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In this section of the website you can find out about how you can use LEDs to light the different rooms of your home.

The kitchen is a very task focused area with cleaning and food preparation at the fore. This requires a high level of clean bright light, which will allow tasks to be performed easily. Fluorescent lighting may once have been the obvious choice but now with the realisation that they contain mercury and pose a hazardous disposal threat this is no longer such a good idea and LED alternatives are cleaner, healthier and brighter.

The bathroom is a functional room, and the lighting priority should be given to grooming at the mirror. Lighting at the mirror serves for cleaning, make-up, shaving and dressing. It should be plentiful, evenly distributed without shadows, and free from glare. Lighting in the centre of the ceiling, places the face in shadow and while useful for general lighting, will not serve well for tasks based here. Lighting at both sides of the mirror works best providing even light across the face and avoids shadows under the chin.

The Living room is the focal point for most homes and requires flexible lighting to accommodate for all members of the family and uses. Reading, watching TV, socialising and relaxing are all tasks which require different levels of light. Whatever the activity the room should be comfortable and lighting should be flexible enough to provide for the range of tasks, situations, and desired aesthetic effects. Creating lighting layers in this room will enable you to provide for most activities whilst having flexibility. General, accent and task lighting will all be required in generating layers of light. The Living room is not as task focused as the bathroom or the kitchen so a more diffused and decorative light can be used through a central fixture either a chandelier or a glass uplighter will provide this. This fixture should be energy efficient as it is usually left on for long periods of time.
First impressions count and this is the first room that a visitor, member of the family or friend usually enters and will see first. Lighting needs to be welcoming and attractive to invite and place one at ease. Ambient lighting should be the main source providing a soft warm and cosy feel with an even balance throughout the hall. A central fixture with a glass diffuser will be ideal for this. Pictures and coat hooks may be highlighted with spotlights on track or individual picture lights (Accent Lighting) to give focus and to direct people down the hall.

When adding lighting to a bedroom the ambience of the room should be considered and lend itself to quiet relaxation. Using recessed spot lights above task areas such as draws and mirrors can give a stylish twist to a room design. Using Greenled dimming LED bulbs can give you more control over the main room lighting. In addition also consider E27 replacement bulbs as an alternative light source for bedside lights.