How to construct recessed area in ceiling/wall for fluorescents

On 1 Jul 2004 10:35:22 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@nortelnetworks.com (Sean) strung together this:

Sheets of ply, a box of screws, a saw and some imagination is all you need!. If it were me I would make a plywood box in the ceiling void and paint it white then affix the coloured perspex or whatever onto it in whatever fashion you fancy.

Sir

I would look at finding the joists, then removing the plasterboard beween the jousts to make a hole, and building a box up behind, rather like the shape of an upturned shoe box. This I think will be easy to do badly, and difficult to do really well and neetly.

Rick

If it were me, I'd be making the box out of plasterboard and makign sure all the items aren't going to overheat, just for an extra fire precaution.

Sounds a bit 1960's to me. Are you going for a retro feel, Vinyl covered chairs, Warhol posters etc. I can see a nice Dansette in the corner with a small stack of 45's next to it. Phil

Cheeky I'm thinking of them at the edge of the ceiling as wall washers on a single wall in a couple of rooms. I would want the fluorescents to be hidden from view, but I would also need space to replace the fittings if necessary. I think lighting a textured or tiled wall with T5 fluorescents would look pretty good. I doesn't sound that off the wall to me.