Lighting Planning Single-family House New Construction

You need a switch at both entrances that controls both hallway lights, so a two-way switch. Try to imagine the sequences and then determine the switches accordingly. You come home, enter through the door, there must be a switch. You go out through the side entrance door, want to turn off the light, and come back in through the main door, hence the two-way switch. The hallway light must be switchable from every room exit. For example, your guest might stumble in the dark to the toilet at night. I would also make the outdoor lighting switchable from both entrances. We also have motion detectors on both corners of the house so that the outdoor light comes on when we arrive home. In the utility room, you certainly want to place cabinets or shelves along the wall at the bottom of the plan. I would definitely provide a ceiling light in the center of the room, switchable from the door. The utility room is a workspace, it needs proper lighting. In the kitchen, I would definitely also provide a ceiling light that is switchable from the entrance. You want to see something in the cabinets. Light strips are not suitable for this.

A lot has already been written... here are two more notes from me:

Kitchen:

I'm missing information. Where are the tall cabinets, where is the cooktop? Exhaust hood? Wall/ceiling (with light?) or downdraft. What happens on the peninsula stub? Is that a bar? Just workspace?

Ceiling light was already mentioned for the cabinets. And depending on what area is for what, I might consider giving the island stub separate lighting. For example, pendant lights or surface-mounted spots or similar.

Bathroom:

What is the second switch for the shower?

May I ask why you don’t extend the utility room over the hallway, that is, omit the hallway and use the entire area as one? The hallway there seems somewhat “superfluous.” Then you would have a large utility room that could even serve as a passage room. If you shape the utility room and the shower-WC a bit, you can place the door to the utility room from the corridor, have a wardrobe “in between,” and the guest gets a rectangular room. That would result in logical pathways. Although the floor plan is not meant to be discussed here, my two previous speakers ##6,7 show quite well with their contributions that very little is flowing there.