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Fun replacement for an overhead light in a bedroom? (beehaw.org)

submitted 4 months ago by Rekhyt@beehaw.org to c/diy@beehaw.org

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I have an overhead light in my bedroom that I absolutely despise. It's way too bright and it's right behind my phone/book/whatever when I'm lying in bed. We have other lights around the room, and so I'd like to replace it with someone else. I don't really want a ceiling fan there, but that's the only thing I can think of. Does anyone have suggestions of something fun to put in the center of a bedroom ceiling?

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[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago

I wouldn't normally recommend Ikea, but the "REGNSKUR" Ceiling lamp is what we replaced our ceiling fan with in our bedroom. It's low profile, has 3 bulbs and the fabric is easily removable for washing. In lieu of a dimmer, I use voice controlled color changing lights, and the fabric really blends the light together well.

The whole unit is ~3 parts - a frame you install into the ceiling that has 3 magnetic "arms", the frame that attaches to the frame magnetically that the fabric rests on, and the fabric itself. The hardest part was honestly getting the fabric on the frame lol.

Anyway, I only recommend it because it's super low profile, pretty inexpensive, looks nice and is bright (or rather, can be bright bulb depending.) If I had to say one drawback aside from the fabric being unwieldy is that there is a circular hole at the bottom, which if you are directly underneath you can somewhat see the base of the frame, and some of the edges of the bulbs house. Honestly, not that big of an issue (and light does not really get me in the eyes from this spot). We've had it for nearly two years now and have taken it on and off for washing maintenance maybe 5 or 6 times in that time, it's holding up great. I don't really see it going anywhere.