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Planning Your Lighting

Lighting needs to fulfill three key functions. Firstly, it needs to provide enough background light for general use, in effect recreating natural daylight. This is known as ambient lighting. Secondly, it needs to supply focused light for specific areas such as desks, bathroom mirrors and kitchen worktops. This is known as task lighting. Lastly, it needs to create areas of interest and variety, highlighting or softening the the architecture of the room and adding atmosphere with shadows and contrasts-this is called accent lighting.

Different rooms will need you to shift the emphasis from one type of lighting to another. For example, studies need good task lighting whereas accent lighting is key to designing a restful bedroom. Usually a combination of all these three types of lighting mentioned above will establish the right levels of mood and practicality.

Therefore, it becomes essential for you to plan your lighting before you start with the actual work. It will save time later on and can also save the possible change in lighting if it doesn’t fit well in a particular room.