Hi All,
We are
almost ready to start building, we have a block, and a design... and are just waiting for settlement.
We think our design is great, but one thing that I know I'm going to get annoyed with is the lighting in the entry void! To give you an idea, you walk in the front door immediately into a double height void area, with stairs to one side up to the first floor.
The display home just has downlights there. It looks OK, but then I wondered how would you change the lights if the bulb blew? That ceiling is double height, and no way I'm getting on a ladder that high.
We thought of a chandelier, but it would have to be pretty modern, and I think you'd get the same problem with what to do when a bulb blows.
My other thoughts are maybe to mount lights to the walls at either that shine up, about 3m off the ground. That would work from an access point of view, but I'm yet to find anything that looks cool enough
Suggestions are welcome!
EDIT: Picture of the Display Home below.
Trikcy ... wall lights would be the go ... I've seen some really cool "art deco" ones on here somewhere ...
Step lights would be pretty nice. Wall lights on both sides of the front door, high up, would look good too.
I am having three round ball lights from Beacon, small, medium and large. They will hang down from the 2nd story. I think they will look nice at night from outside.
I am having three round ball lights from Beacon, small, medium and large.
Sounds interesting, do you have a link/pic??
Although our void is quite a bit smaller than yours, we are using a mix of LED wall lights and a Pendant/Suspension, switched separately.
6x LED Wall lights DSW111 with cool white globes mounted about 1800mm above floor height.
http://www.cklighting.com.au/index.php?Product/index/id/42Pendant/Suspension light
http://www.mattblatt.com.au/Pendants/Replica-De-Lucchi-and-Ubens-Castore-Suspension-Light.aspx?p2979c4Other suppliers where I have purchased some of our lighting from are:
http://www.astrolighting.co.uk/ they do have a supplier in Melbourne. Ecc.com.au
http://aboutspace.net.au/ very funky shop in Fitzroy, Melbourne
Hope this gives you some inspiration!