Recessed Lighting Spacing, The First Step In Planning Your Recessed Lighting Layout.

Recessed Lighting Spacing, or Recessed Lighting Placement for models such as Sqaure Recessed Lighting for your Home Lighting Design needs need`nt be a chore if you plan carefully and take your time deciding exactly what you need.

Recessed Lighting Spacing (a)

A good rule of thumb and starting point is to space your Lighting Fuxtures using the followingRecessed Lighting Layout table:

1. 3” Fixtures at 3ft Intervals
2. 4” Fixtures at 4ft Intervals
3. 5” Fixtures at 5ft Intervals
4. 6” Fixtures at 6ft Intervals

The above table although quite accurate is only a guide and will also depend on the size and shape of your room and also the ceiling height to a degree. If for example your room is oblong shaped as opposed to square this can have a strong bearing on how your lights should be laid out so please bear this in mind when planning your lighting layout.

A common theme is to have a nice ceiling fanlight in the centre of the room with Recessed Lights spaced evenly apart to give your room that subtle lighting ambience. In the photo below you will see a very good example of this and how well these lights complement one another:

Recessed Lighting With a Delightful Fanlight

Recessed Lighting Spacing Examples (b)

Room Size: 10ft x 10ft: 6 Recessed Lights (two rows of three lights) with one central light fixture such as a Flush Mount Chandlelier or a Ceiling Fan Light.

Room Size: 15ft x 15ft: 8 Recessed Lights (two rows of four lights) accompanied by a centralised light fixture such as a Ceiling Fanlight, or a Chandlier, and so on..

Going back to the shape of your room, there are no set rules to say that your light fittings need to be perfectly aligned and evenly spaced apart although they can be of course but as in the photo below you will see that the Recessed Kitchen Lighting is kind of bunched up in the corner.

This is probably because this is where most of the work goes on such as preparing meals hence the light needs to be concentrated on that side of the kitchen but I think you will agree the way that the lights are laid out in the lovely photo below look really excellent.

Kitchen Recessed Lighting

Another question that will need to be asked is what level of light you are hoping to bring to the room? Is the Recessed Lighting more for aesthetic purposes or to serve a particular role such as illuminating a painting or portrait?

All of these things should be considered when drawing up your rooms lighting layout. Unless you are using Eyeball Recessed Lighting for instance the more you want to iluminate objects on the wall the nearer your fixtures will need to be to the wall to ensure that the light beam (or cone of light) washes over the object in question.

One final tip is to take your time planning and try to allow for all aspects of the room where the Recessed Lighting is going. If you can, always try to get a second opinion as you may have missed something important but Recessed Lighting Spacing is not too difficult a task if you put your mind to it just remember as always to just let your artistic inner-self come out and I am sure the finished job will be something you and your family can be proud of for many years to come:-).

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