Do any of you have any ideas for lighting a stairway? The staircase is in a 12×17 foyer with a 24′ cathedral ceiling going up to a hallway. They will be finished with walnut risers, skirt boards, newel posts, handrail, and JoJoba treads. Originally, I was thinking about some kind of rectangular strip lighting that would fit into a 3/4″ x 30″ slot in the walnut riser, but DW thinks they look cheap. I also looked into the louvered stair lights, but the best place to put it would be the wall going up; this will be walnut raised panel wainscoting and I didn’t want to visually impact the wainscoting that way. Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
The stairs already have sufficient light for normal use, I’m actually thinking about accent lighting that would really compliment the staircase.
Thanks,
Roger <><
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The louivered lighting can look really sharp and vintage if done right. Why not use custom walnut grilles to match?
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Good idea. I could try to keep them in the skirt board or in the style of the raised panel wainscoting (probably best to keep the light out of the panel itself).
Keep the good ideas flowing.
Thx.
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