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While you would spend time and effort setting up the lighting for your master bedroom and living rooms, this in no way takes away the importance of good lighting for the rest of the house. Continuing from last week’s article, in Part II, 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 should make sure your bathroom lights do not play havoc with the settings of your bedroom furniture. Place the lights where the glare does not shine 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. Children’s Room: Children spend quality time in their room and undertake a variety of activities – from studying, playing, listening to music, dancing, relaxing, and of course, sleeping. Lighting in the children’s room should complement all these activities, and at the same time focus on safety 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 highly essential table lamp on the study table. A smart table lamp is sure to attract your teenager to at least sit at that table – studies would hopefully follow. Dining Room: The basic need of lights in the dining room is to light up the food. Your special dinner set will definitely look best under bright arc lights. Use hanging halogen lights just over the dining table, so as to avoid spillover of extra light 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 specially – 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 a lot of her time. More so, everyone would chip in with some kind of help at some time or the other. Since cleanliness is very 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. Balcony, Staircase, Other Common Spaces: These fall under the category of common areas, and functionality is the key factor here – people are going to use it for movement all the time. A light in the balcony would be lit for long periods of time, hence it is best to go for an energy efficient option like a CFL – the wattage can be small. Wall lights are suitable for staircases to light up all the stairs well. By following these tips, you will cut down drastically on your electricity bills. Save the extra money for a well deserved vacation. And have a beer on me as well!
By: Rika
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