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Studio ceiling
over the past few weeks i’ve been replacing the overhead lighting in my studio.
The original strip lighting was unchanged since i adopted the shed at the bottom of my garden as my studio a decade ago and, along with the wooden support beam to which the lighting was attached, It had bothered me for its ugly aesthEtic.
One of the reasons it had taken me so long to do the work was not knowing exactly what i wanted and if lowering the ceiling in order to hide the beam would make it problematically low. But eventually i decided that the beam had to be hidden and therefore lowering the ceiling was the only way to proceed.
One of the main decisions to make was what lighting to install. This was easier said than done as there were so many possibilities but I knew i wanted led ceiling lighting that gave good, even coverage throughout my studio and after much deliberation i opted for four 2-foot long 25 watt led batons from screwfix.
I Positioned the batons to spread the light as much as practical and i’m fairly pleased with the result, although if i could do it again i would reverse the layout and go for less wattage as the glare from the light above my left shoulder as i work at my desk is a little intense!
