Ceiling spots for hallway or kitchen and bathroom

Only one type of empty housing is installed, meaning that the lamps or possibly just the bulbs can be easily replaced there. However, the location can no longer be changed, which requires good planning.

Basically, the brightness can be influenced quite well by the lumens of the individual spots, unless there is 1 spot per 10m². More problematic is that LEDs have a rather narrow beam angle, which is further intensified by some lamp housings. If the spots are too far apart, uneven illumination results. This looks very unattractive (primarily on dark floors). But an architect should be able to calculate this, as it only depends on the beam angle and room height. I would then rather use additional lamps to set accents, if needed.

Ultimately, my experience is:
Of course, you can buy lamps at the hardware store or at Ikea for 10€. But if you want something nice and functional, you quickly end up paying high amounts for lamps. It is almost irrelevant whether it is ceiling lights, wall lights, spots, etc.
I would think about what kind of light I need in which room:
- very bright / rather dim / variable
- direct (spots, floodlights) or indirect
- natural or cool white
With that, I usually come pretty quickly to a type of lamp. It is more difficult if other light sources are added, such as staircase lighting, illuminated baseboards or ceiling moldings, indirect lighting in the ceiling, starry sky, mirror cabinets, etc.

Thank you very much for your tips! Since the kitchen planning is already done, I would discuss it with my architect so that we can plan it well. I find it so difficult to plan on a piece of paper since the house is not built yet and I find it hard to imagine... Imagination is not my strength, I admit. Regarding light, I can only say that I want it to be natural and bright.

Your architect is a smart man.

I now consider the spots no longer up-to-date. A relic from the beginning of the third millennium and completely overrated. Price/performance ratio is nowhere near balanced. Mostly way too much light output where it is not needed at all. We also let ourselves be persuaded to use them in the bedroom and bathroom 4 years ago. In the bedroom, the lighting is used for ironing; in everyday life, we have more indirect lighting as well as reading lights.
Luckily, dimmable in the bathroom.
In your kitchen, I also don't see the need to use spots.
Nowadays, there are simple flat lights with 2 or more bulbs, centrally placed to illuminate the entire room (up to about 14 sqm).
Our ceiling light in the kitchen is rarely on. Maybe once a week in winter. Task lighting at eye level is worth more!

Spots are great everywhere you want an even and rather high luminous flux. Those are exactly the areas you mention.

Spots in the kitchen are top, you just really have to have finished the kitchen planning. It is important that spots are (also) above the countertop and not (just) behind the person standing in front of the countertop. But with a bit of brainpower, that is quite feasible to plan. In the bathroom, you also want it nice and bright, ideally dimmable. In the hallway, it looks nice, but in terms of brightness requirements, it's not absolutely necessary.

In living rooms, spots are in my humble opinion out of place for that purpose, it will never be cozy, as a previous speaker also said.

I would think it over again and consider whether it might be worth spending the few extra bucks now and indeed equip the kitchen, bathroom AND hallways with spots.

Thank you for your reply!

Spots in the living room were not planned; I would prefer to use floor and hanging lamps there.

In the kitchen, spots should definitely be installed plus lighting under both of the wall cabinets.

The hallway is also an issue for me, as the wardrobe will be placed under the stairs and you can't achieve much lighting with the lamp under the stairs.

How much does this cost approximately? At the moment, I can't imagine it yet. I have read something about 60€/spot including labor. Discussions with the architect are still pending.