Lighting planning for a semi-detached house, I look forward to feedback and tips

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I don't like looking at someone who comes straight out of the toilet from the dining table.
As soon as you turn on the faucet in the kitchen, you can't hear the TV anymore.

Hello,

we have also already considered swapping the living room and dining room. However, the following considerations have deterred us:

- We like the option of hanging the pendant lights from the gallery down over the dining table visually. (The air space is above the current dining table)
- The sofa in the gallery could feel uncomfortable.
- The distance from the kitchen should be roughly the same to both positions due to the bay window, so that is irrelevant from this perspective.
- Currently, the plan is to install a retractable screen opposite the sofa in front of the window. This won’t work if the rooms are swapped, as the screen opposite the sofa would then be too close to the fireplace. Thus, we see no option for a TV or projector/screen combo.

The toilet door is currently planned this way so that we still have the option to place a small sideboard right next to the door. At the current door position, that would not work well because it would be in front of the built-in wardrobe cabinets.

Do you have any tips for the revised lighting plan?

Many thanks.

Best regards,

Christian

Do you have any tips for the revised lighting plan?

Since you ask:

I would erase all points and start over with a maximum of 10-16 spots. Whether there are more or less, so be it... but the current plan is giving me eye strain. The whole ceiling just consists of "holes," which makes one feel uneasy.

16 spots on about 100sqm may already be a bit sparing. Someone at the front said I need at least 20 just in the kitchen!

Good working light, yes. But nobody needs a cheese blanket.