For skylights without alightwell, a flat skylight looks better and provides a better viewof the sky. Originally Published: September 11, 2011 at 3:00 AM PDT Share this: ...

A skylight in a flat ceiling tends to focus its light in a pool underneath.” A skylight streams natural light through a stairwell in this home by Bockus Payne. Justin Miers ...

The open area in your ceiling will be about twice that of the skylight area. It provides better distribution of the sunlight throughout your room and a better view of the sky.

With this lightwell design, the opening in your ceiling is the same size as the skylight and the sides are straight. If you are somewhat handy with tools, a tapered lightwell is a much better design.

American builders in the early and mid-20th century did embrace flat ceilings. Frank Lloyd Wright would manipulate the impact of a flat ceiling by designing it lower near a room’s entrance.

The Aqara Ceiling Light T1M is less colorful, smaller, and more traditional-looking than the Nanoleaf Skylight. It’s 20 inches round and 3 inches deep and sits flush to the ceiling.

The Nanoleaf Skylight Smarter Kit is Nanoleaf's first hardwired, permanent light, and it's also the first light that Nanoleaf designed specifically to be installed on ceilings. As with Nanoleaf ...

The Nanoleaf Skylight is a 12x12 LED light panel that is expandable up to 100 panels. The first panel is hardwired and then all additional panels are just linked, no additional hardwiring is required.