ATTIC ARTIFICIAL INTERNAL LIGHTING

Depending on a variety of structural issues, there are many ways of lighting your attic without the aid of sunlight.

A great space saver in an area that generally has space limits is recessed lighting. The existing roof timbers will act as a recess point to allow installation of recessed light fittings.

Avoid if possible drop down or hanging lights as they might not interfere with freedom of space but in a small area, they can induce a claustrophobic feeling.

In a bedroom or bedrooms, bedside lamps and wall lights can generate a lot of the artificial light. Where you have en-suite bathrooms or separate bathroom or toilets you need high wall or roof lights.

Games rooms, particularly those with snooker, billiards, or pool tables will require specific drop down lighting suitable to those games. In this case, the use of the attic area is specific to the amenity it provides so one is happy to use drop down lighting. Unless you have an enormous attic space, there are very few rooms that can be created to house a snooker table and also have multiple other uses.   

In a general recreation area, casual table top lighting will in most cases be more than adequate until you have a very high ceiling pitch.

Apart from recessed lighting, a cheaper simpler alternative is twin fluorescent tubes set into the peak of the roof in the attic. These are not obtrusive and will give off absolutely adequate lighting for all purposes.