- Bedroom Lighting Guidelines
Bedroom Lighting Guidelines Good bedroom lighting considers a careful mixture of practical and psychological factors. The average bedroom has so many different uses - relaxation, intimacy, study,...
- Exterior Lighting Ideas
Exterior Lighting Ideas The three aspects of lighting - ambient, task and accent - apply to exterior lighting just as they do for interior illumination. But the way they're implemented will be very...
- How To Compare Bulbs
How To Compare Bulbs So many people are used to thinking about wattage, they forget that word doesn't measure brightness, but power consumption. They think of needing a brighter bulb, so they seek...
- Illuminate the Garage
Illuminate the Garage Garage lighting often gets little attention. An incandescent bulb or two, maybe a fluorescent fixture and it's considered finished. But a garage can have many uses and lighting...
- Incandescent or Fluorescent?
Incandescent or Fluorescent? For many years the pros and cons of incandescent versus fluorescent lights have been described. With the addition of CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lights), LED and other...
- Installing a Dimmer Switch
Installing a Dimmer Switch Dimmer switches are a great convenience. They help save electricity and allow you to adjust the atmosphere of a room. Sometimes you just don't want to be blasted in a pool...
- LEDs, The New Option
LEDs, The New Option For decades the choice came down to an incandescent bulb or a fluorescent. Even with the relatively recent introduction of CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lights), incandescents almost...
- Lighting the Home Entertainment Area
Lighting the Home Entertainment Area More and more homes today have a separate area or even an entire room of the house dedicated to home entertainment. Extensive stereos and home theater systems...
- Lighting Your Decks
Lighting Your Decks Don't limit your deck lighting scheme to a paltry porch light. Deck lighting should encompass more than just a little bit of necessary illumination. It should make your deck...
- Lighting Your Home
Lighting Your Home You buy a bulb at the store, put it into a fixture and flip the switch. On comes a light. What could be simpler? True, many home lighting situations are as easy as that. But if you...
- Motion Sensors for Home Lighting
Motion Sensors for Home Lighting One of the latest crazes in home lighting is the use of motion sensors. But there's nothing crazy about this craze. It makes perfect sense. Whether used for security...
- Seasonal Lighting Tips
Seasonal Lighting Tips Lighting schemes should match the season, for reasons of cost, safety and optimal design. Everyone is familiar with stringing Christmas lights. Around December, displays of...
- Solar Lawn Lights
Solar Lawn Lights Edison's invention is about 100 years old. It's about time we thought about using something a little more up to date. Actually Edison didn't invent the light bulb. He improved it,...
- Track Lighting
Track Lighting For a time, track lighting was a fairly cheesy choice. But that was never inherent in the design. Any form of lighting can look poor when the lighting scheme and fixture design are...