Six Steps to Your New Look – Step by Step Redecorating
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Six Steps to Your New Look – Step by Step Redecorating

Creating a beautiful comfortable home that reflects your taste and personality can be extremely rewarding. The secret is to take your time, make a plan and enjoy the process. 1-      What do you REALLY want? What do you want? If you don’t already have a file of pages pulled from magazines, start one now. Pull…

Add Sparkle Year Round with a Chandelier
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Add Sparkle Year Round with a Chandelier

Good Morning America December 3, 2012 Installment of Get the Good Life had tips from Designer Jonathan Adler, author of “100 ways to Happy Chic Your Life.” This was one of his tips: Invest in a Chandelier Lara Spencer introduced the section with, “Every home needs a chandelier, no matter the price point. That’s one…

Oriental Style Lighting
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Oriental Style Lighting

Oriental Style Lighting can work in a variety of interiors.  “If you love to travel, or just have a taste for the exotic and unusual, then you will love an Asian interior design style in your home. It’s colorful, relaxed, unique and fun. Best of all, it can be whatever you want it to be…!”…

What Size Should My Chandelier Be?
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What Size Should My Chandelier Be?

When choosing your chandelier, scale matters a lot. There are a lot of factors to think about, but here is an easy way to calculate the best size for your dining room. The first guideline is: Measure your table. Divide that number in half. That’s your smallest chandelier width. So, a 48″ table gets a…

Recessed Lighting Shower Trims
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Recessed Lighting Shower Trims

There is a wide variety of shower trims available for recessed lighting. Shower trims include a lens and are rated for wet locations. Shower Recessed lighting is available in a variety of sizes, from 2″ to 6″. It is available for standard base bulbs, fluorescent, GU10, MR16, Xenon and LED. Your shower needs enough lighting…

Simple Kit to Convert Recessed Lighting to LED
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Simple Kit to Convert Recessed Lighting to LED

Convert your existing recessed lighting to super energy efficient LED with a new easy-to-use kit from Eurofase. The kit includes everything you need to convert a typical 6 inch recessed can that uses a 150W Incandescent R40 to PAR 38 bulb. The LED driver is powered by screwing into the bulb socket. The 14W LED…

Where to Position Recessed Lighting
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Where to Position Recessed Lighting

Recessed lighting is an excellent choice for lighting that can work with any interior. Because you see the effects of the lighting, without seeing the fixtures, recessed lighting is an investment that continues to work as your taste and style evolve. Some people think of them as boring, but used effectively these lights can create…

Well Planned Lighting

Well Planned Lighting

Don’t think of lighting as an afterthought. The right lighting is one of the most fundamental elements in interior design. The wrong lighting can completely destroy the impact of even the most well thought out design. Good lighting makes your room more functional and more beautiful. Providing the right lighting allows you to enjoy using…

Monorail for High Ceilings
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Monorail for High Ceilings

Monorail is a great choice for a high ceiling. What’s the best way to add overhead lights to a tall ceiling? For soaring ceilings in urban lofts and suburban great rooms, pliable low-voltage systems work magic, says designer Rey-Barreau. He prefers the Monorail system, right. Hand-shape the exposed conductors into waves and wide arcs, or…