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Create a beautiful first impression outside your home with outdoor lights. Available in more styles and types than ever before, no matter what style you like, you’re going to find outdoor lights that are perfect for your needs and wants. Our complete outdoor lighting guide is a must-read before you embark on a lighting...
Are you going to have guests coming over during the holiday season? If so, have you thought about the way your visitors might see your home? We will help you create a terrific first impression with lighting, decor and a little bit of maintenance. That way, when that doorbell starts to ring, you’ll be...
Task lighting is another important layer of indoor lighting, but it’s important to illuminate your spaces to fit what you do because everyone’s task lighting needs are different. Make a note of what you do in the spaces you need to light. Do you need more light in kitchen prep areas? Do you have...
While LED lights themselves do not produce any heat, as a category they represent one of the hottest new trends in residential and commercial lighting! LED lights might have more in common with your TV than with the other light bulbs you have. That’s because LEDs are semiconductor devices that can produce directed light in an...
Ambient lighting, sometimes also known as general lighting, is the main source of lighting in a room and is extremely important in indoor lighting design. It should not be the only source of illumination in a space, but people sometimes stop and declare the job done after putting in an ambient light source. That’s...
Fluorescent lighting is not a new technology. However, the fluorescent choices available today are far different than what was available even five years ago. Much of this advancement has come in the area of compact fluorescent lights, which are more commonly referred to as CFLs. How Fluorescent Lights Work Fluorescent lighting is produced when an...
Pendants are among the most popular and most widely-varied styles of lighting. They’re also broadly defined, so many lights can fit under the pendant umbrella. The word pendant refers to any hanging lighting fixture that is mounted on a chain, stem, cable or wire. Pendants are very useful because they can either aim directed lighting...
Any conversation about lighting has to begin with incandescent lights, that mainstay of lighting since its invention in the late 1800s. To this day, incandescent is still the most commonly used source of light in homes. While fluorescents, LEDs and even halogen bulbs are more energy-efficient, many consumers still prefer incandescent lights in their...
Whether you need to brighten up your front door, illuminate a patio or shed light on a poolside, there are outdoor lights that will do just what you need. Read on to learn about the various styles of outdoor lighting, how to find the right size, what to shop for and other helpful tips. After all,...
The chandelier has been an ideal way to light a home for thousands of years. In fact, the earliest example of a chandelier is in the walls of French caves that were once inhabited by cavemen: there are holes in the walls because the cavemen needed a place to hang their torches. (You can also read...
