Comments on: Shedding Light on a Dark Ceiling

By: Diana @ The Devine Home

Diana @ The Devine Home — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:15:07 +0000

Our hallway is 45″ wide. Yours is much narrower so I think you would need to have a cut down the size of your shelf. If you use the Wal-Mart floating frames I think you can get away with 1.5″ shelf with a bit of room to spare. I would recommend using a router to cut in a groove to keep the pics from slipping off. That’s what we did. Our shelf is 3″ deep and can seem a little thick where corners come together. If I were to do it again, I’d keep it to 2″ because even with floating frames that have a wider frame, 2″ would work. ;o)

We could not do skylights because we have a second floor over that hall.

By: twiceasnice

twiceasnice — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:37:57 +0000

What is the width of your hallway? Mine is only about 32 inches. Very narrow. We were going to do wainscotting. I was wondering if our hallway would be wide enough for the little shelf. Our hallway is like a bowling alley after we added on. It too is very dark but we were thinking about putting in skylights.
Yours looks great. With the pictures your taking away from the look of being narrow and long and giving it visual interest. Wonderful ideas.

By: Alana Greene

Alana Greene — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:49:02 +0000

Thanks for the information…they should last into your golden years!! LOL!! They sound easy enough to replace anyway.

By: Diana @ The Devine Home

Diana @ The Devine Home — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:20:03 +0000

RE: replacing rope lighting. Rope light bulbs are usually rated for 25,000 hours of use before they fail — if you had them on for an average of 4 hours every day, that would be about 17 years of life. IF and when we have to replace it, the rope is held in place with little plastic snaps. You’d unsnap, so to speak, the plastic clips and pull the rope lighting out and snap new stuff into place.

Also, I have done some research about the UL listing. Here’s one places opinion:

Is it necessary to buy UL approved rope light?
Not necessarily. The UL (Underwriter Laboratories) rating on rope light effects the ability to field cut rope light (cutting done at the sight of installation). Underwriters Laboratories published a new set rules known as UL 2388-Flexible Lighting Products which eliminates field cutting and states: “The cutting and splicing of rope light at the site of installation is NO longer permitted. All rope light must be pre-cut at the factory and have molded ends that can be easily connected. Installers will now only be able to connect and disconnect molded ends of pre-cut lengths.

“Premium commercial grade non UL rated rope light is the same quality and price as UL rope light but our rope light can be cut at the place of installation. “

By: Alana Greene

Alana Greene — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:05:07 +0000

Question?? How hard would the lights be to replace if/when they burn out??

By: Alana Greene

Alana Greene — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:03:45 +0000

I like the first pic above where you can see a small light. The 2nd picture looks a little too bright and glowing which I am sure it is not!! Look forward to getting to see it in person.. I am sure it is cozy!!