By: Stephen Drummonsy
Submitted: 2010-07-26 09:14:46 | Word Count: 820
How will you light up your dark corners? How will you highlight your favourite paintings? How will you be able to make out what you are doing in the kitchen? Good lighting is essential if you're to make the most out of your interiors, it is the first thing you ought to ponder about when doing up a room.
A decent electrician has all kinds of lighting at his disposal to install in your home. Gone are the days when a solitary hanging pendant light was the only light source, with possibly a table lamp for reading and writing. Electricians now talk about ambient, feature and task lighting - and in one room you can have all three of them all together!
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Ambient lighting is classed as general lighting that supplies brightness. In some rooms it is practical to get your electrician to locate this kind of lighting on a dimmer switch. For instance in living rooms and dining rooms where you may possibly want to produce the right ambience for romance or entertaining. It can also be very useful in bedrooms - particularly for kids bedrooms where you may well want to check on the youngsters in the middle of the night without frightening them awake! And in the bathroom, it can help create serenity after a hectic day - especially if accompanied by a candle or two.
Feature lighting highlights particular features that you would like people to observe. Possibly a special painting or an attractive piece of home furniture. It can also look great on shelving or in alcoves where it will direct people towards worthy of note features.
Task lighting is very practical. It ensures you can correctly see what you are doing. For instance, cooking in the kitchen, reading a book in bed or putting on make-up in front of a mirror. It supplies strong light at a definite place and is indispensable for getting things done without straining your eyes.
Electricians will organize your lighting requirements with several light sources. Downlighters are buried into the ceiling or attached to the wall. If they are intending to be dug in you will want to check that the cavity between the ceiling and the floor above is large enough to accommodate the lighting fixture. Downlighters can give narrow or wide beams of light, which ever one you choose, remember that the latter is a good solution for all-purpose lighting.
Uplighters are as a rule fixed to the wall and throw light upwards to the ceiling, which is then in turn reflected back into the room. These type lights can amplify the feeling of space and height in a room, as long as the ceiling is white or very pale.
Wallwashers cast light up and down a wall, again reflecting light into a room but in addition generating an appealing light characteristic on the wall, especially if the beams are narrow. They are especially effective at highlighting interesting wall textures, for instance polished concrete or open brick work.
Decorative lights can be a brilliant attribute and work remarkably well if paired with additional lighting so that the decorative light does not have to do all the work of lighting an area. It can then be appreciated as a decoration rather than simply a light source. These include pendant lights, chandeliers and attractive table lights.
Before your electrician fixes the light fitting that you have selected, it really is worth considering the type of bulb it needs. Low-voltage bulbs work especially well as subtle feature lighting. Fluorescent bulbs give off even, flat light and are great for uplighters and wall washers. Clear tungsten bulbs with a bare filament will produce highly defined shadows. Frosted bulbs provide softer, more diffused light.
Also, discuss with your electrician the type of controls which you prefer. Seperated from dimmers there are also controls which can include all of the lights in a room on pre-set controls, maybe you prefer to have the lights programmed to different moods - very bright, very dim or some lights on and others off. This allows you to create the suitable mood at the flip of just one switch rather than going round the room placing several lights on and off, which can be tiresome.
Superior lighting can change a property. So make it a priority when you are redecorating - use it as the starting point and you cannot go wrong.
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