Lighting can make a difference in how you feel about your home: perform tasks more easily, feel safe and comfortable and allows you to enjoy your home completely. It can add beauty and drama to a room in a very inexpensive way compared to others home decorating or remodeling options.
Lighting needs
Lighting should be planned to compliment your lifestyle, to do so you have to develop a whole lighting plan that suits your individual needs. Look at the activities that occur in each room, the atmosphere you want to create and the decorative elements you wish to enphasize.
Fundamentals of lighting
There are three basic types of lighting that work together to light your home. A good lighting plan combines all three of them:
General: provides an area with overall illumination. Confortable level of brightness.
Task: helps perform specific tasks such as reading or cooking. It should be free of distracting glare and shadows.
Accent: adds drama to a room by creating visual interest.
Notes on the content of the three podcasts:
- Lighing your home
Lighting can make a difference in how you feel about your home: perform tasks more easily, feel safe and comfortable and allows you to enjoy your home completely. It can add beauty and drama to a room in a very inexpensive way compared to others home decorating or remodeling options.- Lighting needs
Lighting should be planned to compliment your lifestyle, to do so you have to develop a whole lighting plan that suits your individual needs. Look at the activities that occur in each room, the atmosphere you want to create and the decorative elements you wish to enphasize.- Fundamentals of lighting
There are three basic types of lighting that work together to light your home. A good lighting plan combines all three of them: