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Light Often taken for granted rather than carefully thought out, our very own interiors virtuoso Kike Pavlik explains why your home’s illumination merits forward-planning.
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lighting radiates a comfortable level of brightness, enabling one to see and walk about safely. This can be accomplished with chandeliers, ceiling or wall-mounted fixtures, track lights, pendant or portable and floor lamps. Task lighting helps you engage in specific activities such as reading, sewing, cooking, homework, gaming, eating or watching TV. It can be provided by slim-line, under-cabinet, tape/track lighting, pendant
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roper lighting design is crucial to comfortable and safe living. It helps you perform tasks with greater ease, enhances relaxation and enables you to enjoy your home to its full potential. The light of choice not only has a functional aspect, but it also creates atmosphere, as well as decorating and enlivening the interior space. When undertaking design, we think about furniture and wall colours but there’s often not a lot of consideration given to how we want our spaces to look in both the day and night time. Consequently, bad lighting design creates a lot of dark corners and abandoned areas, preventing us from using 100% of our living space. As we’re gradually moving out of winter and into the embryonic stages of spring, it’s necessary that we invite as much light as possible into our abodes as it can make a big difference to how you feel about your home. There are three basic types of lighting that work together to illuminate your home: general, task and accent. However, it’s possible to combine the three and light the whole house in a more functional and stylish way. A basic form that’s used to compensate for the absence of sunlight, the general side of things is fundamental to a lighting plan. It provides an area with overall illumination. Also known as ambient lighting, general
