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วันเสาร์ที่ 19 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552

Home Lighting Basics - Plan Before You Buy

The brands, models, types and sizes of lighting fixtures in the market today are massive. I once had a guest from Great Britain with me when I go shopping at a local supermarket. Having been in the UK, I would almost guess what they say. "There are so many to choose," he said. The same applies to the lighting industry. There are chandeliers, pendants, sconces, strip lighting, recessed can> Lighting, lighting, floor lamps, ceiling lamps and so on. And for each type of lamp on the market, the styles, sizes, prices that are available, offer an almost mind-numbing variety of choices.

Let's talk about the fundamental questions are home lighting in context.

Start at the Beginning

Designing the way, you will light your home is really a form of planning. And, development, and lit a house is usually the short endof the stick when it all around the project. If you are thinking about adding or changing some lighting in your existing home, it's time to start planning what route you want in terms of the possible divisions lighting in your home leave. On the other hand, if you build a new house, you have the option of a comprehensive, complementary lighting plan is to a particular scheme or device installed to build.

What you're really after isLighting a plan that leads to all work together to find the home a coherent and integrated.

Start with your personal taste. Think about what kind of home she speaks the most. Do you like a bright, open look, a classic look or a modern look, to name a few? Give them a lot of thought because it provides the basis for your planning in all areas including lighting, you can choose.

Take a look at the function and layoutfrom every room. And think about what to highlight what are the scope for and what types of lighting possible in view of the space architecture is used. Ambient light must be a serious consideration in your planning.
Please note that ambient light is only part of the picture. It must be with the specific installations, in highlighting the focus task and accent lighting sales are coordinated. Make a preliminary plan for each room, the verymuch subject to change how you until the last phase of selection will receive your lighting. Above all, remember that all work in relation to your lighting needs together. If a certain aspect of your lighting in a room is overwhelming, and draws attention to itself, you have to do some balancing.

It could make everything a little easier, if you remember that lights outline roughly three categories:

Task

Lampssuch as table lamps

Track Lighting

Spot Lighting

Lights used to read

Downlights

Accent

Some table lamps

Rail Lighting

Sconces

Torchi

Pendants

Ambient

Chandeliers

Downlights

Ceiling Lighting

Pendants

Lamps do not fall into rigid functional categories and what you need in terms ofFunction determines to purchase the lights.

Rooms Aesthetics

Examine the key term that is against it. Light layering is the term currently in vogue. A coordinated, tasteful combination of the above categories generated stratification. For example, in a dining area with a pendant or chandelier could be used to make to ambient light, whereas recessed lighting system can provide task lighting and wall lamps provide accent lighting Furniture, except the dining table. Task lighting should serve as a primary light source providing at least five times higher than ambient lighting. An additional source of illumination can be provided by accent lighting that would provide approximately three times the level of ambient light. " Dimmer switches are easy to install and enable the homeowner to do all kinds of creative balance of the lighting level.

Decorative> Lighting should never be used as the main source of light. First, they are too bright in general, and usually produce glare, which is the last thing you want. Decorative lighting should always fit the layout in general lighting and shall never in the center of attention when someone enters the room.

Energy

Today, more than ever, lighting manufacturers and dealers are aware of energy. You need some time exploringwhich involve practical applications. There are many resources available on the Internet, and you should definitely do your homework before you begin your actual shopping.

This article is in no way intended to complete or comprehensive treatise on the subject of choosing the right lights at home. It is only an introduction and hopefully some useful food for thought on how to dig deeper.



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