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The lighting fixtures in your home help you create spaces that are comfortable, elegant and inviting. To use your lighting to its full potential, you should know the impact made by each component of a light fixture. You’ll be able to select the best lighting for your home and surprise your family and friends...
When it comes to lighting up your life, each room has specific needs. Chandeliers may work in some rooms, but not others. You may need accent lighting, depending on the primary source of light. Do you want ceiling fans with lights? Will industrial ceiling fans with lights fit the room’s aesthetic or should you...
The dining room is one of the most essential parts of your home. It’s likely where you host guests for dinner, a place for eating and conversation. Unlike the kitchen, it does not have to be brightly lit and mood lighting may be more desirable. Your choice of lighting is what sets the tone...
When it comes time to install or upgrade the light fixtures in your home, you have a number of options. Whether you are replacing pendant lights for dining room chandeliers or installing new vanity lights in the bathroom, here are some of the choices you will find for common light fixtures throughout your house....
Task lighting is another important layer of indoor lighting, but it’s important to illuminate your spaces to fit what you do because everyone’s task lighting needs are different. Make a note of what you do in the spaces you need to light. Do you need more light in kitchen prep areas? Do you have...
While LED lights themselves do not produce any heat, as a category they represent one of the hottest new trends in residential and commercial lighting! LED lights might have more in common with your TV than with the other light bulbs you have. That’s because LEDs are semiconductor devices that can produce directed light in an...
Ambient lighting, sometimes also known as general lighting, is the main source of lighting in a room and is extremely important in indoor lighting design. It should not be the only source of illumination in a space, but people sometimes stop and declare the job done after putting in an ambient light source. That’s...
Fluorescent lighting is not a new technology. However, the fluorescent choices available today are far different than what was available even five years ago. Much of this advancement has come in the area of compact fluorescent lights, which are more commonly referred to as CFLs. How Fluorescent Lights Work Fluorescent lighting is produced when an...
Any conversation about lighting has to begin with incandescent lights, that mainstay of lighting since its invention in the late 1800s. To this day, incandescent is still the most commonly used source of light in homes. While fluorescents, LEDs and even halogen bulbs are more energy-efficient, many consumers still prefer incandescent lights in their...
Decorative lighting is the fourth layer of interior illumination and, simply put, it is like jewelry for the home: it helps your space sparkle and shine. Accessorize your house and bring out its best features by adding decorative lighting fixtures. Examples of decorative lighting Note that sometimes, decorative fixtures can also serve other purposes, like...
