Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Lighting Types

By Scott Rodgers

Home is one of the largest investment for any homeowner and everybody wants to have a beautiful home. Besides other decorating items, lighting plays a very important role in the look and feel of a place. You can create any kind of environment with different lighting styles.

Different rooms in a home are used for different activities so each has different lighting requirements as well. Like some are categorized as task areas which include kitchen, bathrooms, home office etc. while others can be categorized as living areas like bedrooms and family rooms.

Selecting lights for task areas is very simple as compared to selecting lights for living areas because task areas are used for specific activities rather than spending free time with family. So, you do not have to think about the mood and the environment you want to create for such areas which is a major concern for living areas.

For task area, ambient lighting can be used as the main illuminating source. They can fulfill both aesthetic as well as functional requirements simultaneously. For places that are used for some particular tasks(like a sink or counter top etc.) should be lighted with task lighting which will be focused light so that one can easily do the work there.

You can use accent lights in task areas to to add beauty and style. Generally accent lights are used to accent special features of a room like any artwork or elegant wood work in the room.

For lighting up living areas things are a little different than lighting up task areas. Here the priority list goes like : accent, task, and then ambient which is just the opposite to the sequence followed for lighting up task areas.

You can use accent lights here to enhance the beauty of the room. Like, you can draw special attention to points of interest, a painting or a beautiful sculpture. For hobby areas like reading areas or a pool table, go for task lights because these areas require focused lights.

Lighting is the most important part of home decor. Even if you have rest of the things right and the lighting arrangements are not good, all your efforts would be wasted. After deciding on the lighting styles, get some matching fixtures to complete the look of your home.

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