http://homestuff.ncphotography.com Improving and redoing my townhome... Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:56:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://homestuff.ncphotography.com/2010/07/18/finish-one-start-another/comment-page-1/#comment-3 John Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:56:56 +0000 http://homestuff.ncphotography.com/?p=31#comment-3 I was with you up until you mentioned strobes and a disco ball... not too sure I'm going to go with that idea... though I do like the idea of a dropped crown with rope lights, or possibly spaced torches... I was with you up until you mentioned strobes and a disco ball… not too sure I’m going to go with that idea… though I do like the idea of a dropped crown with rope lights, or possibly spaced torches…

]]> http://homestuff.ncphotography.com/2010/07/18/finish-one-start-another/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Lee Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:05:11 +0000 http://homestuff.ncphotography.com/?p=31#comment-2 Well, I'm not a lady of your acquaintance, but I'm going to leave a suggestion anyway. I'd recommend no ceiling lighting at all. The ceiling down there is already fairly low and anything you put up there is going to make it seems smaller. The only exception would be the in-ceiling fluorescents that, IIRC, are already there. I'd say remove them (or ignore them) and use floor lamps ( torchieres preferably to make use of indirect lighting) and specific task lights where necessary. If you feel the need for ambient light you could use rope light, possibly installed behind a dropped crown for nice non-directional ambience. Finally, add some strobes and a disco ball for total win! :D Well, I’m not a lady of your acquaintance, but I’m going to leave a suggestion anyway. I’d recommend no ceiling lighting at all. The ceiling down there is already fairly low and anything you put up there is going to make it seems smaller. The only exception would be the in-ceiling fluorescents that, IIRC, are already there. I’d say remove them (or ignore them) and use floor lamps ( torchieres preferably to make use of indirect lighting) and specific task lights where necessary. If you feel the need for ambient light you could use rope light, possibly installed behind a dropped crown for nice non-directional ambience. Finally, add some strobes and a disco ball for total win!

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