Thursday, January 3, 2008

Starting From Where We Left

If you have a false ceiling, you would like to highlight the features - go in for cove lights to enhance the effect. You would not like your bathroom lights to play havoc with the settings of your bedroom furniture, hence it is best to place the light where the glare does not fall directly on your bed when the bathroom door is open. Keep a provision for extras like a music system, PC etc, besides the all essential table lamp on the study table. A smart table lamp is sure to attract your teenager to at least sit at that table - what he does there is a different matter!Dining Room: The basic need of lights in the dining room is to light up the food, and your special dish will look best under the arc lights that will bring out its finer details. A set of three focus lights hanging from the ceiling could give your bathroom that extra special look reserved only for the best in its class.Children's Room: You have already set up your own room - its time you paid adequate attention to the kids as well. By using the right light at the right place, you will have made your house into a functional, energy efficient zone. Since cleanliness is so important here, lighting that lights up all the horizontal and vertical spaces is essential. Light up the bar with special lights - it's the place that is going to command the maximum attention during any party!Kitchen: Coming to that most important of rooms where the lady of the house spends most of her time preparing meals three times a day. More so, everyone would chip in with some kind of help at some time or the other.Starting from where we left off last week, let us see some more lighting solutions for the rest of your house. You may consider using a downlighter (a bulb affixed with the shade on top) to light up the mirror and the basin. Having taken care of that little detail, use an adequately bright light to light up the bathroom. Use hanging halogen lights just over the dining table, so as to avoid the extra light from spilling over to the sectional sofas in the living room. Soft white light may be used to light up the rest of the room, with a dimmer to enhance that romantic feeling whenever you are in the right mood. The refrigerator or chopping platform could be given a focus light of its own. Use bedside lamps beside the single platform beds to allow them to do some bedtime reading.Bathroom: Most modern houses have the bathroom attached to the bedroom.These energy efficient tips will serve a dual purpose - while adding to the décor of your home, they will also cut down on your electricity bills. An uplighter could similarly be used to highlight any particular spot you would like to accentuate - a designer window, or a specially designed wall, for example. Ensure the switch is close to the entrance to enable you to use it while.

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