I Added Tape Lights To My Jewelry Storage (And Hate It!)

I began by including lights simply to the again wall of the necklace space after which working them round the entire perimeter of the glass-top jewellery drawer.

On this try, I put the tape lights beneath the wooden body for the glass countertop as near the sting as I may get with out them exhibiting by way of the glass.

However after I stood again and checked out it, I didn’t like it. The primary drawback was truly a faulty part within the strip of lighting. There are two lifeless lights adopted by 4 very dim lights. I do not know why that may occur. The entire lights earlier than these and after these work completely. I didn’t reduce the strip anyplace close to that part, and I solely reduce the surplus off within the space the place it says you possibly can reduce the lights. However that lifeless spot could be very noticeable, particularly in individual.

You may see right here, while you’re standing proper on the drawer, the lifeless space adopted by the dim space could be very noticeable. In order that was disappointing proper off the bat. Additionally, I used to be upset that they solely actually lit up the outer sections of the jewellery organizers. The opposite sections have been nonetheless fairly darkish.

But in addition, lighting the again of the necklace space didn’t look something like how I had envisioned it in my thoughts. I believed the lights would make the sparkly necklaces sparkle. That didn’t occur. As an alternative, they only all appear like darkish silhouettes.

So I eliminated the entire tape lighting and redid it. The tape could be very sticky, however I think about that you may solely take away and reposition it a few times earlier than it begins to lose its stickiness. This time, I believed it’d assist if I wrapped the lights across the sides of the necklace space. I additionally determined so as to add the lights alongside the perimeters and again of the cupboard slightly below the jewellery drawer countertop reasonably than having them beneath the glass high body. I believed that with the lights shing out as an alternative of down, that will shed some extra mild into the middle of the drawer reasonably than simply lighting up the perimeter sections of the jewellery organizers.

However after I stood again to take a look at that, it actually didn’t enhance the look. Plus, that put the lifeless lights proper within the middle of the again of the jewellery drawer. In different phrases, these lifeless lights have been now in essentially the most seen spot. After all, if I favored the concept, I may have simply exchanged this strand of lights for one which labored, however I nonetheless wasn’t offered on the general look. Wrapping the lights round to the perimeters of the necklace space nonetheless didn’t have the impact I hoped for.

I additionally didn’t like that the sunshine shines by way of above the jewellery drawer…

And it additionally lights up the world between the necklace pull out and the cupboard. I don’t essentially need these areas emphasised.

So I made a decision to attempt yet one more factor. This time, I deserted the concept of lighting up the necklace space since that wasn’t turning out like I had envisioned it. As an alternative, I simply added the lights to the jewellery drawer. I favored that higher, and the nice factor is that this association solely required the part of lights proper as much as that lifeless spot within the mild strand, so I used to be capable of reduce these off fully.

However I nonetheless didn’t love the sunshine shining by way of simply above the drawer.

So I simply don’t know. It’s disappointing to have an concept that appears so good in my thoughts however simply doesn’t work out in actuality like I had envisioned it. Ought to I abandon the concept fully? Do you could have any strategies? Am I simply not doing it proper? Ought to I be utilizing completely different lights?

I do nonetheless actually like the concept of lighting the necklace part someway, however lighting from the again isn’t the reply. It appears to me that lighting them from the highest is the best way to go, however that signifies that lights must be hooked up to the underside of the drawer since that’s the one factor above the necklaces. And if I connect lights to the underside of the drawer, they will’t be corded since I’ve to have the ability to pull the drawer out. I may attempt some kind of battery-operated lights in order that the entire thing may be hooked up to the underside of the drawer without having to plug in lights, however then I feel it’s all getting approach too sophisticated. Battery-operated lights wouldn’t final very lengthy, after which I’d be caught altering batteries commonly. That appears foolish.

So at this level, I’m tempted to desert the concept fully except somebody has an amazing suggestion for a way I can salvage this concept. Possibly the reply is clear, and I simply can’t see it. What say you?