Hello Ben, good post. I’ve spent a fair quantity occupied with this and experimenting with different setups. I prefer utilizing (many) normal commercially accessible mild bulbs. I think the sunshine quality is prone to be greater, plus it provides you a bunch of versatile lights you'll be able to place the place you need and move around the room. My recommended setup comes out the identical value per lumen as yours. All the time pleased to talk extra about this. Yup, that’s another helpful strategy! If I had been doing this with bulbs, particularly if I have been in search of greater high quality mild, I’d try to find ones with a higher CRI ("color rendering index") than the ones you listed, which aren't rated considerably increased than the corn bulb. CRI