I know this is absurdly overdue, but for the sake of completing the whole process of documenting our home renovation I shall finish this post.
The final touches were the lighting. Cleaning isn't our forte, so eccentric-looking light housing and chandeliers weren't on our shopping list. The keyword, I emphasize, is "low-maintenance". So no useless floor lamps, down lights, cove lights..
We opted for energy-saving LED tracklighting for a large part of the house. Low maintenance, modern, cost-saving, long-living, really bright but doesn't compromise the look and feel of the house.
For the dining table lighting, we chose a long-hanging tri-bulb lamp for some character. Pictured are cost-saving Philips LED bulbs, but nothing screams modern nordic like the funky tungsten bulbs that we're using presently. Plus it makes food super Instagrammable.
The most important consideration when planning our master bedroom's lighting is "how easily can I access the switch when I'm all wrapped up in my duvet?" So we got the carpenters to cut out a hole in the headboard to embed a 2-way switch for the ambient lighting. No more ceiling light shining into your eyes! (Of course, we have a cheap and good discreet overhead light that we switch on when we're cleaning the room, but that's not the main point)
We replicated the same concept to both bathrooms - no more bright lights shining into your eyes when you visit the loo early in the morning or in the middle of the night. Plus the overhead box-up concealing the pipes make good locations to put in dressing lights for easy make-up application and removal.
