Been messing with the lighting in my living room for about 8 months now.

Got some helpful guidance from this group on creating a custom 3-light string setup for the Akari H-style hanging lamp.

All lamps on Lutron dimmers, mostly incandescent lighting. Dim-to-warm style for the few LEDs.

Still need to deal with the overhead boob lights. Not sure if I should keep it simple or do a short pendant by the window and something else by the painting. Boob lights are on the same Lutron Diva dimmer wall switch. Would prefer an incandescent solution, since I prefer low-end performance and going for a dim-to-warm setup. Idea would really be not to use the overheads, or if used, at a very low level to slightly glow. But shadows and dark spots in the room are important to me.

What would you all do?

Hi, We are doing a complete bathroom remodel, and have removed our exterior window and added a quite large skylight. Our architect is suggesting a circular flush-mounted fixture in the skylight shaft to light up the hole at night, but I am curious if there are other ideas or options... Worried that we are skipping the trim/shade for aesthetics that to add a fixture would spoil this clean effect in daylight? Has anyone added recessed can fixture in the skylight? How complicated are LED strips? Thanks for any advice :)

Sanity check: I’m planning to use a $199 EMITEVER 288W / 24V driver with 3 × 96W Class 2 outputs.

I’d run two 16 ft BTF strips, each ≤75W, one strip per output, leaving the third output for future 24V lighting.
Two questions:

Does that correctly keep each run within Class 2?

Is this overkill at $199, or is there a cheaper high-quality topology that still gives me Class 2, good dimming, and room to expand?

My wife bought this used lamp and I'm a bit stumped on how to mount a lampshade. What hardware should I install?

I’m building a new house and installing open tread stairs with Glass Railing. The single metal spine of the stairs was custom built on site as well as the 4 inch white oak threats. Does anyone have a recommendation of lighting kits that would work for this application. I’m looking for dimmable LEDs on each and every tread on the bottom side. Any recommendations will be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi folks! We're thinking about redoing our kitchen and in the course of doing some initial research I ran across an illustrated guide from a guy named David Warfel. His recommendations look good to me, but this is outside of my area of expertise and I have no way of determining whether he knows what he's talking about and I'd love an expert's opinion about whether the guide seems trustworthy. Or, alternatively, if anyone else has a guide they can point me to from someone else I would greatly appreciate it. What I found is from 2018, so at least I know it's not AI.

I've attached all the images but am also including the link below. Also just to say it out loud, I have no connection to this guy and have never seen his work before, so this isn't a backhanded way of promoting a specific person's work.

https://languageoflight.blog/2018/11/28/developing-a-kitchen-lighting-plan/

I’m in the middle of a bathroom remodel and wanted to know, how do you install a light strip that is flush with the ceiling?

I have a sloped ceiling and wanted it to run along the edge that the shower is on.

Has anyone ordered from Cano Lighting on Alibaba? What was your experience?

Hi all, I'm looking at the Penta Glo suspension lamps and possibly ordering to Canada. Any one have any experience ordering from them? Any pros and cons I should be aware of? TIA!

So I just got a vintage dining light. I dont have any wiring above the table, but I figured that I could use rechargeable lughtbulbs in the fixture so I wouldnt have to hardwire. The only problem is, I want 2700k Soft White, and I cant find any truly rechargeable bulbs that have that! The closest I've found have a "backup battery", but still need an outlet with power for charging. Are there any rechargeable bulbs you all know of that can give me the look I want, or will I need to rework my wiring plan?

Recently I installed 4 LED light panels (2'x4') in an existing drop ceiling. after wiring them up properly, I got a big surprise when I flipped the breaker back on. On of the four had the LED string running across the panel like a string of pearls.Is this fixable in situ? Is the panel faulty?

Is this sketchy snd also I saw 1 burnt out fluorescent tube and missing fluorescent tube and working led tube

Instead of burning out this fluorescent light at my school turned a pretty purple

Hey everyone! I’d love to hear your honest thoughts on this lamp design.
It has a dark walnut-style finish, warm ambient lighting, a built-in phone stand, and a tissue holder. I’m curious whether this kind of all-in-one design feels practical or a bit over the top.

Walking in, you'll hear thebabbling of water ❤️ It's so relaxing

Currently I have different temperatures (blue to yellow) and I want to homogenise them. I will use lamps for mood lighting but I would like to make the spotlights in the living room, which are currently blue, and the main ceiling light fixture in the dining, which is too yellow, to a natural daylight temperature. I read on previous posts that 95 CRI and high R9 3500K bulbs are great, but I can't seem to find any equivalent in the UK. Would appreciate any suggestions? All lights are dimmable.

I have this recessed lighting that houses a GU10 bulb.

I had wanted to change the bulb but a slight push caused it to be pushed out of its casing and is now sitting in the false ceiling.

I can’t seem to be able to get to it

Any advice please?

I’m struggling to get this lightbulb in, any advise?

I had two Westcott 45W Dimmable Daylight LED bulbs and one of them broke. Westcott doesn’t sell them anymore, and every attempt I’ve made to find one online has come up empty.

My setup is two umbrellas on stands, one light per person, for interviews with two people seated across from each other. The Westcott runs pretty bright, so I usually dim it with its remote.

So I’m stuck between two options:

1. Buy one bulb from a different brand and pair it with my remaining Westcott. The new bulb probably won’t work with my Westcott remote, and I’m not sure how well the color and brightness would match.
2. Buy two matching bulbs from another brand and retire the Westcott. The lighting would be consistent, but I’d lose the Westcott remote unless the new bulbs come with their own.

Here is the bulb im talking about
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1538308-REG/westcott_345_45w_dimmable_daylight_led.html

I'm renovating my kitchen, and it will have a tongue-and-groove wood ceiling. I was looking for darker ceiling lights that wouldn't stand out too much against the wood when turned off.

I would have 5-6 of these as supplemental lighting. In addition, I'll have warm-to-dim under cabinet LEDs and a light over the island.