Dear All,

I am exhausted with my research to find appropriate lighting ideas for my 3 bedroom apartment. I am tired of the clueless look the light shop owners/sales guys give me whenever I said, I do not have plaster ceiling and down lights. Some even said it is almost impossible to get decent and modern lighting for the apartment without having down lights as my main source of lighting.

This is my very first apartment and I have zero experience. My concern is whether lighting is sufficiently bright, no strobe/shadow from the ceiling fans, and optimum layout.

I have no idea what size of lighting fixture i should use.

I won't be using any wall lights.


Kitchen / Dining / Living

I have attached a photo of how the open plan of my apartment appears like. From the entrance, it goes kitchen --> dining --> and then --> Living. There is one fan unit between the living and dining.

I have also attached the individual pic of lights that I was considering for these 3 areas but not sure if I am on the right track.




However, having said that, I did take a chance and have bought a set of pendant lights for my dining though after careful thought of my budget - set of 3 crystal lights. I grabbed it at CIMA Lighting in PJ since it was the last display unit they had and wanted to clear it. Photo is attached.


The last photo is a collage of all individual pics including the overall of the area I am talking about.

Both kitchen and living lights were chosen from Seng Hup but due to some unpleasant experience (the sales people were extremely unprofessional) throughout my selection and ordering process, I am considering to cancel the order (but not finalised yet). And if I do cancel the order, I will have to carry out the whole exercise of selection process at a different store of which I would like to just duplicate my choices if am on the right track now. This current situation is what prompted me to post my questions here.

I do plan to have a floor lamp at the corner of my L-shaped sofa but I guess that would be the last item I would buy after all furniture are in.

I am now at lost in finding the appropriate lights with a minimalist & modern touch for kitchen and living that would complement with the pendant lights that I have bought. I have some ideas of what could possibly suit the rooms which I have listed below.


3 Rooms (2 bedroom) + 1 small room (what I call as Sanctuary room)

I planned to have mounted ceiling lights in all 3 rooms. Something like this : EGLO - Quarto 1
What are your thoughts?

Both bedroom will have at least one bed side table and a lampshade that will be placed on it.

The small room a.k.a sanctuary room is planned for a simple study table, meditation area and also will have a cross-trainer. You can perhaps see the functionality of this room.

The technical details of choosing the lights overwhelms me and I hope someone from this forum could guide me through.

Thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by Career26: Mar 8 2015, 12:01 PM

Thanks idoblu.

Do you mind explaining a bit further - like which area is for track lights surface mounted dowlights, etc?

If you read my post, I have individual pic posted according to the area - kitchen, living and dining. It did look brighter at the time of selection in the store (not sure if it is due to other lights which remained turned on or so; but I am unable to visualise the brightness at my place if I go for these ones.

What do you think of my choices?

Hi Steven,

Thanks. No doubt on the points (I think your reply is directed to me unless you are asking the question to the other friend, noien.

As for my apartment, the developer has already provided me with all the dedicated light and fan points including air-cond and water heater. My thread refers to the complexity in choosing appropriate lighting since my reno work does not include plaster ceiling and installation of down lights. I know my post is lengthy but may be you will understand and provide me with your 2 cents after reading it once more.

Thanks.

That's alright but if you could specify which one, that will be helpful. If you have read my thread fully, you would be able to understand that am having tough time finding the appropriate light options. Pics attached are something that I have surveyed and considered; not finalised yet.

Meowy,

Thanks for your input. But, I have purchased the crystal lamps already.

Thanks for the pic!

Thanks onnying88. I am not sure whether purchasing lights from Ikea will be a good idea. But I think it is good way to get started there before deciding where to purchase what. Did you purchase your lights at Ikea ?

Cool! That's a very good piece of information.

Such a hassle-free return policy! Thanks for sharing, Steven

Looks like a square shaped ceiling mounted light to me.

I probably would prefer something like that in the yard or bathroom area (depending on the brightness) but don't prefer them in the living or kitchen...

>>Hi, thanks for the suggestion. Almost all the 3 shops I went to suggested LED for all the right reasons you ave mentioned above. I am not planning to add any additional points than what the developer has provided with. In my first post here - I attached photos of lights that I was considering for kitchen, living, etc... Due to some unpleasant experience at Seng Hup with the sales staff, I have cancelled my orders placed with them.

The only item that I have already purchased is the crystal lights (pendant) for the dining. My dilemma now is to fine the type of lights that would complement the pendant lights that I have purchased. Have looked at mounted ceiling lights for kitchen - limited design and due to enclosed design, the brightness is not that strong and aesthetically does not go well.

This is a 3 bedroom apartment located along the Kajang Silk Highway.

--->Thanks for the suggestion. Definitely agree with you. I am a minimalist and so less is more suits me for sure.

I have actually cancelled my order finally with Seng Hup for the other 2 lights that I posted the photos of. So, I only have the crystal lights (pendant) in hand now.

Been actually contemplating - how will it look like if I choose to have those crystal pendant lights in the living room instead? What would be your take?

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