ᐅ Looking for ceiling and staircase lighting solutions

Hello everyone,

My house construction planning is almost complete, and now some important "details" remain. It’s about the ceiling spotlights and the staircase lighting. Our builder needs to know soon what kind of ceiling spotlights we want to install (diameter of the opening) so that he can order the concrete ceiling including the recess accordingly.

When I look online, there are countless options, with prices varying significantly. Do you have any recommendations? The ceiling and wall lighting should, of course, visually match each other.

Thank you in advance

This is a science in itself. I spent months on it. Tip: Get a professional lighting designer.

The topic of recessed ceiling lights is not straightforward.

Number, brightness, color temperature(?), ceiling height, light beam (how and if they overlap, whether shadows are created), the layout—whether to arrange them evenly regardless of room use/furnishing or to base it on these factors (kitchen, dining table), etc.

I spent a lot of time on this back then but eventually put it aside because there were too many unknowns and I wasn't completely satisfied with my own results.

We are still going with staircase recessed lights, although we planned those entirely ourselves and the electrician is "just" carrying out the installation.

Recessed ceiling lights will be installed "only" in the kitchen (3 units), guest WC (2 units plus wall outlet), and evenly distributed in the ground floor hallway. The distance between the ceiling lights in the ground floor hallway is 90cm (35 inches) and 78cm (31 inches). The beam angle is 120 degrees, with a color temperature of 2700K LED. I still need to double-check the kitchen and guest WC in the plan.

My main concern is what can be purchased here (just the frames)? I can buy a recessed ceiling light (without a bulb) for €2 or €15. Wall lighting ranges from €5 to €90 per piece.

I also planned this myself and am very satisfied with the result. We have almost 80 recessed lights. I ordered and tested several different types of fixtures and bulbs. In the end, we went with Paulmann Nova Premium fixtures paired with LEDON bulbs.

Have Kaiser HaloX junction boxes installed, so you remain flexible and can later install any type of recessed lights in them...