Hi r/lightingdesign
I'm currently using the GE 13-Watt Energy SmartTM - 8 Pack - 60 watt replacement for my floor lamps in the living room that is dimmable as well.
It works but it's just not bright enough. I tried replacing it with a ALZO Digital Full Spectrum Light Bulb - ALZO 45W Photo CFL 5500K 91 CRI, Daylight balanced, pure white light, 2800 Lumens, but that bulb's White Light is bothering me and it is also not dimmable.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Hello, I live in Alaska where it gets dark for a long time during winter. On top of that, my living room has no ceiling lighting and cannot really afford right now to have any wired in. My living room is roughly 15'x15' with a dining room right next to it that does heave ceiling lighting already.
Currently we use the following lamps:
2xfloor lamps with upward facing lighting in a opaque glass shade, 2 bulbs each, daylight, 1100 lumens each
1xfloor lamp with 3 separate lighting fixtures that we can direct each inside an opaque glass shade, each bulb is 800 lumens
1xtable lamp with a traditional fabric-like shade with a single bulb, 1100 lumen
It does not seem like its enough. It does not seem like I am getting the room filled enough but rather just having light hot spots.
What may be posing a challenge is my walls are textured with depth to them (not very deep but deep enough to change lighting a bit).
Any thoughts on a different floor lamp style that would do a better job? Would a downward facing shade style (more traditional) fill the room better?
Picture of my main floor lamps facing upward:
I'll be honest, I have no idea how many lumens I should be looking for or what type of lighting I need. I have a small office with no overhead lighting and I'm looking for a floor lamp that it is really bright. Just want it to have something super bright the way the old halogen lamps were in the 90s. The type that caught on fire so much. OK, I don't want the fire, but you know what I mean. Any suggestions? Thanks.