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Wed, Feb 24, 10 at 8:05
| We are building a new / old house and having trouble deciding the lighting in the foyer area. The foyer is 9' high x 6' wide, about 16' long. We were planning on using three semi flush schoolhouse lights. They will hang down about 1'. Will this make the ceiling to busy? Anyone else have a similar foyer? Any advice is appreciated. |
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| I love schoolhouse lights and have them in my kitchen and the powder room off the kitchen. I'm not sure about hanging 3 lights though. I know the hallway is 16' long but usually a hallway has one light on the ceiling, centered. Are you going to have a narrow table anywhere in the foyer? You could put a lamp on it for more light or sconces. Anyway that's just my opinion... not written in stone. ;-) |
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- Posted by dianelouise (My Page) on Thu, Mar 11, 10 at 21:06
| I don't think you'll need 3 lights in a 15 foot hallway. We had 3 lights in a 30 foot hallway before we got recessed can lights. Our cans are about 5-6 feet apart (same as yours would be in a 15 foot hallway) and it works great for recessed lights but would be too much with dropped fixtures. I think 2 would be fine. IMHO! good luck! |
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- Posted by missantarctica5 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 10 at 19:48
| I agree with the other posters. In my 14-foot hallway, the designer recommended 2 fixtures, flush mounted so they wouldn't be too busy (the ceiling is only 8' high). |
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