There are better bulbs for that. However, they wouldn’t belong in that fixture.
Can this bare-bulb and uninspired lattice trend die already?
That fixture has no business being over a dining table, and I highly suggest you not waste your time trying to reconfigure it either. No amount of bulb tweaking will improve it in any meaningful way, and customizing a shade to fit will either look hacked or cost more than a new fixture with proper light occlusion. Just spend the money on a proper replacement, you won’t regret it. Good luck!
-I’m a lighting designer
@Mal
I have a similar light fixture and have the same problem. You don’t mention what fixture with proper light occlusion is suitable. What did you have in mind?
Francis said:
@Mal
I have a similar light fixture and have the same problem. You don’t mention what fixture with proper light occlusion is suitable. What did you have in mind?
Any fixture that attenuates or completely cuts off the direct line-of-sight to the emitting light source. This means a fixture that shoots the majority of its light down to illuminate the task on the table, without being seen (or at least heavily diminished) by the people seated or standing in the room. It’s also fine to have light shooting upwards in addition to the downlighting, as that provides indirect lighting. Here is an example of a fixture that does both of those things.
@Mal
Love this… but may not work aesthetically in that room.
Aza said:
@Mal
Love this… but may not work aesthetically in that room.
I’m not suggesting that it does. It’s an example of a light that just demonstrates the aforementioned core functionality tenets.
@Mal
Thank you.
Francis said:
@Mal
I have a similar light fixture and have the same problem. You don’t mention what fixture with proper light occlusion is suitable. What did you have in mind?
Same thing, but with stained glass instead of clear/none. Or at least a smoked glass.
@Mal
Where would it go? Over a pool table?
I can’t think of any place I would/could specify that light unless I hated my client.
@Mal
But, but, they hurt my eyes to look at! I must look at the filaments. I must!
They’re so pretty, gooo to the liiighttt
I agree, throw it away and try again. Nobody likes looking at bare bulbs. Bare LEDs are a thousand times worse. r/fuckyourheadlights
Par20’s and never mind the aesthetics.
A bulb with narrow beam optics might do the magic.
E26 based par16 would give you direct downlight.
This fitting is purely decorative. Dim this element down and add some downlights at the ceiling.
Or replace it with another lighting fitting. e.g., Trace Chandelier 3.0
I worked with exactly this fixture on a movie and in the end I put a heavy diffusion filter on the glass panes, and a blackout on top. Probably not the advice you’re looking for, since it’s a filmmaker solution.
@Ash
Also, there’s no glass. It’s clear there’s nothing there.
Aza said:
@Ash
Also, there’s no glass. It’s clear there’s nothing there.
It needs added, stained glass, or smoked.
Well yeah obviously the lights gonna go everywhere if you don’t shape it.