Lighting your mug shelves

Wondering from this group here - how do you discreetly light up your mug shelves?

Our house has a slew of built-in shelves, and I expect some form of lightstrips will ensue. Most often I see folks adding a little lip to the shelf to hide the lights (so you end up with a footlights effect as in a theatrical stage).

What other tips do you have for lighting your shelves and/or hiding your lights? Looking forward to hearing suggestions or even seeing examples!

Best, Rupe

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[ Edited by 3vab on 2022-09-25 11:15:07 ]

Those are some great tips - thank you very much! What an excellent collection of mugs too. Well done!

The built-ins we've got are definitely a mix of above/below the average height eyeline. Maybe I will try from above for the uppers and below for the lowers. Could be a good mix.

Thank you for these suggestions - and especially the photos. They very clearly reflected your techniques! :)

I have been using these LEDs all over my bar for discrete lighting.

Dimmable, and I suggest the knob and not the remote if you have any other remote stuff in the room, even a TV. They cross signals.

Here you can see them on the top shelf. This is at full brightness.

You can mount these easily anywhere and that can give you a better angle than a strip right at the base or top of the mugs.

I add a little cone to hide the bulb from site.

[ Edited by Swanky on 2022-05-08 10:05:43 ]

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[ Edited by 3vab on 2022-09-25 11:13:07 ]