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 the glass.

However once I stood again and checked out it, I didn’t adore it. The primary downside was really a faulty part within the strip of lighting. There are two useless lights adopted by 4 very dim lights. I do not know why that might occur. All the lights earlier than these and after these work completely. I didn’t lower the strip wherever close to that part, and I solely lower the surplus off within the space the place it says you’ll be able to lower the lights. However that useless spot could be very noticeable, particularly in individual.

You may see right here, while you’re standing proper on the drawer, the useless 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 additionally, lighting the again of the necklace space didn’t look something like how I had envisioned it in my thoughts. I assumed the lights would make the sparkly necklaces sparkle. That didn’t occur. As a substitute, they simply 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 could solely take away and reposition it a couple of times earlier than it begins to lose its stickiness. This time, I assumed 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 quite than having them beneath the glass prime body. I assumed that with the lights shing out as a substitute of down, which will shed some extra gentle into the middle of the drawer quite than simply lighting up the perimeter sections of the jewellery organizers.

However once I stood again to have a look at that, it actually didn’t enhance the look. Plus, that put the useless lights proper within the heart of the again of the jewellery drawer. In different phrases, these useless lights have been now in essentially the most seen spot. In fact, if I appreciated 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 above the jewellery drawer…

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

So I made a decision to attempt another 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 a substitute, I simply added the lights to the jewellery drawer. I appreciated that higher, and the nice factor is that this association solely required the part of lights proper as much as that useless spot within the gentle strand, so I used to be capable of lower these off utterly.

However I nonetheless didn’t love the sunshine shining by 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 utterly? Do you could have any strategies? Am I simply not doing it proper? Ought to I be utilizing totally 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 implies 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 form of battery-operated lights in order that the entire thing will be hooked up to the underside of the drawer without having to plug in lights, however then I believe it’s all getting method too difficult. Battery-operated lights wouldn’t final very lengthy, after which I’d be caught altering batteries repeatedly. That appears foolish.

So at this level, I’m tempted to desert the concept utterly until somebody has an important suggestion for the way I can salvage this concept. Perhaps the reply is apparent, and I simply can’t see it. What say you?