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Two of the 3 lights I ordered have arrived but the one was damaged in shipping, so it's another week before it will arrive. Rather than wait, I went ahead and got the two that I received up and installed. I originally had these on the brick pillars but while the light looked to be in a better spot, the distance and small sections of conduit on the wood joist looked funny and out of place. As a result, I moved the lights to the wood joist as well; the look is better than I would originally have thought and am happy with it.
I added some dimmable, LED, 40W "Edison" style bulbs to finish the look and the light output is exactly what I was looking for.
Even at 40W equivalent, these are quite bright. I think I may end up installing a dimmer switch on the opposite side of the wall to help get the "feel" we want. I didn't want a dimmer on the bottom of the stairs as people (my kids!) have a bad habit of turning the dimmer down rather than off as they leave a room. I will leave the main on/off switches where they currently are, but will simply wrap around some 1/2" conduit and put a pair of matching dimmer/off switches on the opposite side. This way, anyone coming down the stairs can instantly turn the lights on but we can dim as we want.
Was playing with Photoshop some, getting an idea of what color palette I want to work with. We originally were looking at some darker blues and purple-blues, then considered some rust-oranges. I ended up going back towards the warmer/purply blues. Here's "Urbane Bronze", which is a warm-toned grey-blue. I'm going to get a few gallons of mold-mildew resistant primer, then take some more pictures under full lighting (once the other lights come). I'll probably play around some more with color-swapping in Photoshop, but so far, I'm definitely leaning this way.
I added some dimmable, LED, 40W "Edison" style bulbs to finish the look and the light output is exactly what I was looking for.
Even at 40W equivalent, these are quite bright. I think I may end up installing a dimmer switch on the opposite side of the wall to help get the "feel" we want. I didn't want a dimmer on the bottom of the stairs as people (my kids!) have a bad habit of turning the dimmer down rather than off as they leave a room. I will leave the main on/off switches where they currently are, but will simply wrap around some 1/2" conduit and put a pair of matching dimmer/off switches on the opposite side. This way, anyone coming down the stairs can instantly turn the lights on but we can dim as we want.
Was playing with Photoshop some, getting an idea of what color palette I want to work with. We originally were looking at some darker blues and purple-blues, then considered some rust-oranges. I ended up going back towards the warmer/purply blues. Here's "Urbane Bronze", which is a warm-toned grey-blue. I'm going to get a few gallons of mold-mildew resistant primer, then take some more pictures under full lighting (once the other lights come). I'll probably play around some more with color-swapping in Photoshop, but so far, I'm definitely leaning this way.
