Lighting

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While everyone accepts the practical importance of lighting, few appreciate its creative potential. Good lighting can make all the difference between a room that is bland and dull and one that is sparkling with life. It can soothe and relax, heighten atmosphere, create interest, enhance decoration. In short, lighting has the power to transform your home at the flick of a switch.
Lavishly illustrated with over 300 colour photographs, Lighting offers an abundance of practical information combined with hundreds of suggestions for creating imaginative lighting schemes. It presents a lucid and accessible overview of a potentially confusing subject. Whether you are planning an entire lighting scheme or simply buying a new bulb, Lighting will provide all the information and inspiration necessary, enabling anyone to light their home effectively, efficiently and elegantly.
In the first section, 'Decorating with Light', the author suggests ways to maximize the effects of natural light and... Tovább

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While everyone accepts the practical importance of lighting, few appreciate its creative potential. Good lighting can make all the difference between a room that is bland and dull and one that is sparkling with life. It can soothe and relax, heighten atmosphere, create interest, enhance decoration. In short, lighting has the power to transform your home at the flick of a switch.
Lavishly illustrated with over 300 colour photographs, Lighting offers an abundance of practical information combined with hundreds of suggestions for creating imaginative lighting schemes. It presents a lucid and accessible overview of a potentially confusing subject. Whether you are planning an entire lighting scheme or simply buying a new bulb, Lighting will provide all the information and inspiration necessary, enabling anyone to light their home effectively, efficiently and elegantly.
In the first section, 'Decorating with Light', the author suggests ways to maximize the effects of natural light and reveals the principles of good artificial lighting. The second section, 'Choosing Lighting', provides in-depth information on the huge range of different light sources and bulbs available and the various roles and functions they fulfil. Choosing from the incredible variety of light fittings on offer can be a difficult task, so every type of fitting is discussed, its purpose explained and its suitability to different tasks and locations assessed.
'Living with Light', the third section of the book, explains how to meet your lighting requirements by suggesting stylish and successful lighting schemes for every room in the house, accompanied by plenty of practical advice. Finally, an invaluable section on practicalities focuses on the fundamentals of the subject, ending with a detailed discussion of safety and maintenance.
Packed with Inspiration for creating atmosphere and style, Lighting offers a wealth of bright ideas foryour home. Vissza