indirect lighting onto ceiling

Mar 07, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 3 Replies

My study is being redecorated after the need to dig under the floor to replace the incoming water main. I am refitting the fitted bookcases across one wall and I have a wire in place to add some lighting. I want lights behind the cornice of the bookcases shining onto the ceiling for a nice gentle dffused effect.



In the few years since I last looked everything has gone LED and I have no idea what kind of fitting I need. An LED cord? A batten? or battens? In the olden days you might have used fluorescent tubes, but not now. The bookcase is all of one wall, 2.5m wide and the cornice is about



300mm below the ceiling. I have some foil tape to make it all reflective.

What sort of light is needed in this situation?



TW


LED tape. You can get warm white, cool white, RGB and self colour changing RGB.

NT

I have used LED tape light in these circumstances. Its low enough profile you don't even need the cornice if the top is high enough.

Well I'd get it done fast before the inefficiency of subtle lighting is banned in favour of the most efficient system that looks like a gents toilet. Brian

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