My condo has a skylight about 6 feet above the interior ceiling. How can I magnify, intensify, and redirect the light so that it is most effective?
Lighting – How to magnify, intensify, and redirect the light from a skylight so that it is most effective
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If you have the room on the floor, then you can get a floor mounted track style fixture. These have a weighted base with the transformer in them to make them harder to knock over or move.
The only downside of using these are;
- If they accidentally get moved into a couch or something like that it could become a fire issue.
- If you cannot move it out from the wall because of restrictive space you might end up with a lighting technique called wall grazing. This would cause the bottom of your frame (if it is a traditional wooden frame that stick out past the cloth itself) to cast a shadow across the painting.
The upsides are;
- The lamps used have various beam spreads and wattages available for use.
- LED's are made to be retrofitted into these by only changing the lamp.
- If it works out you don't have to get on a ladder and hang track lighting.
I've seen renters (don't know if you are or not) hang track lighting and use something to hide the wire and just plug it into the wall and use a plug in dimmer to control the lights. Then when they move they take it away.
The picture came from here. Good Luck!
You must add another switch and wire and separate the fan wiring from the light.
or
Buy a fan WITH a light and remove the other light.
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You can always use the concept of a sun tube, a mirrored tube that runs from the roof to a room. If the walls of the alcove that houses the skylight are not already white, paint them white. It will reflect more light than a darker color. If you really want as much light from the skylight as possible, mount mirrors on the walls of the skylight.