Theater Lighting

Had been working on a lot of ideas for how to deal with the space between the vents and the wall.  This needs some ability to remove the cover, so that plumbing can be accessed as needed.  Looks like this final idea is working out.

Basically it's 3/4" plywood with cedar slats.  The slats are clear cedar cut to 1.5" x 5/8" size, and to fit in the area are 8" long.  They are treated with danish oil.  Here you can see a shot without the lights on as I was fitting it.  The lights are Ikea LED spotlights, mounted on the backside with a hole cut for the light to come through.

You can see the wiring the for the lights here.

I'm very happy with the look, think I'll use this in all locations like this.  It's time consuming, and the cedar isn't cheap.  I'm considering using it on all of the basement ceiling, but that might be a bit too much.

The lights make a nice pattern on the accent wall.

Lots more work to do, need to complete the rest of the ceiling section in there.