Carolyn ~ Good point about heavy jackets and coats needing extra depth. I completely forgot about that because I have never used BR closets for coats! I don't know anyone who does -- coats are always kept in the closet by the outside door, bymmv. And yes, the coat closet is 34" deep. In my room with 12' closet, a) multiple bi-fold doors were used, they only take 1' foot of space when open and b) the area in front of the doors is walkway beside the bed. Walkway is needed whether or not the floor space doubles as standing-access area for the closet. One thing I learned (and it's hard to believe until you've lived with it a while) is that if you store all your clothes in the closet, you don't need the usual extra space alloted for dressers/bureaus because you don't need the dressers/bureaus! Multiple small drawers stacked up and used instead of shelves actually provide more usable area because stacks of folded clothing don't fall over, and you don't have to lift anything to reach the item on the bottom of the stack. Apparel stays clean and neat because each drawer holds only one item, or in the case of socks or undies, a limited number of items placed front to back in the drawer which are each easy to reach. Also, nothing ever gets lost at the back of the shelf because the whole drawer is visible and easy to access front to back. Okay, I probably sound like a salesman, but I'm not, it's just that I'm so impressed with how much easier life has been since I switched over to using those neat drawer-boxes. The next time you have to dig something from the bottom of a dresser drawer, think about how much nicer it would have been to just reach for it without having to dig.

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Carol, have you taken a white plastic bag and stuffed it to the size of the Possini Chandelier I posted, and hung it to see visually how it will look? It's 28" high. If your ceiling is 11', and you hang that chandy with approx 20" of chain, the light itself will be between 7 and 7.5 ft off the floor - a good height for an entry chandy. The fixture takes 6 60watt bulbs - more light than your old fan put out for sure. You definitely want to have a dimmer on this fixture. And I agree with BusyBee that sconces in this area will be definite overkill. I'd save the sconce budget for places that you'll want other lighting. If you're still undecided you can have the electrician run the wiring and bury it in the wall where you would like sconces, and not put a hole in the drywall. If you find later that you still want the sconces you can add them without any more trouble than opening up the hole in the drywall and accessing wiring.

Karine, I've been using these things for 4 years now so they last at least that long. But when I tried to get reserve bulbs on Amazon, they were no longer available. Reviewers who contacted the manufacturer said the product was discontinued because the bulbs themselves were no longer available. I built a Japanese-style shoji lantern specifically for these fixtures so when they break, I'm pretty much screwed. I decided I will just replace the fixture with LED strips eventually. That said, it was worth it for me. But if you have an open shelf, the 2-foot ones will work, they'll just stick out awkwardly on the sides. If it is a closed shelf, I suppose you're stuck too. There are LED strips you can install instead. They are more expensive, though and depending on the kind of shelf you are using, you might need to rig them a bit, i.e. tape them to a strip of wood that you can then hang (if you have one of those wire shelf things). I didn't know much about LED grow lights when I got these T5HOs but if I knew then what I have thus far learned, I would have invested on the LED strips. In point of fact, if you find replacement bulbs in Canada, could you get me 3 as well lol Because you just might have the last hoard of 17-watt T5HOs on the planet. I hope this helps Pagan