Ebook: The Home Lighting Effects Bible: Ideas and Know-How for Better Lighting in Every Part of Your Home

More than 200 solutions for home lighting challenges.


The Home Lighting Effects Bible
shows how lighting can transform a home, increase the sense of space, provide practical lighting for working areas and bring warmth, ambience, highlights and drama.

The author provides information on the technical aspects of lighting -- sources, strength, direction, angle, color and control -- for the interior designer and the home owner.

Design topics include:


Directional lighting, up-lighting, spotlighting


Moveable, recessed, stretch-wire and concealed mountings


How to give light depth and character


Purpose lighting, such as picture lighting, special effects, task lights and color washes


LED and fluorescent bulbs


Low-voltage and hard-wired power sources


Styles and functions of different types of lighting


Finding the right size


Working with light color


How to choose decorative lighting
The main section of the book is a comprehensive directory that examines, room-by-room, every kind of lighting requirement in a house and recommends the best solutions. With ideas for stairs (and under stairs), nooks and alcoves, wine cellars, media rooms and more, no corner is missed.

A valuable resource for professional and non-professional decorators alike, this practical book is published in a handy format with a concealed wiro-binding that lies flat for easy use.