Home Lighting

Light of Your Life

Home Lighting refers to the devices or techniques used for illumination, usually referring to artificial light sources such as lamps or other devices. Home lighting can be natural or artificial. Natural indoor lighting is by windows and skylights and architectural modifications leading to the lighting by daylight. Artificial indoor lighting is by means of lamps, and electric lights but also by gas, candles or oil lamps. Home lighting may be indoor or outdoor, i.e. landscape. Indoor lighting is a form of furnishing, and a critical part of interior design while landscape lighting is done for the garden outside.

Lighting design requires the consideration of several design factors such as tasks occurring in the environment, occupants of the environment, i.e. if they are elderly they require better illumination, initial and continued operational costs which emphasizes on how much can you save on your electric bills. Lighting design also looks at the aesthetic architectural impact, physical size of the environment, surface characteristics, dirt and dust generation and such other factors.

If you have never looked beyond lamps to light your home, you are missing out on some of the most exciting design opportunities available. Home lighting has literally thousands of options. Chandeliers, Pendant lighting, Flush lighting also exists. Alcove lighting, Recessed lighting, LED lighting, Track lighting are all various options to choose from.

Children's lighting involves colorful lights livening up any room. Bathroom lighting is also an option which must be carefully chosen and deliberately planned to give your bathroom the most pleasing effect. Hall lighting, bedroom lighting, kitchen lighting, cabinet lighting, etc are all types of home lighting to be kept in mind.

Contemporary, Crystal, Modern, Tiffany and Traditional lighting styles are wide genres of home lighting. Each has a specific style and aesthetic value and must be treated in the precise taste that one possesses.

Lighting is classified by its intended use depending largely on the distribution of the light produced by the fixture. Task lighting is mainly functional and is usually the most concentrated, for purposes such as reading or inspection of materials. Accent lighting is mainly decorative, intended to highlight pictures or other elements of interior design or landscaping. General lighting fills in between the two and is intended for general illumination of an area. Downlighting is most common, with fixtures on the ceiling casting light downward. Uplighting is less common, often used to bounce indirect light off of the ceiling and back down, though this is less efficient than direct lighting. It can also be used for dramatic effect, such as creating interesting shadows.

Home lighting is hence as important as building your home as it requires deliberate planning and careful execution.

There are many more fixture articles in our fixture section. There is more specific information in the links at the beginning of this article. They can guide you where you need to go.