re: Rooms with high ceilings and no overhead light - who has the best solution?

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Attic above it or is there a floor above it?

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There's a floor above it.

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Neither is cheap.

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Nope which is why I need a temporary fix... my tallest ladder is 10 feet, I'm not even equipped to do work that high without borrowing stuff.

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Its not going to be cheap for an electrician to do it but it is easy enough for them to do it....since your aasking I am assuming it is not something you wanted to do yourself but if it is it is not overly difficult.

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Lighting strips are on the table, it's just the timing and the height that are the challenge here. I actually have a fishtape and have no fear of running wires and adding lights/fixtures in normal scenarios, this is just an access issue.

(Thanks)

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That means there is still at least a cavity above the area to be lit.

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It's actually a loft in a bedroom, there is no cavity, it's like the space between 2 sides of a stud wall. the soffet does house the duct work on one side, there's a return in this room and the next.

Thanks for putting that much thought into it. There's a solution there, but agree it's not going to be easy.

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We have a couple lamps on a switched outlet, but when the sun goes down, they just don't do the trick to make the room reasonably bright.

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well the choice of lamp shades issue could solve the problem. get the large diameter straight round tube type lamp shades and use daylight rated LED bulbs, they will light up the ceiling quite a bit as well as the whole room.

if you still need more, then add 2 more standing lamps

you want them all look to something like this so they light up the whole room LINK

i dont think you need to spend a large chunk of money to get hard wired stuff put in, that is the best solution if you have the ability to do it, and can do most of te work yourself

For now? Man, I would just stick with the current lamps you have and get brighter lights. You can put LED strips where the wall and ceiling meet. It'll look like a college dorm room, but if it's temporary then that will be fine. You would just have to deal with wires being connected to that outlet you currently have.

When you do have to make a chance, you can take the outlet and move it into the ceiling by removing the wires and either adding a light fixture (can easily be mounted to a joist) or you can add a series of wafers that you can run across your ceiling. Not sure the area of your room is, but retrofit waters are an easy install.

All the dirty work would be cutting a hole in your ceiling and walls. You should be able to pull the outlet wires up at the top of the wall and find a way to work it into your ceiling. From there, more holes in the ceiling and joists.

First, where you located? Please post pictures, these two things give a starting point.

Folks always ask if something can be done, sure it can, as with anything, it's the cost. You plan to live there long? If a long time. Get and do what you want now.

Thanks, folks. I went with the giant chandelier option.

On the plus side, we have plenty of light.
On the down side, you can't see people across the room.