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8 Tray Ceiling Lighting Options


by DoItYourself Staff

Tray ceiling lighting provides home decorators with a wide variety of lighting options. Ceiling lighting is focal in determining the ambience of a room. Tray ceiling, which is basically an inverted tray shaped ceiling, can be given a face-lift with the use of smart and attractive lighting options such as the ones given below. Lighting options basically compromise of either hanging or recessed lighting or a mixture of both. Tray ceiling can be a very good augmenter for ceiling lighting options such as chandeliers, recessed cans, solar tubes, rope lighting and so on. Tray ceiling can provide you with a lot of complimentary ceiling lighting options which can cater to different tray ceiling designs.

1.       Modern Hanging Lamps

Modern hanging lights can range from small modern hanging lamps to large hanging lamps to a set of small hanging lamps. The variance in option depends on the taste and type of the room. Smaller modern smart hanging lamps can be appropriate for smaller tray ceilings while larger rooms might need a set of small hanging lamps. Tray ceilings of dining rooms can be complemented by larger stylish hanging lamps

2.       Recessed Lighting

Recessed lighting can be a great option for tray ceiling lighting lining up on the side to add a softer lighting touch to the room. This can be extremely tactful at creating a duller setting to your room or sitting.

3.       Classy Chandelier

Classy chandeliers can add a magnificent effect to a room. Especially when coupled with crown molding. The chandelier must be appropriately picked to match with the color and style of the room’s texture.

4.       Lighting Behind Molding

Another way to augment a softer lighting touch to the room can be to put lighting underneath molding. Tray lighting with its inverted tray style provides a very viable and easy way to install lighting within additional molding to create a soft dull setting to the room using the concealed lighting.

5.       Antique Birdcage used to hold lights

Another lighting that goes with tray ceiling marvelously is to use a birdcage which can be modified to hold lights to add a chic taste to the room’s décor.

6.       Solar Tube

Another option that can gel in greatly with tray lighting is to use a solar tube. Tray ceiling can help to appropriately place a solar tube on a ceiling without making it look odd or out of place or symmetry. The size of the solar tube must be adjusted proportionate to the size of the tray ceiling in order to give a wholesome lighting effect to the room.

7.       Rope Lighting

Rope lighting can be extremely suitable for a tray ceiling. Tray ceiling provides plenty of options on where to locate lights on the tray ceiling which can be experimented in a number of ways to create a soft lighting effect to the room.

8.       Recessed Cans

Tray ceiling also offers the options of using recessed cans in rooms. Recessed cans can be fitted in the middle of a tray ceiling to bring evenness to the ceiling and the recessed can.

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