Choosing Amongst All the Interior Lighting Options Can Be a Hassle

| Thursday, October 27, 2011
By Alana Vaughn


There are so many indoor lighting options out there, how do you know which ones are best for you and your home? There are plenty of options for narrowing down your choices. You and your family will be, at least partly, defined by the lights that you use to light up your home.

Should you use specialty lighting in certain areas? Are special switches needed, or do the lights need to be lower? Do you need specialty dimmers or certain types of light? The type of light you have in your home may be helpful if you have disorders like Seasonal Affective Disorder. Or perhaps you have a friend with special needs that need to be accommodated. Someone who is paraplegic, for example, would need to have his or her light switches located lower on the wall or have a remote control that is easy to reach. Are any of these things necessary for your home? You should look for lights that accommodate you, not the other way around.

Educate yourself on what bulbs are available for you to use in your home as well. Incandescent bulbs are the majority of bulbs used as well as the more energy efficient bulbs that have come on the market lately. Many other types of lights are also available. If you prefer fluorescent bulbs, there is the option of halogen bulbs as well. Halogen bulbs can cost you more to replace, however they usually last longer than incandescent bulbs. Less heat radiation is also a bonus of halogen lights over incandescent bulbs. Of course, if you are looking for a light that helps to heat the room, than the incandescent bulb would be for you.

Many people enjoy shopping discount stores like IKEA for their lighting options. IKEA has wonderful, beautiful and (most importantly) affordable home furnishing store that sells everything from flooring to bedside lamps. If you want you can buy all your lighting options at IKEA. Be careful about choosing this option because the lamps and other light fixtures that are sold here are not compatible with typical American bulbs. IKEA has their own light bulbs that work in their stuff. As long as you don't move to a town not served by IKEA this shouldn't be a problem though. If you don't live close to IKEA though, your options are to buy the bulbs on line, or buy your lighting fixtures elsewhere.

There are tons of different indoor lighting selections to choose from. Trying to pick among them can be exasperating, which is why you need to set up a plan for each room prior to shopping. You will have to put in less effort for coming up with a lighting scheme for the interior of your home, the sooner you start making plans for it.




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