| Enhance your room with light |
Light is a key influence on our moods. If it's a sunny day, our spirits are lifted.
If it is overcast, we often feel less cheerful. In the same way, the lighting in your home
can affect your mood.
Good lighting can help create and maintain a feel-good factor in your home, enabling you
to change the mood to suit any occasion.
There are so many options to choose from. Do you want a natural daylight effect or do you
need practical lighting for cooking, reading or studying ?
Perhaps you would like to accent a favourite feature in your home or garden. |
Planning Your Lighting |
Here are some questions to consider when planning the lighting in a room:
- What are the main activities that
take place in this room ?
- What kinds of lighting will these
activities require ?
- How will the lighting needs vary
during the day ?
- What kind of atmosphere would you
like to create ?
- Which features in your room do you
most like to highlight ?
- How can you complement the amount
of natural light that comes into the room ?
- Are there any dark corners you want to illuminate ?
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| Some Useful Hints |
- Balance cold and warm light in each
room. Use bright white halogen light for a clean, modern
look and Softtone bulbs for a warm atmospheric look.
- Position lighting at different
heights to add interest and depth
- Try overlapping pools of light with
shadow to enhance the feeling of space in a room
- Use several sources of lighting in each room so you can adapt your lighting for
different activities and times of day
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| Types of Bulb |
| As there are so many bulbs available it is difficult to ascertain what you require.
This may help you understand this a little more fully. |
| Guide to Bulb Caps |
| Different fittings require different 'caps'. There are four different 'caps'
available, i.e. small Eddison screw (SES); small bayonet cap (SBC); Eddison screw (ES) and
finally the more common bayonet cap(BC). |
| Spot Light Bulbs |
These come in different sizes - R39, R50, R63, R80 etc.
Spotlights are useful for task lighting and they are ideal over mirrors and in the
kitchen to cast bright light on work surfaces. Spotlight bulbs can also come
in bright colours to create a party atmosphere. |
| Halogen |
| Again, these come in different sizes - capsules, 35mm, 50mm, closed and open,
tube GU10, GZ10 etc. Halogen lighting produces a clear, bright, natural light that
is perfect for hobbies, studying or cooking. It is also good for background illumination.
This type of lighting is often used for security lighting because it is bright. |
| Standard Bulbs |
| The classic tungsten light bulb is what we are all most familiar with.
This bulb comes in different shapes, i.e. GLS, candle, golf ball etc. Different finishes, i.e. clear
or pearl, will create the atmosphere you require. You can also buy the classic light bulb
in bright colours to create a party atmosphere.
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