I’m replacing the 37 recessed ceiling lights in the house we bought with LED retrofits. They are SO much brighter than the old incandescent bulbs. Not quite “burning through brick” bright, but a lot brighter than what we had.
Just make sure those new LED units aren’t any “hotter” than 3000K, which is a soft grey tone; 2700K puts out a yellow-white tone that is indiscernable from old-school “warm white” incandescent bulbs. PERFECT for pleasingly lit living spaces. You get up toward 4000K or higher, and the tone of the light is a piercing blue-white that’s great for highway lighting or industrial applications, but horrible in the house.