Posted on February 8th, 2010 by admin
Step 1
Choose lighting for safety. You should be able to see your way clearly from the garden entrance to your front door. If there are any steps that are difficult to navigate safely in the dark, good lighting will greatly reduce the risk of accidents. However, do not install intense, isolated lights, such as spotlights, [...]
No Comments »
Filed under: FYI, Uncategorized, general, how to's, light fixtures, lighting, night lights, tips
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 by admin
Going green with your home can be easy if you look at your house as a system. You save money and improve performance when you take cost-effective measures that reduce building loads, and then install systems and appliances that are the right size to meet the reduced loads. In general, over-sizing worsens performance and increases [...]
No Comments »
Filed under: FYI, Uncategorized, general, how to's, light fixtures, lighting, lighting site, tips
Posted on January 26th, 2010 by admin
If you don’t already know this season’s color is turquoise, last season yellow and before that it was green. Why am I telling you this? Obviously color is in for decorating your apartment. When you live in an apartment many people do not put any color on the walls, do not hang any pictures and [...]
No Comments »
Filed under: FYI, Uncategorized, chandeliers, how to's, light fixtures, lighting, pendant lighting, tips
Posted on May 29th, 2009 by admin
A stylist in Japan created his own chandelier with slips of Japanese paper. Some of these slips are printed while others are blank. They are attached by paper clips to thin wires and are hung on the ceiling of his office. The concept here is to entice his customers to participate in this creative idea [...]
1 Comment »
Filed under: FYI, chandeliers, lighting
Posted on March 31st, 2009 by admin
You might think that cleaning a chandelier is a tedious affair but if you take care of certain things then you can actually enjoy the process. Once your chandelier is clean the lighting in your room will improve by leaps and bounds. While cleaning any light fixtures that are attached to the ceiling, make sure [...]
9 Comments »
Filed under: FYI, general, how to's, tips
Posted on March 25th, 2009 by admin
Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28th at 8:30 p.m. will see participating cities in various countries turn off non-essential lighting and electrical appliances for a full hour to raise awareness of climate change. What began in Thailand in 2005 has now become a major global event and offers a unique challenge to every energy-using individual [...]
2 Comments »
Filed under: Earth Hour, FYI, general, lighting, personal
Posted on February 19th, 2009 by admin
When we think of home lighting, we typically think big. We think of chandeliers, floor lamps, or ceiling mounts. These all provide excellent sources of light. However, lighting is equal parts home décor and function. Sometimes alternative light fixtures can provide both. An increasingly popular fixture is the wall sconce.
Wall sconces are light fixtures that [...]
7 Comments »
Filed under: FYI, general, lighting, sconces
Posted on February 16th, 2009 by admin
This morning saw the announcement by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and former President Bill Clinton of a proposed five-year plan to retrofit 140,000 residential street lights in L.A. with energy efficient LED lights. The project, in partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative, is the largest light-emitting diode street light program undertaken by a city [...]
1 Comment »
Filed under: FYI, general
Posted on January 19th, 2009 by admin
The next time you’re out shopping for landscape lights, ask yourself this critical question to get a feel for what type of lighting you’ll need: what function will the lights serve in the property I need to light? Assess the natural lighting of the space to determine what you need to add in order to [...]
5 Comments »
Filed under: FYI, general, lighting site
Posted on December 16th, 2008 by admin
Although earlier forms of candle making was something that was successfully honed and utilized by primitive man as well as by other countries, such as Japan, Egypt, India, and China, modern candle making (what we currently know it as) officially started around the 13th century. The 13th and 14th centuries were turbulent times of widespread [...]
No Comments »
Filed under: FYI, general, history
