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- Is there a way to modify a thin overhead LED light fixture that fits over a ceiling box to make the direction of the light easily adjustable?
Is there a way to modify a thin overhead LED light fixture that fits over a ceiling box to make the direction of the light easily adjustable? Perhaps add some sort of adjustable shade to it?
In remodeling a bedroom, I'd like to install ceiling boxes ( e.g. https://www.lowes.com/pd/CARLON-18-cu-in-1-Gang-Plastic-Ceiling-Electrical-Box/50011806 ) for lights and, initially, install thin LED light fixtures over the boxes. (e.g. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Progress-Lighting-5-1-2-in-Round-1-Light-Metallic-Gray-LED-Surface-Mount-Light-P8240-82-30K9-AC1-L06/207096731 ) so the arrangement would resemble a room lit with small recessed lights. After the room has been lived-in for awhile, some lights might be changed to a different type of light fixture as the way people use the room becomes clear.
There are recessed lights that have an eyeball type shade (e.g. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Halo-White-Eyeball-Recessed-Light-Trim-Fits-Housing-Diameter-6-in/1093613?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-lit-_-google-_-lia-_-143-_-recessedlighting-_-1093613-_-0&placeholder=null&gclid=Cj0KCQjwg8n5BRCdARIsALxKb94-XNRRDIRmU4DGrmuzPX93Pmfg8z3YErvwqJIB8-RFZJP3fwogD6QaAps2EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds ) or can gimbal about one axis (e.g. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Designers-Fountain-4-in-4000K-Remodel-Directional-Gimbal-White-Integrated-LED-Recessed-Trim/1001336518?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-lit-_-google-_-pla-_-227-_-sosdecorationlighting-_-1001336518-_-0&placeholder=null&gclid=Cj0KCQjwg8n5BRCdARIsALxKb96cA_vSjioltUqi_ur0XdlimMEfft5Oa3Kyarc_y9oTq7wfC7-GZhYaAmyrEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds ) However, those recessed lights don't fit onto ceiling boxes.
In remodeling a bedroom, I'd like to install ceiling boxes ( e.g. https://www.lowes.com/pd/CARLON-18-cu-in-1-Gang-Plastic-Ceiling-Electrical-Box/50011806 ) for lights and, initially, install thin LED light fixtures over the boxes. (e.g. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Progress-Lighting-5-1-2-in-Round-1-Light-Metallic-Gray-LED-Surface-Mount-Light-P8240-82-30K9-AC1-L06/207096731 ) so the arrangement would resemble a room lit with small recessed lights. After the room has been lived-in for awhile, some lights might be changed to a different type of light fixture as the way people use the room becomes clear.
There are recessed lights that have an eyeball type shade (e.g. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Halo-White-Eyeball-Recessed-Light-Trim-Fits-Housing-Diameter-6-in/1093613?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-lit-_-google-_-lia-_-143-_-recessedlighting-_-1093613-_-0&placeholder=null&gclid=Cj0KCQjwg8n5BRCdARIsALxKb94-XNRRDIRmU4DGrmuzPX93Pmfg8z3YErvwqJIB8-RFZJP3fwogD6QaAps2EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds ) or can gimbal about one axis (e.g. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Designers-Fountain-4-in-4000K-Remodel-Directional-Gimbal-White-Integrated-LED-Recessed-Trim/1001336518?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-lit-_-google-_-pla-_-227-_-sosdecorationlighting-_-1001336518-_-0&placeholder=null&gclid=Cj0KCQjwg8n5BRCdARIsALxKb96cA_vSjioltUqi_ur0XdlimMEfft5Oa3Kyarc_y9oTq7wfC7-GZhYaAmyrEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds ) However, those recessed lights don't fit onto ceiling boxes.