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Discussing the Interior Lighting Design

Markus Early from Earlylight Consulting explains to Bob the lighting design in the apartment. Starting with the kitchen overhead light, which has new T-5 ultra low profile florescent tube lighting that aims up to create a reflected light for food preparation. In the living and dining areas Early washes the room in track lighting from LSI, Lighting Services Incorporated. Early has selected AR 70 Sylvania bulbs, which eliminate glare.

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Discussing the Interior Lighting Design

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" So this is a fluorescent lights stay it's unusual it's very slim profile trying to -- vocal fixture. And it uses this new T five technology fluorescent lamp. That is very very thin profile lighting gives you like five times the output of incandescent and ten times the life. But it does seem very bright when you look at the fixture. What's this panel right here doing. What he uses a wave guide technology and it's kind of like edge lighting like acrylic so that it sends a soft amount down. And most of light goes up terrific for a kitchen so we're bouncing a lot of light off the ceiling and getting. Nice light level on the counter and all the work surfaces that's great now in the rest of the apartment you've used a lot of track lighting. And different sorts of track heads what what are we looking out over here that's right these are LSI. Lighting services incorporated systems and it's really great way to bring museum quality track lighting home so here you're washing my brick wall that's right this square fixtures have up. Theatrical barn door assembly. Which you can add as an accessory and you can shattered out all that. Output of the fixture to limit. That goes mounted yeah there and him and that's how you can aim it that's right and they also make terrific. Accent lights in a lot of different -- this one's kind of space age to go with our apartment here and he uses a terrific they are seventy Sylvania bulb which has very low brightness. If you were to take us over here Markus. Oh this guy this is another LSI fixture. And it's really terrific because you can put on the floor and adjust it. To highlight something or just shine up and get a little bit more spill light into the room so let's just plug in fixture like -- table -- evening. But then these are the ones that you've used overhead here. That's right they are seven he published. Very low brightness as -- a filament cap and you can see here how we get a lot of light onto the table but no glare that is excellent because very often with with track. Why do you get blinded as you're walking into it so this is illuminating this table setting here for you look right up there and there's nowhere fast track --"

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Kitchen Lighting

Lighting design is an important part of any kitchen. A single overhead fixture can make a room seem flat. You want to try and highlight those areas you use the most. One way is to install task lighting under the cabinets or use it to uplight objects. For ambient light, use track lighting to open up the room. You can adjust the levels by using a dimmer switch. This allows you to accent certain areas to complement any occasion.

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If you're looking for ways to add some character to your house, try designing some mood lighting. A single overhead fixture can make a room seem flat. To really brighten up a room, try using wall washers and uplighting for ambient light. Hiding lights inside casework or with sconces is great for accenting certain areas. For a more romantic scheme. bring down the ambient levels and try uplighting plants or other objects.

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Track lighting is a great option if you want versatility in a lighting scheme. Tracks can be hung at different levels and are held in place with set screws to support the weight of several fixtures. The track heads themselves can be redirected at different angles to achieve the desired effect, and because the track itself is electrified, you can swap fixtures in and out with just a twist.