table), we are now considering alternative options. We want to keep the possibility to move the table without having the light fixture hanging right next to it. Do you have any experience with more flexible lighting systems, other than the mentioned track lighting system?
For the living room (above the dining table), we are now considering alternative options. We want to keep the possibility to move the table without having the light fixture hanging right next to it. Do you have any experience with more flexible lighting systems, other than the mentioned track lighting system?