Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Camden Grace Interiors / Photo by Erin Kestenbaum As you select lighting for your home, it's important to understand the ...

Lighting is one of the most influential elements in a home, yet it’s often treated as an afterthought. Furniture gets the ...

Read this before heading down that hardware store aisle. While the crux of those old "changing a lightbulb" jokes is based on the simplicity of the task, shopping for light bulbs can be anything but ...

Few things alter your interior environment the way light does. So let's start with light bulb basics. Incandescent bulbs were industry-standards since their invention in the mid-1800s and have ...

It might be a design cliche, but good lighting truly is everything. Lighting affects the ambiance and mood of a space — get it right and the whole look of your interiors will improve. These are my top ...

First, use a good lighting fixture, one that is a “full cutoff.” That means there is no direct upgoing light at all. It generally also means there is very little light just below the horizontal, which ...

Lighting systems are designed to provide specific light levels on various surfaces within a room or facility. Over time the efficiency of these systems can be seriously reduced by lamp depreciation ...