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The central ceiling light is a habit, not a decision
One fitting in the middle of the ceiling is what the wiring offered, and rooms have been lit that way ever since. It is a poor…
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Daylight, lamps, colour temperature and the single biggest thing people get wrong.
21 articles · updated August 11, 2026 · page 2 of 2
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Dimming is a circuit problem before it is a bulb problem
Dimming used to be a matter of restricting current to a filament. With modern lamps it is an interaction between a driver and a…
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How a room is switched decides whether its lighting ever gets used
People use the switch by the door and ignore everything else. A lighting scheme that needs four separate journeys to set up will be…
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A mirror is a light fitting that runs on the window
Mirrors do not create light, but placed correctly they extend the reach of daylight and double the apparent depth of a room. Placed…
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Where a window sits in the wall matters as much as how big it is
Two windows of identical area can light a room completely differently. Height, depth in the reveal and distance from a corner…
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Paint colour is a conversation between the pigment and the light in the room
A colour that looked right on a card can look grey, green or lilac on the wall. The paint has not changed; the light reaching it…
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Shadow is the half of lighting that never gets planned
Lighting schemes are drawn as a list of fittings, but a room is read through the contrast between what is lit and what is not.…
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LEDs rarely blow, they fade, and that changes how you buy them
A filament lamp announced its own death. A modern lamp dims and shifts colour over years, so a room grows dull without anyone…
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Lighting the things you want people to look at
Most homes light rooms and then wonder why nothing in them stands out. Lighting an object is a different discipline with its own…