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| I posted in the home decorating forum but did not receive a lot of feedback (perhaps not the right forum?), so am posting a note here.
In short, I've included pictures of our front door area, as well as the house, and some light fixtures. Would love some more input! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Link to post in home decorating forum
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| A dimmable recessed light could be placed over the front door. Either a cr6 or cr4. Soffit lights or led strips can be used just under the soffits to provide perimeter lighting. |
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- Posted by LYDIAhy1959 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 15, 12 at 22:40
| no, this is a good place, i would like to be friend with you here, lol we can learn much here |
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| Thanks davidtay. I love my Crees but would prefer a softer light in this location. Yes, I know we can install a dimmer but DH has a tendency to constantly turn them all the way up. He likes the light and I like the ambiance.... I need to research soffit lights. Do you have any suggestions for LED soffit lights? |
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| The diva cl dimmer can be adjusted such that the max is less than 90% of the max. The factory set max is 95%. So perhaps there's a happy medium somewhere. I tend to like the Philips EW fuze wall washing lights as the output is great and the lights can be dimmed. It may be easier to install in a straight line than individual soffit lights. Led soffit lights are mostly low voltage mini recessed lights. There are quite a number of vendors. Cast-lighting, checkolite are some vendors you may want to look at. The former has pathway lighting you might find interesting. |
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| I just received my second diva CL dimmer -- the first worked so well on one range of crees, that I ordered another. Thanks for the fuze wall light suggestions, too. |
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| I just posted on your home decorating post Your beautiful house is just asking for Hubbardton Forge lights - They have a couple models which should solve your light issues - warning - they do come with a price tag!! Then at the garage - go for the matching version but put on the top cover to prevent light from going up. http://www.hubbardtonforge.com/ProductsInfo.cfm?Design=304903 I think the dark smoke would look stunning on your house. Here is another dark sky compliant - I don't like it as much for your house Just a caution on LED outside - if you have snow - the reflection off the snow lights up the world!!! The city put in LED street lights and the first night I looked out and thought it was just dusk - but was 9:00 at night in the winter!! HF also has traditional lights but based on your concern about the bedroom next to the porch - I thought these would work. If you already have ORB finish, I would match with the HF. I would not worry about "matching" the post light - This is where you could bring out the house style. Good luck! PS - We put in the first one and they look great on our house and lots of compliments. I don't have any pictures yet but soon. |
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