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Light and Health: Investigating the Benefits It goes without saying that lighting has a significant effect on our lives. We’re creatures designed to operate in daylight, so it makes sense that how we organize our lives is largely dependent on what time of the day it...

It should come as no surprise that the world of lighting has a few funny aspects to it. Often we talk about lighting fixtures and shades as though they are the most important aspects of light. In many ways, they are. But a lot of what makes a light a light really...

A Little Revolution: Lighting for a Tiny Home The “tiny home” movement has gone far beyond being just a trend. In a world of mass-market consumerism and an ever-growing appetite for the biggest and latest devices, the tiny home movement has moved away from that idea...

Home Lighting Trends for 2021 With the rise of remote work amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, homeowners become increasingly concerned with their own homes. As a result, the increase in home modification in the past year has risen dramatically. Home Lighting is often where...

Caffeine Fix: Lighting for Coffee Shops Coffee is more than just a drink in the US; it’s a way of life. From the west coast to the east, coffee is consumed by Americans to such a degree you’d think we were running out.  In fact, the opposite is true, with coffee in...

Galvanized Steel: A Deep Dive One of the options we have for treating our lights at Steel Lighting Co. is a process known as “Galvanized Steel.” For the most part, it’s a similar alternative to powder-coating and provides a level of protection to the steel that would...

Lighting for the Laundry Room Recently, we’ve spoken a lot in our blogs about creating the proper lighting setup for a variety of different rooms and spaces, both in the home and business. However, there’s still one room in the house that hasn’t quite gotten the...

Lighting for the Living Room: A Guide It’s kind of a funny thing with living rooms; often, they’re so commonly used that it seems a bit of a joke to talk about them at all. And yet, given their status as the most used room in the house, next to the kitchen, it seems...

Planning the Perfect Setup For Your Kitchen Lighting As the old cliche goes: the kitchen is the heart of the household. From quiet weekdays to wild weekends, a kitchen is a place of regular usage 24/7 and the location that every family, housemates, perfect strangers...

Porch Lighting 101: Your Guide to Lighting the Outdoors Lighting for the outside of your home is, unfortunately, a little less thought out compared to interior lighting solutions. Often, this comes down to the simple fact that your lights are only going to be needed...