Illuminating Your Home

Unless homeowners use an interior designer, lighting is often overlooked in their design plan. That’s a design mistake because lighting makes a huge impact on a room, not just in the way it looks, but the way it functions as well. Not only will you want your lighting to work optimally for you, but it is a strong selling point when you are staging your home for sale in the future.

It’s important to determine which type of lighting you need for your room so that it will function well for you. For example, in your kitchen you will want general lighting so that the overall room is well lit, but you will also need task lighting in your work space. The bathroom will need to be well lit in addition to special attention in the mirror area where you need the right light fixtures for applying makeup. Although you will want your dining area lit with general lighting, you will probably want a good dimmer system to enjoy the space for fine dining with a more romantic light!

Once you figure out what type of lighting you need, now comes the fun part of choosing the different styles, shapes and forms of lighting. What you choose will depend greatly on the overall style of your room, ease in cleaning, budget and what you like. Everything from formal chandeliers, pendants, recessed, track, under cabinet, to wall and ceiling mounted fixtures can be used. With a large variety to choose from, you can combine a custom look of your own.

Lighting controls can give you the flexibility to have a lighting design plan that has multiple uses. Not only can you enjoy the decorative effects, but the lower light levels allow you to conserve energy. An integrated dimming system can allow you to create multiple preset lighting scenes within a room. There are also touch, slide or rotary dimmers, For more information about how to plan and choose lighting for your home, you can call Lighting Zone at 310 921-9495 or visit www.dreamonlighting.com