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Hey gang!
I've just moved from Toronto to Peterborough and I've started building the game room and I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on using Rope Lighting. Something like this:
How would something like this look? What colour would look best? Any thoughts on multi-colour Rope Lights?
I used SketchUp to mock up what the new game room is going to look like:
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I use standard white ones and they look great hidden away like that. We have them in our kitchen when the lights are out.
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I've used them a few times and they are great, I would use the white ones.
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I used ropelight behind marquees in my gameroom , it's actually darker than in the picture, the exposure and flash on my digital camera makes it look like daylight in there
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My brother has that in his sons' room. Works great. I'm holding out until I figure out a way to do multicolor LEDs and change the color whenever I want.
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No air hockey?
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how the heck do you guys afford all this stuff? lol
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I had rope lighting in my living room for christmas and I noticed it smells like rubber. Wouldn't want that around all year.
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I'm just impressed that the game room encompasses 50% of his house.
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Rope lighting is a good quick solution but you
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have to keep it hidden. When used for low light levels it's good... when you can see it it's not much different than lit plastic owls outside a double wide.
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Dem dang owls keep the possums away!
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I use blue rope light, not hidden. It looks great.
But, my gameroom is not like yours. It's all arcade games. The subtle lighting works great with my 12 games.
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