Illuminate the wall, but how?

  • Erstellt am 2012-02-08 22:40:54

nudel41

2012-02-08 22:40:54
  • #1
Hello, I am currently redecorating my room.

You have to imagine it like this. It is 430 cm long and about 230 cm wide. When you come in through the door, you stand on the shorter side and look at the window, which is on the other short side. The window wall will be covered with a chocolate brown non-woven wallpaper. The white Malm bed (90*200) will stand in front of this wall.

Now I have been thinking about how I can better highlight the brown wall, for example when it is dark and you want to have a cozy evening. I thought I could put 2 of these lamps here behind the bed, that is on the window wall
GRÖNÖ
Table lamp, frosted glass

I would then be able to turn them on and off via remote socket control. So that would be my idea, but now I am afraid that the "illumination" of the wall will not really come into effect. That is why I wanted to ask you if you have a better solution. What do you use to light up your wall from below (from the floor)?

I am very grateful for tips and suggestions.
 

IKEA-Experte

2012-02-09 19:17:18
  • #2
Hello, I am not illuminating any wall from below at all. Considering the price of the luminaire, I would just try out how it works. If I found the wall to be insufficiently lit with it, I would install wall floodlights or maybe build something together with SÄNDA. These are my initial thoughts, without being able to imagine how the wall should look. Window unobstructed? Radiator open underneath? Almost just brown stripes to the right and left of the window...?
 

bigalex

2012-02-15 14:56:31
  • #3
Why do you want to illuminate walls? It's called wasting energy... you have to think a little about the environment, even if Ikea has nice lamps and chandeliers, I think...
 

IKEA-Experte

2012-02-15 18:46:52
  • #4
As indirect lighting, it's okay, like a cozy lighting, basically.
 

Älch

2012-02-21 14:16:35
  • #5
There are now relatively inexpensive LED strips at the big Swedish store. I stuck them on the back of my TV - the backlighting is better for the eyes and at the same time the wall behind is illuminated. These things also consume very little power. I can also imagine simply attaching a strip in the color of the wall at the top or bottom of the wall, then placing the LED strips behind it and letting them shine upwards or downwards. With the Expedit or Billy shelf, that would certainly work too.
 

bitgore

2012-07-23 15:16:24
  • #6
Yes, I would definitely choose LED. That is the best way to have energy-efficient but at the same time bright lighting. @bigalex: If you cared about the environment, you would live in a tent by the river and travel the world only on foot.
 

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