I use 240w "quantum boards" lights I buy from Meiju lighting company on Alibaba. About $160 delivered. They work great and are natural white color not blurple.
Usually through the winter I run them 18 hours a day in the corner of my house and I put a mylar sheet up on the window and the walls to not bother my neighbors. It works great. Yes, light will pour out of your house unless you use a tent. A tent isn't necessary in my opinion.
Brian
the "blurple" chinese LED light fixtures on amazon seem to be a very good bang for the buck, but they are painful to look at. Others here recommended 'COB' lights which seem nice
K rims, and Brian thank you
In this case I do not think the purple lights are good but I like them
I have seem the purple lights , and in this case I think if he wanted to open the (book shelf or what ever contraption I can think of)
It would ruin the experience
I will have to research this , but really do not know how
as I try not to read about stuff until I want to use it as I learned a lot of stuff I never used , and forgot.
I see COB is LED , and also those Meiju sound nice (a led too)
I gathered bits, and pieces here and there on this forum
Any links to see what to look for in lights ?
So I know what I am getting when I buy as opposed to falling for marketing bias when buying direct.
I think A cool plan would to be build a terrarium inside a book shelf or armoire
a sealed terrarium could make it's own humidity , and the wooden doors to cover the lights but also for aesthetics
I do have (church plexie glass ) but I think plastic wrap flexible sheets , (like Johnm3315 showed)
and tent sealing tent glue might work (or gorilla glue it expands) (or glue stick to seal plastic)
I will let you know what I come up with
Oh forgot thinking the plexie glass for doors since hard behind wooden doors for support
it was found free in a Churches trash anyways so no cost --
but could use old glass from patio windows (free as well from window company)
to seal terrarium if I decide to go with terrarium