Bedroom 3: Lighting

We were planning to install spotlights to illuminate the built-in wardrobes in Bedroom 3. The only hitch is that there is a huge beam (actually its more like the whole ceiling drops 30cm towards the end of the room). There is only a thin layer of false ceiling there, sufficient to disguise the wiring to the wiring point, but not enough to recess MR16 LEDs.


Because the ceiling + beam + false ceiling is so low about 2.1m, clearance from our heads is only about 30cm, so we had to find a ceiling spotlight fixture that had a low profile.


I liked the IKEA Beryl a lot, but it was 21cm minimum height (if you start tilting the lights, the height increases). The Philips Ledino in our Study was also about quite tall.

Tross Spotlight & Bulbs

In the end, we went with the IKEA Tross, which has a profile of only 10.5cm at its shortest. The bulbs are exposed as it's sort of a no-frills lamps, but I don't mind the bare industrial looks; in fact, I prefer it to some of the designs I've seen for spotlights which are too fussy.