What is the best way to light a quilt studio?
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What is the best way to light a quilt studio?
My husband is building me a quilt studio in our unfinished basement. There is no natural lighting so I am wondering what the best way to light it would be. I was thinking about an overall fluorescent light with track lighting over my work areas. Would you recommend that or is there a better option?
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I am just setting up my basement studio too, it has 1 mid grade window so not much light either. My DH is going to put in ceiling mounted LED lights- the long ones in a unit that looks like fluorescent units. They are available at Home Depot. They give off good light, cost little to run and are not hot like the halogen bulbs. My room is 16' x 18' with a Tin Lizzie on one side, my sewing table, cutting center and an ironing area. He thinks we will need 4 units spaced around the room to give me good light. Two will be over the longarm, one over my sewing table and the other over the cutting station.
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May i suggest pendant lights...the kind that have retractable cords that allow you to raise and lower the pendant. That way you can bring them closer to your work surface when you need more intense/task lighting...raise them when you don't. Sadly, every year we need more "watts" just to see the same as the year before!!!
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You want something cool. You might not know but Ott bulbs come in florescent tubes. VERY expensive. Go into Home Depot and look for good florescent lighting. Stay away from those halogens and others because you will be sweating like a pig in the summer.
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