Light


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Light can make a difference about how you __feel__ about your home. It can help you __performs task__ easily, and even feel safer and comfortable for the full enjoyment of your home. It can add beauty and drama to a room, and change the way you feel about it. It can make a small room seem open and airy, and a large room appear cozy and inviting. Changing the lighting of your home can set the __mood__ for a stimulating atmosphere in a night of entertaining, or a quiet feeling of relaxation after a long, tiring day. Also, lighting decoration is mostly __inexpensive__ compared to other decoration media.

Everyone should know that light can complement your lifestyle, and adapt to the individual needs of you and those of your family. Light should __adapt__ to the activities that occur in each room, and should set an __atmospher__e for each one, you can even create special lighting patterns to __emphasize__ decorative elements. But remember, light is wasted in dark color rooms, since they absorb it; instead, it is reflected and is used better because of the additional illumination in light color rooms. In areas that are serving more than a single purpose, maybe there will be required more than one type of lighting.

Here’s a tip: a good lighting plans uses __three__ types of lighting: General Lighting, Task Lighting and Accent Lighting. It helps to light an area according to __function and style__: __ General Lighting __ is airy with overall illumination, it is also known as ambient lighting, it has a comfortable level of brightness, replaces sunlight in the night.

 __Task Lighting__ is used when one performs specific tasks in a room. It should be free from distracting glare and shadows, and be bright enough to avoid eye strain.

__ Accent Lighting __ adds drama to a room by creating visual interest in a focal point. It can spotlight paintings and other décor, or highlight textures in any room. But one should be aware that it requires as 3 times as much light at a focal point as the general lighting around it.