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For lighting, try Undercabinet Fluorescent Lights, thye usually come in 24" sections and are not prone to the crackling an buzzing normal Fluorescent lighting has. they also put out a lot of light for their size. there's others out there that come in 3-4" disks that are just as good and may be cheaper in the long run. Home depot has a "Hampton Bay 3-Light White 20 Watt Halogen Plug-in Under Cabinet Light", and a 5-light set up, which are 3 or 5 small round halogen lamps that may be good, as they are dimmable as well. but not having used them in any capacity, i'm not sure if they're prone to the heat output of normal halogen or not, so they may not be suitable for deck lighting. As for the decks, usually you set the lower deck to a set depth, say 30", then you'd set the upper deck to a slightly smaller depth, say 24". this is not set in stone, but every layout i've seen seems to follow a 6" difference in depths. the hight difference in decks should be enough to accomidate any building you plan to use, as well as allow you to do varying hights of rail on the lower decks. 12" height difference (mesured from top of bottom deck to bottom of top deck) should be a minimum difference. Helix's are a whole topic in themselves, and there's even a thread on them on this forum, so I won't go into them much here.
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