Planning the execution plan for ceiling spotlights

Right where they are supposed to go, namely into the hallway, you haven't planned any? Funny :p ;)

Whether it is a positive example, I do not know :).

Attached is the draft of the living-dining room plus kitchen with the furniture. And then attached is a section of the draft that I recreated in PowerPoint to think further. On this basis, the ceiling plan is now being created by the architect. However, it is not yet available.

What you unfortunately cannot see here are indirect lightings. For example, two floor lamps are planned, or a floor lamp and an uplighter.

Thanks first of all for the many answers... I think you are right. I just sent a lighting planner the floor plan to work on it. I will then share it here again for comparison. Alessandro, no spots will go into the hallway... it is an open space... I had mentioned that. Thanks again

I would use as few spots as possible in living rooms. Spots only in the kitchen and bathrooms. Not in the hallway either. All other rooms very classically a ceiling lamp in the center, at least as a planning start. Afterwards optimize according to the furniture positions and clarify special needs (staircase lighting, reading lamps, indirect lighting, etc.). But since furniture is sometimes repositioned, the centered ceiling lamp is never wrong.

One more short addendum: Regardless of the lighting planner, you should make the basic consideration yourself or give very, very tight specifications (or even send along examples). Tastes vary. We developed our plan together, and above all, I expected the expert to tell me whether there is enough light or if positions are wrong. And ideally, you also specify a total budget or per fixture – there are hardly any limits. We currently favor discreet, adjustable surface-mounted lights in the living room for the basic lighting. They cost on average €150-200 without installation, some models gladly more (and others of course less). We planned with a budget that I thought was ample, only to find out that it runs out faster than we like. Good luck.

The light is indeed even and bright enough everywhere, but it just looks shitty. I would prefer more ceiling surface without constantly seeing something else somewhere, be it the spots, the smoke detectors, or the presence detectors from the bus system.

Uh yes, ceiling acne is not nice, and "spots only but all over" is not a lighting "plan" either. If it's just about a grid of potential spot positions, I would probably create a hole matrix starting from the center of the room in a 90 x 90 or 90 x 120 grid (but plaster over the placeholder cutouts in some places).