Hi all-- we're about to finish our basement, and in the main area I'm doing an entertainment/bar/theater space. I'm struggling with the lighting layout and would appreciate some advice.
I will be putting LED lights inside the crown molding (for this kind of effect ). I'm mainly trying to figure out what to do about all the recessed lights. I have at least two goals/modes I'm aiming for:
1. General bright lighting -- doing something in the basement other than watching TV
2. Movie mode -- crown LEDs on and some kind of dim ambient that adds drama and lets you see without being very bright.
As you can see in the attached drawing, I have two tray ceilings in the main area -- one directly over where the TV/theater area will be (on the right), and one in the center part of the basement where there will maybe be a foosball table, a bar table and chairs, etc. There is a bulkhead dividing the two that creates these two "tray zones" in the ceiling.
Showing in the layout right now, I have 5" cans spread throughout for general lighting (this matches the rest of my house). I'm thinking about small 3" wall washers along the bulkheads around the room, but as you can see in the drawing they would only be about 9-10" from the wall (except for the one actually containing the mechanical run, the bulkheads are 18" wide). Would that be ok? I'm envisioning that in "movie mode", these small wall washers would be on along with the crown LED strips, and the main lights would be either off or very low.
Is this too many lights? Are the small cans too close to the walls? How would you approach lighting this space?

I will be putting LED lights inside the crown molding (for this kind of effect ). I'm mainly trying to figure out what to do about all the recessed lights. I have at least two goals/modes I'm aiming for:
1. General bright lighting -- doing something in the basement other than watching TV
2. Movie mode -- crown LEDs on and some kind of dim ambient that adds drama and lets you see without being very bright.
As you can see in the attached drawing, I have two tray ceilings in the main area -- one directly over where the TV/theater area will be (on the right), and one in the center part of the basement where there will maybe be a foosball table, a bar table and chairs, etc. There is a bulkhead dividing the two that creates these two "tray zones" in the ceiling.
Showing in the layout right now, I have 5" cans spread throughout for general lighting (this matches the rest of my house). I'm thinking about small 3" wall washers along the bulkheads around the room, but as you can see in the drawing they would only be about 9-10" from the wall (except for the one actually containing the mechanical run, the bulkheads are 18" wide). Would that be ok? I'm envisioning that in "movie mode", these small wall washers would be on along with the crown LED strips, and the main lights would be either off or very low.
Is this too many lights? Are the small cans too close to the walls? How would you approach lighting this space?