Buying Lighting
What Is CRI in Lighting and Why It Matters When Buying Bulbs
You fit new LED bulbs, flick the switch, and the room looks oddly flat.
A crystal chandelier with three drops missing looks fine from the doorway, but once you notice the gaps you cannot stop seeing them.
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Buying Lighting
You fit new LED bulbs, flick the switch, and the room looks oddly flat.
Lighting Design
Recessed lights are easy to get wrong. Space them too far apart and you get bright pools with dark gaps between them, too close...
Installation
The ceiling fan in your dining room wobbles, hums and makes the room look like a rental, and you would rather have a chandelier...
Chandeliers
A chandelier over a bathtub looks wonderful in photos, and then the electrician arrives and says no. The problem is not taste.
Buying Lighting
Wall sconces look simple in a showroom, then go up at home and suddenly glare into your eyes, stick out into a narrow hallway...
Lighting Design
You stand at the worktop to chop an onion and your own head throws a shadow over the board.
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