Bright Ideas: Professional Lighting Solutions for Your Home by Sharon McFarlane stresses the importance of Ambient Lighting. Commercial lighting designers use ambient lighting to create the right atmosphere. This books shows how these same techniques can be applied to your home. “Some lighting is capable of meeting both ambient and functional requirements. Uplighters and pendants…
Is your kitchen bright enough? “Many older kitchens aren’t bright enough after the sun goes down. The most pleasant kitchen lighting comes from several sources. Lighting designers classify kitchen lighting as either task lighting, general – or ambient lighting – lighting, or accent lighting. That doesn’t mean you need three different types of fixtures; many…
WAC Lighting’s Beauty Spots Recessed Lighting I just love these small recessed lighting fixtures! They work in so many areas and they are easy to install on suspended or finished ceilings. Use just one by itself to create an accent. Use more scattered randomly. Or group them together to create an artistic “light sculpture” effect….
Bruck Lighting’s New GalaxZ Simplifies Daylight Harvesting Daylight Harvesting means using as much natural sunlight as possible instead of electric lighting. Of course this uses less energy and costs less money. Win-Win! Daylight Harvesting lighting control systems dim or switch off electric lighting when there is more natural sunlight. Bruck Lighting’s New GalaxZ Control in…
Even in the smallest bathroom or powder room, good lighting and good switches and dimmers make all the difference! Once you have light control in your bathroom, you will wonder how you ever lived without it. Have one switch for ceiling lighting, whether it is recessed lighting or a ceiling fixture. Have the mirror lighting…
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…
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…
