ᐅ Lighting Design for Living Rooms / Alternatives to Recessed Spotlights?

Hello everyone,

My wife and I are currently planning the construction of a single-family house. We have just completed the electrical planning together with the electrician. At the moment, there is only one ceiling light fixture planned in the living room. We might place a floor lamp in a corner as well. We would like to have the option to dim the lighting a bit when watching TV, so it is not too bright or glaring. However, since the LED recessed spotlights in the concrete ceiling are very expensive with our builder, we are looking for alternatives.

Do you have any tips or suggestions for additional lighting options besides the ceiling fixture?

Best regards,
Michael

A dimmable fireplace is definitely recommended.
Stick an LED strip to the TV. This provides nice indirect lighting.

Wall sconces would also be an option.

I would choose a wall light with warm white light behind the sofa in the corner between the windows, along with indirect lighting on the TV wall. As shown in the drawing, it feels too dark to me with unpleasant shadows.

danixf schrieb:

A dimmable fireplace for sure.
Stick an LED strip onto the TV. That creates nice indirect lighting.

Wall lights would also be an option.

Thank you very much! Great tip!

Tarnari schrieb:

I would choose a wall light with warm white light behind the sofa in the corner between the windows, and indirect lighting on the TV wall as well. The way it is shown in the drawing feels very dark to me, with unpleasant shadows.

The idea of the wall light sounds good. What kind of indirect lighting would you choose for the TV area?

I would (even after the fact) have ceiling junction boxes installed instead of recessed spotlights. Then you can use surface-mounted spotlights, which, for example, can be dimmable. We installed these on our existing spotlight holes because we found regular recessed spotlights inconvenient after the fact.