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The holidays are when your home works its hardest, welcoming friends and family with their good tidings and cheer. Right now, with the festive season on the horizon, is the perfect time to think about updating your home’s lighting. Unlike repainting, redecorating and renovation, lighting updates are an easy and quick way to renew the look of your home. Here’s why updating your lighting makes a difference!  Chandeliers With Fans New Lighting Is Warm and Inviting One of the best features that comes with installing new lighting is how inviting it feels. From outdoor walkways to indoor spaces, updated lighting breathes new life into your home. Transform your great outdoors with new wall lights, post lights or landscaping lights to create a warm sense of belonging. Outdoor lights provide safe passage to you and your guests while conveying the message of welcome every step of the way. This feeling comes indoors with new lighting above and around the entryway. Use this sp...

People have lit up their homes using ceiling fixtures for hundreds of years, and just like anything in this world, ceiling lights have changed and improved over time. Ceiling lights include a variety of different fixtures and have come a long way from the candle chandeliers of old. While chandeliers themselves are still popular, ceiling lights take on many different forms today. Which will work best for your home? Chandeliers Basic Ceiling Fixtures for Lighting With all of the different fixtures available, it will be useful for you to become familiar with some of the more common types. If you are able to recognize some of the lights that are mounted to the ceiling in almost every home, you will more effectively decorate your home with efficiency and style! Recessed Lights It’s hard to find a modern home without recessed lights such as can lights. They’re usually found in kitchens and some other living areas in the home as a primary light source. Flush Mounts Flush moun...

Track lights are versatile fixtures that enhance your home decor with directional lighting. Many modern track lights seamlessly blend style and functionality, so they look right at home in your living areas. While track lights give you a lot of control, they need help to cover larger spaces. Pairing them with other fixtures provides variations in the lighting while smoothing out pockets of shadow. These tips help you easily integrate track lights, chandeliers and other lighting fixtures simultaneously.  What Is Track Lighting? A track light is a slender metal track or rail that is straight or curved with directional lights set along it. You can adjust the lights separately to spotlight different areas or objects in rooms. Being able to individually adjust each light gives you a lot of control and creates beautiful effects on walls and decor. Adding Style and Work Lighting in Kitchen Areas Kitchens are an excellent area in your home to keep things bright and vibran...

If you’re looking to gain a deeper understanding of how warm and cool lights work in your home, learning about color temperature is the perfect place to start. This color temperature guide explains different shades of white light measured on a scale from warm to cool in degrees Kelvin (K). The scale for white light ranges between 1,000K and 10,000K, numbers that describe the light’s color and ambiance. So, let’s dive into a basic rundown of the color temperature scale so that you can successfully craft and customize the lighting in your home. Dining Room Chandeliers Candlelight    At the low end of the scale, you’ll find warmer tones (like candlelight), sitting at about 1,900K. It’s comparable to the glow of a low-lit fire with deep red and orange hues. Usually, light fixtures in your home will use incandescent bulbs with a color temperature rating about 1,000K higher (or cooler) than this.   Warm White to Soft White    It’s most likely that these...