Lighting in the Lounge

It was always going to be difficult to light the main lounge of the water tower effectively.   It is a vast space yet it is a home; not a cathedral.   I remember one dark night when the place was an empty shell meeting with electrician Jonathan Mounsey and the Restoration Man film crew to see what might work.   The results were not encouraging and the footage never saw the light of day.

In the short time since then lighting has come on leaps and bounds.

Here is how that part of the tower looks now.

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All of the lights are LEDs except the chandeliers which are low energy last generation bulbs.   Another chandelier is behind the camera.   All told a huge amount of light for peanuts.   The table lights with their greenish white glow, the chandeliers and the  lights between the beams are separately switched so you can mix 'n' match.

This is a wet and windy night in Settle but we are cosy and beautifully lit, I hope you will agree.

Oh, and just a reminder of how it was: