Excellent Decor And Energy Efficiency For Your Home

Starting from where we left off last week, let us see some more lighting solutions for the rest of your house.

Bathroom: Most modern houses have the bathroom attached to the bedroom. You would not like your bathroom lights to play havoc with the settings of your bedroom furniture, hence it is best to place the light where the glare does not fall directly on your bed when the bathroom door is open. Having taken care of that little detail, use an adequately bright light to light up the bathroom. You may consider using a downlighter (a bulb affixed with the shade on top) to light up the mirror and the basin. An uplighter could similarly be used to highlight any particular spot you would like to accentuate – a designer window, or a specially designed wall, for example. A set of three focus lights hanging from the ceiling could give your bathroom that extra special look reserved only for the best in its class.

Children’s Room: You have already set up your own room - its time you paid adequate attention to the kids as well. Ensure the switch is close to the entrance to enable you to use it while entering or leaving the room. Use bedside lamps beside the single platform beds to allow them to do some bedtime reading. Keep a provision for extras like a music system, PC etc, besides the all essential table lamp on the study table. A smart table lamp is sure to attract your teenager to at least sit at that table – what he does there is a different matter!

Dining Room: The basic need of lights in the dining room is to light up the food, and your special dish will look best under the arc lights that will bring out its finer details. Use hanging halogen lights just over the dining table, so as to avoid the extra light from spilling over to the sectional sofas in the living room. Soft white light may be used to light up the rest of the room, with a dimmer to enhance that romantic feeling whenever you are in the right mood. Light up the bar with special lights – it’s the place that is going to command the maximum attention during any party!

Kitchen: Coming to that most important of rooms where the lady of the house spends most of her time preparing meals three times a day. More so, everyone would chip in with some kind of help at some time or the other. Since cleanliness is so important here, lighting that lights up all the horizontal and vertical spaces is essential. Use a circular CFL for shadow free, bright results. The refrigerator or chopping platform could be given a focus light of its own. If you have a false ceiling, you would like to highlight the features - go in for cove lights to enhance the effect.

These energy efficient tips will serve a dual purpose – while adding to the décor of your home, they will also cut down on your electricity bills. By using the right light at the right place, you will have made your house into a functional, energy efficient zone.