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 might get with out them exhibiting by means of the glass.

However once I stood again and checked out it, I didn’t find it irresistible. The primary downside was truly a faulty part within the strip of lighting. There are two useless lights adopted by 4 very dim lights. I don’t know why that might occur. All the lights earlier than these and after these work completely. I didn’t minimize the strip anyplace close to that part, and I solely minimize the surplus off within the space the place it says you possibly can minimize the lights. However that useless spot could be very noticeable, particularly in particular person.

You’ll be able to see right here, if 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 disillusioned that they solely actually lit up the outer sections of the jewellery organizers. The opposite sections had 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 a substitute, they simply all appear to be darkish silhouettes.

So I eliminated the entire tape lighting and redid it. The tape could be very sticky, however I think about you could 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 somewhat than having them beneath the glass prime body. I believed that with the lights shing out as a substitute of down, which will shed some extra mild into the middle of the drawer somewhat 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 had been now in essentially the most seen spot. After all, if I preferred the concept, I might have simply exchanged this strand of lights for one which labored, however I nonetheless wasn’t bought 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 means 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 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 preferred 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 mild strand, so I used to be in a position to minimize these off utterly.

However I nonetheless didn’t love the sunshine shining by means 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 utterly? Do you’ve got any ideas? 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 by some means, 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 connected 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’ll’t be corded since I’ve to have the ability to pull the drawer out. I might attempt some kind of battery-operated lights in order that the entire thing may be connected to the underside of the drawer without having to plug in lights, however then I believe it’s all getting manner too sophisticated. Battery-operated lights wouldn’t final very lengthy, after which I’d be caught altering batteries recurrently. That appears foolish.

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