“Heaven is where the hearth is.” The warmth of your home is the place where you spend half of your life. No wonder you want to make it just perfect and lend it the kind of look and feel you had dreamt of for years. Even after spending a fortune, you find that your home does not exude the kind of ambiance you had dreamt of for so long. Your furniture, accessories are no doubt expensive and match the wall colors but still something is missing. Actually, the problem does not lie in the furnishings but the lighting.
Commonly observed, most homeowners overlook the importance of lighting systems. Merely installing some expensive lights is not enough. Lighting systems can make or break the ambiance of your home. Be it indoors or outdoors, good lighting system can turn your ‘not-so-good’ home into a ‘Wow! What beauty’ home. Imagine a space as dark as night with other areas highlighted with soft halo of recessed lights. Besides, if your walls carry a theme, flame patterns for instance, the ambiance of the room gets doubly enhanced.
While landscape lighting takes care of your outdoor landscape and garden, recessed lighting takes care of the interiors. Recessed lighting is highly versatile and is used to focus on specific areas without distracting the attention to the light source.
When focusing on specific objects like artifacts, plants, or statues, halo recessed lighting is the ideal. This lighting system comprises of ceiling mounted bulbs contained within alcoves or small niches. When used with other lighting systems, halo recessed lighting creates illusion of greater space.
However, the real dilemma arises when it comes to choosing your lighting fixture brand. For track lighting fixtures, most people rely on Halo, Lightolier, and Juno lighting. However, when it comes to the overall lighting systems, including outdoors and indoors, Kichler lighting fixtures score too well. Their high quality lighting fixtures give your home a completely new ambiance. You can easily switch the mood of your room through these high-end lighting appliances.
A number of people might be deterred by the prices of high quality Kichler lighting fixtures. But the good news is that these fixtures are extremely affordable during some seasons. Some stores offer festive discounts on popular brands. All you need to do is keep a track of these offers to bring home the lights to illuminate it the way you had always desired. Remember, it’s better to wait for the best than end up repenting with cheaper alternatives.
By: Wain Roy
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Illuminate Your Home With the Best Lighting Fixtures
February 23rd, 2010Monorail Lighting System – State Of The Art Light Design
January 15th, 2010
Monorail lighting systems are a state of the art light design that allows a person to configure the lighting any way they choose. The system is a low-voltage single circuit, two conductor rails available in four and eight-foot lengths. Usually used best for task or accent lighting, these systems are used with xenon or halogen bulbs.
Molding Monorails by Hand
One is able to mold the monorail by hand into a shape that best fits ones style or needs. It is bendable by hand to a minimum radius of 12 inches. Geometric and straight shapes can also be achieved using L and T connectors.
Do-It-Yourself Monorail Kits
There are do-it-yourself kits available that provide everything you would need to launch your own project, except for the actual light fixtures. The first thing to consider would be the amount of drop below the ceiling where the monorail is going to be installed.
To suspend the monorail, you will need to use either a rigid rod or aircraft cable. You will have to form it to the shape that you desire before suspending the monorail.
A Second Transformer May be Needed
Regarding power source, the rails are rated for a maximum output of 300 watts at 12 volts or 600 watts at 24 volts. However, if the sum of the wattages of the bulbs to be connected exceeds the wattage of the transformer, a second transformer is needed.
The light source offers three different types of fixtures that can be connected to the monorail. They actually connect directly to the track itself.
Advantages of Monorail Lighting
One of the advantages of this type of lighting is that it allows the track to follow the contour of the object being illuminated. There is a great degree of flexibility when wiring for these lighting systems since the transformer can be hidden in a remote location.
You also have the option to install it where a previous light was located. There are so many places that the monorail lighting can be installed that the possibilities are virtually endless.
Enhancing Your Home
Monorail lighting systems are great for illuminating such things as artwork. They also work well in areas where there are mounted ceilings so that the lighting needs to be brought down to a level plane. Many commercial businesses, especially such places as department and clothing stores, rely on monorail lighting.
The reason for its popularity within the business sector is because there are so many changes within a storefront and monorail lighting can easily be changed to adapt to such changes.
Business uses of Monorail Lighting Systems
It also looks great and fits most of retailer needs for flexible and adaptable lighting. These lighting systems have intense low wattage bulbs that allow the colors and the quality of retail items to really stand out.
Of course this makes the merchandise look more appealing to the customer which in return increases sales too.
While there are both advantages and disadvantages of monorail lighting, the advantages seem to surpass the disadvantages. This type of lighting system is a sure way to add interest to any room through the various fixtures that can be added to bring elegance and beauty to your room.
By: Ernest Jarquio
