Recessed Lighting Formulas That Ruin Your Lighting Layout! Do THIS Instead!
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- How far apart should I space my lights? It’s a common question regarding lighting plans for new homes or renovations. But there’s no one answer or formula that works.
Are you tired of cookie-cutter lighting layouts that lack character and functionality? Say goodbye to symmetrical grids and complicated formulas! Let’s debunk the myth of symmetry and formulaic approaches to recessed lighting design.
Symmetry? Overrated. Let's face it, life isn't perfectly balanced, and neither should your lighting be.
Forget about those one-size-fits-all lighting grids that contractors love to slap up. We'll show you why they're ugly, wasteful, and fail to light a room properly. It's time to ditch the grid and embrace a more thoughtful approach to lighting design.
But how do you create the perfect lighting plan? I’ll guide you through the process, from considering room layout and furniture arrangement to factoring in ceiling height and surface area. With a dash of common sense and a sprinkle of math, you'll discover how to tailor your lighting to suit your unique space and needs.
Ready to transform your space with customized lighting? Watch the video to learn how to break free from the constraints of symmetry and formulas and create a lighting layout that's as unique as you are. Don't settle for mediocre lighting-illuminate your life with style!
Best,
Liz
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Finally lighting that makes SENSE ! It’s getting the contractor to listen to me that may be fun 😬. And I have to say your hair is gorgeous ! 😊
Your house 💪 you’re not in it to make friends, just a fabulous house for yourself! Stand tall! And 🙏 on the hair 🤣
As an architectural designer, your videos have been very informative. Thanks for your honest information!
Glad you’re finding it useful!
obsessed with your smart, logical, practical and kind way of laying it all out. THANK YOU you should have millions of subscribers!! Can spots look pretty and do the job without fancy cove lights and strip lighting
All day long!💡
@@lizbiancoismydesignsherpa I think the look is too "trying to be fancy" I am not fancy but I like clean, sophisticated, pretty can I get away from what the lighting stores are pushing as the only way to light effectively and pretty
@@applesauceandhoney2407 you do you! They will be selling next weeks trend in a minute!
@@lizbiancoismydesignsherpa thank you I am trying to like it but I really don't. I think I like simple. Thank you for taking the time to reply
@applesauceandhoney2407 that’s why I started this!🎥👩🎨
Thank you! This is a brilliant reference for determining what recessed lighting I will need for my living room.
Glad it helped! Got more coming🎥 so stay tuned
I need help!!!!!!! I’ve watched your sloped ceiling lighting and now this video and I still don’t know what kind of lights or how many or what position to put them in! I LOVE your videos and they have really made my wheels turn! Heading to light store now to get more tips and tricks! Thank you!!!! ❤❤❤
2:59 Is that you?! 😀
Can't wait to learn more about lighting! Such a complex thing, but so important.
Yes! And yes!🙏
Looking forward to the next video (yes I'm subscribed!) Hope you have sconces mentioned, I love a well-placed sconce!
I’ll add it to the list 💡
I love sconces too! I want them everywhere LOL.
You’ve given me food for thought as I renovate our 1950s bungalow.
I’ve got more food for thinking 🎥🤣
@@lizbiancoismydesignsherpa subscribed for the rest of that food! 🤣
@TheWifeandIDIY I’ll send you some snacks to get started💡
Really great videos, Liz. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Your WONDERFUL!!! I've made more than a few shadow boxing rooms in my days. For real!
You’re awesome. Great videos
Right back atcha! Watch another, ua-cam.com/video/qbZoZiZg6I4/v-deo.html
Liz I love your stuff but darn you are killing our remodel plans!! Every time I think I finally have things good, I watch one of your new videos and it is back to the "plan". Just wanted to say a huge thank you for helping me refine and make the best plan we can. Until you, we never really gave lighting much thought at all! Keep it coming....I still have a few months before we start!😂 Oh and my husband is a total grid man...yikes!
There’s time to work on him!🤣 Make sure you’re on my email list for lighting goodies to come. I’m looking for guinea pigs soon for a new workshop!
@@lizbiancoismydesignsherpa I am for sure on it and subscribed! I have him watching them with me. This one will stretch him!
@@torikimble9948 good!
I'm helping my parents with their kitchen remodel and I already know that I will have to overcome their objection of "lighting isn't that important" when I know that they're really just cheap individuals. Fun.
It’s even more important as we age! Tell them they won’t be able to see you blowing through your inheritance without good lights!🤣😇
Hey Liz
I have a small kitchen. I just raised thw ceiling a foot. It was only 7ft, now it's 8! Thank goodness!
However, I only had two canned lights and it was so dark and looked like a cave.
Now I have 6 canned LED lights and I think they're good. But Im seeing your videos and now Im not sure.
I have underneath cabinet lights for wvery new upper cabinets. But then I have 6 equally spaced LED "cans" for the upper ceiling lights. Someone told me this was overkill, but I don't want a "cave" feeling.
I am just worried about the spacing now that I have new ceiling drywall to cut. But it's only an 8 ft ceiling in abouy a 100" to 109" kitchen. The length is slightly longer, but it's pretty much a box that I've installed a longer timy island in (24 x 48)
If you have any comments on that set up, please let me know. Im about to cut my drywall later on this week for precise placement but after I viewed several of ypur videos Im unsure.
Any input would be appreciated.
Send me the plans with the lights marked up, liz@mydesignsherpa.com
When is the next video coming out? I literally have a lighting plan that is due for my house in a week and I am so confused on how to place downlighting in my house. The kitchen was easy to find some info on about making sure to not put lighting over the walkway and instead put over the counter, etc. But I'm so lost with my bedroom, dining room and living room. I really hope you have a video up about this in the next week!
Here’s one I did a first floor plan for, ua-cam.com/video/BQViGUnOJEE/v-deo.htmlsi=Bc-yfYNvnL_EkqGs
@@lizbiancoismydesignsherpa This is the best example I have seen to date! Thank you so much. Wondering if you can help me with a question. For my master bedroom, I have a chandelier in the exact center of the room (which is partially over the end of the bed) and then lamps on bedside tables. I want to add in warm-dim recessed lighting (4 in the almost square room). Should I just place them equally in the room, or should i move them further down the room from where the bedside lamps are since the lamps are providing lighting on that end. Am I overthinking this lol?
@@lizbiancoismydesignsherpa ok one more if you dont mind. In my dining room. My dining table is move down from the center of the room because of a buffet on the end. Should my recessed lights be centered based on the table or based on the room?
@sarahristine1452 I’d do the room. You can change your mind on furniture etc but the shape remains. Be mindful if you have a tall breakfront or cabinet though at one end that the lights are far enough off the wall to accommodate that. They’re usually 15-18” deep.
Overthinking is my jam! I’d center them on the corners. They’ll probably be used without the bedside or in conjunction with, so I’d light the room evenly with them in the corners
Great video. The grid is bad. Light should be layered with ambient light, indirect architectual lighting, and task lighting. For example a few sconce uplights that bounce off the walls and ceiling provide great soft lighting that evenly light a kitchen. Then you bring in the downlights over the counters where you task, NOT thrown down the aisles everywhere. Good quality recessed are important too. For my new remodel, I'm eagerly waiting for USAI new 2" "The LittleTwos" pinholes series to debut their 2000 lumens in Q3 , their brochure of "the Little Twos" looks beautiful. Their drivers are remote too for easy replacement. I was almost set on Element by tech lighting but 2" is better than 3" if I can get the same delivered lumen output!
What do you mean by taller ceilings need better light? More lumens? Narrower beam angle?
Yes and yes and CRI of 90 AND if you can fit it, a deeper baffle! That’s a wish list and it’s got a pricey tag 💰
Thank you so much for the reply! Great videos and thank you for making them
@@jisiegel right back atcha. Thanks for watching and commenting! Keeps me honest 🤣
Love your videos and have found them incredibly helpful, thank you!! We bought the 4" Lotus Round Regressed Gimbal LED Downlights for our pantry wall - how far would you recommend installing them away from the edge of the cabinets? The cabinets are floor to ceiling with 8' tall ceilings. Would appreciate any insights you have since I'm really struggling to find anything online!
They have the adjustable head, correct? You can set them out 15-18” so you don’t get “hot spots” on the cabinets and adjust to hit the middle of the doors to see what’s inside!
Amazing, thank you so much!!
@@emily2471 anytime! Let me know how you find those lights 💡
what is a plan without a grid as reference points ??
Heaven!💡
Hi Liz, I have a question. How much should the bedroom be to have a walk in closet ? (In meters)
I don’t understand the question 🙋♀️
@@lizbiancoismydesignsherpa how big should a bedroom with king size bed be in order to fit a walk in closet? And an en suite toilet and bath.
Liz hasn't seen "Mother!" ... a very symmetric house.
Sounds scary 😱
Recessed lights are mainly for poorly designed McMansions. Way, way, way overused.
Definitely over used!💡
Symmetry = communism, asymmetry = capitalism. 😂 this literally made me lol.
Me too!🤣
I love your anti-communist message! Your lighting ideas are very helpful, as well.
🤣 thank you comrade
Comparing symmetry to communism and asymmetry to capitalism is wild. And not in a good way.
you stupid and I mean that sincerely!
Comunism?? this woman is nuts
It’s debatable
Ooof... Your dated POV on communism and capitalism is not a good look.
I lived in communism and I will tell you, “she is spot on”!!!!