How would you light this bedroom?
Discussion
First house, first room to be decorated. Has turned out to be a bigger job than I thought it'd be at first, and the whole room has been stripped. I'm adding the walk-in-wardrobe.
I'm struggling to work out the best way of lighting the room i.e. what combination of downlights / spot / wall lights / bedside lights / etc would be best. Room will be used for the usual array of activities.
So far I know I want some sort of light in each of those funky shelf things in the wall on the left. Whether that be a down / spotlight in the top, or some sort of up-light on the front lip, I don't know.
I'll have a lamp on each of the bedside cabinets.
I'm thinking that a couple of down-lights above the wardrobe door mirror would be useful, along with some dedicated lighting in the wardrobe on one of those PIR detector things.
I'll have one of the photos that I've taken hanging on the wall above the bed - don't know whether its worth having a light on this? Want to avoid glare while watching tv though, preferably without having to get up to switch any lights off.
And then what to do with the rest of the unlit space? More down-lights? Where's best? Some sort of feature ornamental thing hanging in the middle of the ceiling? The wall with the TV on is currently plasterboard-less, so now is the perfect opportunity to run wires there if needed.
Future-proofing - may want some sort of dressing table in there at some point, probably next to the drawer chest. Would it be worth having a downlight above that area?
I want everything to be dimable and I don't want to be able to hear buzzing from it. max 3 dimmer switches on the wall next to the door. Dont need any fancy remote controls. I love everything I hear about LED except the price, so unless anyone knows a cheaper source I can't use them (much as I'd like to).
If it makes a difference, wall colours at the moment I think will be musky dark blue (dulux morning jewel) on bed wall and creamy coloured on all the others, inc wardrobe. White ceiling and cream carpet. White skirting / coving / main door. Walnut furniture and wardrobe door.
Hope you can help, I've got one opportunity and dont want to regret something in a few months time. Sorry for long post!
I'm struggling to work out the best way of lighting the room i.e. what combination of downlights / spot / wall lights / bedside lights / etc would be best. Room will be used for the usual array of activities.
So far I know I want some sort of light in each of those funky shelf things in the wall on the left. Whether that be a down / spotlight in the top, or some sort of up-light on the front lip, I don't know.
I'll have a lamp on each of the bedside cabinets.
I'm thinking that a couple of down-lights above the wardrobe door mirror would be useful, along with some dedicated lighting in the wardrobe on one of those PIR detector things.
I'll have one of the photos that I've taken hanging on the wall above the bed - don't know whether its worth having a light on this? Want to avoid glare while watching tv though, preferably without having to get up to switch any lights off.
And then what to do with the rest of the unlit space? More down-lights? Where's best? Some sort of feature ornamental thing hanging in the middle of the ceiling? The wall with the TV on is currently plasterboard-less, so now is the perfect opportunity to run wires there if needed.
Future-proofing - may want some sort of dressing table in there at some point, probably next to the drawer chest. Would it be worth having a downlight above that area?
I want everything to be dimable and I don't want to be able to hear buzzing from it. max 3 dimmer switches on the wall next to the door. Dont need any fancy remote controls. I love everything I hear about LED except the price, so unless anyone knows a cheaper source I can't use them (much as I'd like to).
If it makes a difference, wall colours at the moment I think will be musky dark blue (dulux morning jewel) on bed wall and creamy coloured on all the others, inc wardrobe. White ceiling and cream carpet. White skirting / coving / main door. Walnut furniture and wardrobe door.
Hope you can help, I've got one opportunity and dont want to regret something in a few months time. Sorry for long post!
This brings back memories. I knew a chap who referred to his bedroom as the games room.
He was renovting an old miner's cottage and the main living room was full of building materials, the kitchen had no floor. The bedroom had an array of different coloured spotlights, separately switched and mostly pointing at the bed. Different colours for different moods. His main interest was bodybuilding, as was his girlfriend. He said one colour enhanced muscle tone.
Now use your imagination for the rest of the story.
He was renovting an old miner's cottage and the main living room was full of building materials, the kitchen had no floor. The bedroom had an array of different coloured spotlights, separately switched and mostly pointing at the bed. Different colours for different moods. His main interest was bodybuilding, as was his girlfriend. He said one colour enhanced muscle tone.
Now use your imagination for the rest of the story.
IKEA do some nice LED lighting that you could use in the set in shelves. http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/depar...
I use some Dioder LED lights behind a bookcase and it looks quite good (IMO).
I use some Dioder LED lights behind a bookcase and it looks quite good (IMO).
How about something like this
A couple of bedside lamps
Either a double row of dimmer-able 25/30w ceiling down lighters to the left of the bed or a single row, 2 of which could swivel and tilt to feature the units set into the wall above the stairs with one illuminating the full length door mirror, with a couple/3 to the other side of the bed, a couple at the bottom of the bed, 4 ceiling fixed for the dressing room and Bob's your uncle.
If down lighters aren't your thing then you could evenly space out some wall lights around the room but have the ceiling lights for the dressing room.
What ever you do, don't have the Agabekov lit hanging rails - far too expensive and get VERY hot as well.
PS not all to scale and i would of looked at lining everything up so there was correlation with the lighting and the lines of the room.
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A couple of bedside lamps
Either a double row of dimmer-able 25/30w ceiling down lighters to the left of the bed or a single row, 2 of which could swivel and tilt to feature the units set into the wall above the stairs with one illuminating the full length door mirror, with a couple/3 to the other side of the bed, a couple at the bottom of the bed, 4 ceiling fixed for the dressing room and Bob's your uncle.
If down lighters aren't your thing then you could evenly space out some wall lights around the room but have the ceiling lights for the dressing room.
What ever you do, don't have the Agabekov lit hanging rails - far too expensive and get VERY hot as well.
PS not all to scale and i would of looked at lining everything up so there was correlation with the lighting and the lines of the room.
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Edited by CedGTV on Thursday 14th July 14:50
IainT said:
pugwash4x4 said:
bulb763 said:
. Room will be used for the usual array of activities.
can't help, but tell me more 
Candles would seem to be appropriate - some within easy reach of the participants, naturally.
CedGTV is right about going around the bed but you certainly don't need that many lamps!
Obviously we don't have the scale and dimensions of the room but on a guess I would do it thus:
Firstly trying to move the bed a touch away from the window to centre it between wall and door then, going around the bed positioning (my) ZEP1 5W LED downlights 600mm from the wall. WIth the 38 degree beam angle they will cast good light onto the wall which in turn, assuming you are using light coloured paint, provides reflection back into the room adding to the available light.
In the Wardrobe just two of the same lights but connected to a PIR motion sensor which will activate them when you open the door.
By the bed, two 1 Watt gooseneck reading lights wall mounted with built in switches. These reading lights are also very popular if you can fit them.
In the recessed shelves, a 45 degree piece of Aluminium profile housing some LED Flexi-Strip which will shine in from the front and illuminate the cavity and contents whilst remaining a hidden light source. This could of course be configuerd in different ways according to how your are setting up these recesses.
Total power consumption a measly 55 watts if every light turned on! Oh, and ignore web prices. PHers do much better
HTH!
Edited to add that if is was me, I would reverse the layout of the bed and tv areas as it would improve the symmetry of the lighting layout.
Obviously we don't have the scale and dimensions of the room but on a guess I would do it thus:
Firstly trying to move the bed a touch away from the window to centre it between wall and door then, going around the bed positioning (my) ZEP1 5W LED downlights 600mm from the wall. WIth the 38 degree beam angle they will cast good light onto the wall which in turn, assuming you are using light coloured paint, provides reflection back into the room adding to the available light.
In the Wardrobe just two of the same lights but connected to a PIR motion sensor which will activate them when you open the door.
By the bed, two 1 Watt gooseneck reading lights wall mounted with built in switches. These reading lights are also very popular if you can fit them.
In the recessed shelves, a 45 degree piece of Aluminium profile housing some LED Flexi-Strip which will shine in from the front and illuminate the cavity and contents whilst remaining a hidden light source. This could of course be configuerd in different ways according to how your are setting up these recesses.
Total power consumption a measly 55 watts if every light turned on! Oh, and ignore web prices. PHers do much better
HTH!
Edited to add that if is was me, I would reverse the layout of the bed and tv areas as it would improve the symmetry of the lighting layout.
Edited by E36GUY on Thursday 14th July 17:20
No need for masses of downlighting in a bedroom, unless you're making movies. If you do want downlights though I'd go for a row of about 4 or 5 at the end of the bed, have beside lights, and perhaps lights at the sides of the mirror. All of which can be two way switched door/bed. Use IQ/intelligent type dimmers for no noise, or those remote/touch ones.
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