Know the Various Basics and Fixtures of Lighting

Whatever the design and styles of your fixtures, you should see to it that it goes along with the basic types of lighting you have at home. Good lighting systems coupled with functionality and style can provide you your desired level of comfort, safety and security. Moreover, it will complement your house theme and decors and set the atmosphere and mood of the rooms.

Ambient

Ambient or general lighting provides overall illumination of comfortable level of brightness at a space where one can safely see and walk about. An alternative to sunlight, ambient lighting should be well planned and incorporated into homebuilding or remodelling plan. Ambient lighting is best achieved fixtures like chandeliers, recessed downlights and wall-mounted lights.

Task

The purpose of light is to help you do your activities, and without it, how can you perform your functions? Through task lighting, you can do certain activities with ease under the degree of light and level of comfort you desire. That’s illumination coming with a purpose.

Accent

Accent lightings give off focused light to highlight certain objects in your home such as plants, art objects (painting and sculptures), decors and other prized possessions and areas of your house. Other that highlighting certain interior aspects, it can also be used for outdoor landscaping or for any other means for focal illumination point. Accent lights are usually provided with recessed and track lightings and wall-mounted fittings.

Hall/foyer fixtures

Ideal for hallways, stairways, entrances and elsewhere you need ambient lighting to greet the guests and to provide passage into the other areas of your house. Such examples are ceiling, close-to-ceiling and chain-hung fittings.

Chandeliers

They add sparkle and elegance into the dining room (over the dining table) and living room (especially over the piano). Small chandeliers look great in bathroom and bedrooms.

Pendant lights

A great medium for task lighting in the kitchens (especially over countertops and islands), bathrooms (over bathtubs and sinks) and hallways. If you have a game table somewhere, it would look great with a pendant light hanging over it from the ceiling.

Ceiling fixtures

These provide general lighting in areas such as kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms, hallways, laundry areas and other busy areas of your home

Recessed downlights

Installed into a hollow circular opening of the ceiling, a recessed downlight give off light that goes down, making it a great medium for accent and task lightings.

Track lighting

A flexible system ton provide for your lighting purposes. You can move it, swivel it or rotate it towards any directions along the track, just like a floodlight.

Whatever your lighting needs are

Just make sure you know what your options are and don’t forget place lights at the areas that need it the most. Do not hesitate to contact your Electrician Sydney to install energy efficient lighting and fixtures.