Home spot light advice please

[Horrgakx]

At the top of the stairs I've hung a picture that I want a spotlight to illuminate. I want it mounted on the ceiling and switched on the wall. I think I'd like LED lighting as it will be low power consumption and can be left on most of the time.

Any advice on what to buy please (as in the lamp & housing)?

Picture below of the area concerned.

 

[jonnyboy]

Do you want to control it separately than the landing light?

 

[Horrgakx]

Yeh, probably the easiest thing is to change the existing single switch for a double and run more wire down there. Access to the loft is easy enough to get to wiring.

 

[moonloops]

You need to fix your "magnolia mansion" first

 

[Horrgakx]

It ain't broke The developers left it that way.

 

[jonnyboy]

Chances are the wall the pic is hung on (i presume its the one opposite the head of the stairs) is a studwork wall therefore you could either go for a proper picture light wall mounted, an uplighter below picture, a wall-mounted wall washer, or a ceiling mounted directional downlighter (prob best solution).

Be aware some led downlighter bulbs are very very white, almost blue-white - get a "warm" coloured one. For an LED you could possibly direct cable it in up in the loft and leave on permanently (if you intend to have it always switched on anyway). Saves faffing with a switch tail down inside the wall if it isn't trunked well...

 

[Horrgakx]

Yeh a ceiling mounted directional downlighter (a 'spotlight' to a layman like me) is what I had in mind. Permanently on I'm not sure about though from the ceiling to the existing light fitting might not be too difficult.

Do you have a product in mind?

 

[jonnyboy]

Collingwood - DL090 something like this?

 

[Horrgakx]

Yeh that looks like the thing - wondering if the angle will be enough, maybe a wall lighter?
This WL020 LED3 RGB looks funky though not good for a picture - but the idea is there.

 

[Darrell]

Doesn't 'The Boss" have a lighting company?

 

[jonnyboy]

Yeh that looks like the thing - wondering if the angle will be enough, maybe a wall lighter?
This WL020 LED3 RGB looks funky though not good for a picture - but the idea is there.

Thats subtle

 

[mapleleaf]

re the wiring & switch, have you considered a wireless switch ? echo

 

[Horrgakx]

The Boss has been in touch via PM

Those Echo switches look interesting, thanks for the link.

 

[kth286]

from a safety point of view, should there be a picture on that wall ?

 

[Horrgakx]

Yeh, it's not the HSE office

 

[corned]

from a safety point of view, should there be a picture on that wall ?

It's OK - this is the picture he wants to hang...

 

[crockers]

Doesn't 'The Boss" have a lighting company?

Trouble is he will run a thread on guess how much it is to install.....

 

[jonnyboy]

Those echo switches look interesting, especially as they are from a recognised, not snake-oil, company