Whatever the design and styles of your fixtures, you should see to it that it goes along with the basic types of lighting you have at home. Good lighting systems coupled with functionality and style can provide you your desired level of comfort, safety and security. Moreover, it will complement your house theme and decors and set the atmosphere and mood of the rooms.

1. Know the Various Basics and Fixtures of Lighting
Whatever the design and styles of your fixtures, you should see to it that it goes
along with the basic types of lighting you have at home. Good lighting systems
coupled with functionality and style can provide you your desired level of comfort,
safety and security. Moreover, it will complement your house theme and decors
and set the atmosphere and mood of the rooms.

2. Ambient
Ambient or general lighting provides overall illumination of comfortable level of
brightness at a space where one can safely see and walk about. An alternative to
sunlight, ambient lighting should be well planned and incorporated into
homebuilding or remodelling plan. Ambient lighting is best achieved fixtures like
chandeliers, recessed downlights and wall-mounted lights.

3. Task
The purpose of light is to help you do your activities, and without it, how can you
perform your functions? Through task lighting, you can do certain activities with
ease under the degree of light and level of comfort you desire. That’s illumination
coming with a purpose.

4. Accent
Accent lightings give off focused light to highlight certain objects in your home
such as plants, art objects (painting and sculptures), decors and other prized
possessions and areas of your house. Other that highlighting certain interior
aspects, it can also be used for outdoor landscaping or for any other means for
focal illumination point. Accent lights are usually provided with recessed and track
lightings and wall-mounted fittings.

5. Hall/foyer fixtures
Ideal for hallways, stairways, entrances and elsewhere you need ambient lighting
to greet the guests and to provide passage into the other areas of your house. Such
examples are ceiling, close-to-ceiling and chain-hung fittings.

6. Chandeliers
They add sparkle and elegance into the dining room (over the dining table) and
living room (especially over the piano). Small chandeliers look great in bathroom
and bedrooms.

7. Pendant lights
A great medium for task lighting in the kitchens (especially over countertops and
islands), bathrooms (over bathtubs and sinks) and hallways. If you have a game
table somewhere, it would look great with a pendant light hanging over it from the
ceiling.

8. Ceiling fixtures
These provide general lighting in areas such as kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms,
hallways, laundry areas and other busy areas of your home

9. Recessed downlights
Installed into a hollow circular opening of the ceiling, a recessed downlight give off
light that goes down, making it a great medium for accent and task lightings.

10. Track lighting
A flexible system ton provide for your lighting purposes. You can move it, swivel it
or rotate it towards any directions along the track, just like a floodlight.

11. Whatever your lighting needs are
Just make sure you know what your options are and don’t forget place lights at the
areas that need it the most. Do not hesitate to contact your Electrician Sydney to
install energy efficient lighting and fixtures.