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Why The Correct Lighting is SO Important

Why is Correct Lighting So Important For Your Home Or Business

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The goal of the article is to discuss the importance of correct lighting for your home or business.

What is the importance of correct lighting? Obviously to light an area. But how important is lighting to your guests? It does not matter if you are a hotel tycoon or just accommodating your house guests, the importance is still the same. Let’s start with some simple facts:

Importance of Lighting

Journal of Consumer Psychology Study: you can go read the study but I will provide you a synapse. “The more intense the lighting the more intense the range of emotions the guest experiences.” In an article written by the interior studio, they simply state “Interior lighting is one of the most important aspects of any living space; it has the ability to change the mood of a room just as it does the perceived size of a room.”

Three Main Forms of Lighting

First is accent lighting, this usually takes the form of your “spotlight” style lighting using a light source to highlight or “accent” an area or item in your space. These focused areas of light create drama or intensity to the desired object or space.

The second is ambient lighting, this is your environmental lighting that sets the tone of the room or space. Here is a prime example. Have you ever been to a hotel with really low ambient lighting? Can feel scary dark and uncomfortable. While too much lighting can be overbearing people can feel exposed. On the other hand places like restaurants utilize this ambient lighting to create more “privacy” If their guest can visually see a certain foot-candle distance from them they feel a false sense of privacy.

The last lighting is task lighting, this is what it sounds like. It is lighting that helps while you are doing a task. Washing dishes, reading, grooming. This lighting can vary on what task you are performing. If you have ever tried to read on the beach you might recall the light bouncing off the pages making it uncomfortable to read. Lighting intensity paying a hard factor in task lighting appropriately.

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Let’s dive into how you can help the interior lighting of your business or home. We can start with the easiest to fix. Ambient lighting can be changed simply by replacing your current lighting with LED lighting. This will allow you to add a dimmer. You can take control of the amount of light that your guests will experience.

Next, you’re going to want to swap your current light cover with something better for defusing light. We recommend finding your diameter we have provided a quick guide to find your measurements.

Once you have your measurements you can find what you need at Fluorolite Plastics One thing to keep in mind is that as long as the lip size is the same you can use any style cover.

 

To be honest all the lighting issues are easy to fix. Task lighting is a great example. Have you ever seen a kitchen with task lighting above the sink or under the cabinets? This simple style changes the feel of your space with such minimal impact.

 The same technique can be used to create some amazing lighting for rooms or hallways. Take a look at these examples below.

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Fluroescent Light Channels
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Quick Tip:

If you have been in business for a while and want to make a quick impact to increase your visual quality, change your light covers. Many businesses will tell you to change your light fixtures but this is not the most cost-effective solution.

Let’s talk quickly about when a good time to change your light covers would be. When you see a yellowing discoloration of the light. 

Let’s say you own or rent office space. Or perhaps you just bought into an apartment, office, or hotel building. If the lighting in the space is causing issues to the staff or guest then the best option is to change the light covers.

Lighting is the simplest way to increase the quality of your space. Choosing the correct lighting and the right intensity of light can make a space feel comfortable or uncomfortable very quickly. 

So to sum it up,

  1. Choose to change or cover your lighting by upgrading to a LED system or using the correct light cover to diffuse the light.
  2. Don’t waste your money on changing the light fixture instead change the light cover.
  3. Incorrect lighting can drastically change the mood of your guest.

So good luck out there. We hope this article could “shed some light” on the situation. 

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