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Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Lighting is not only an important factor for design and function of any place, but it is also a great way to express your mood. What you feel and how you enjoy it all very much expressed by the way you lit your home.
Types of Lighting
Lighting is always of various types, depending on the space and the requirement of the people. Normally, different rooms of home have different sort of lighting patterns, not all the home follows the same pattern of lighting. Generally three types of lighting is used in home design
• General or Ambient Lighting: These are normally the fixed bulb or group of bulbs suspended from the ceiling or on a wall.
• Task Lighting: These are used for certain tasks such as for reading purpose. These have nothing to do with lighting up a whole room.
• Display or Accent Lighting: These are used to highlight the special features of spots like a painting etc.
Now we will see how one can use lighting in different rooms in different designs:
Living Room
• Use ceiling lights with open shades to allow the light to disperse in the room.
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