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Airing Out: Lighting for the Laundry Room The modern laundry room is a strange place. Most designs of homes these days seem to emphasize the glamour and freshness of open-plan design. Yet, for some reason, the laundry room of many homes always feels like a dark and...

New York Chic: 6 Tips For Lighting Lofts Industrial lofts have risen in popularity every year since the day some ingenious New Yorkers decided to turn some old factories into a series of apartments.  To be honest,  it’s not surprising. Lofts are the embodiment of...

How Steel Lighting Can Help Create the Ultimate Man-Cave Having a man-cave is the ultimate indulgence for a lot of guys with a spare room. What could be better than settling into a place you can invite friends over to, cheer loudly over sports or games and not worry...

Ups and Downs: A Staircase Lighting Guide Staircases are pretty crucial in most homes. Sure, they don’t have the glamor and fondness of the primary rooms of the house, but they’re needed if you like being able to access the other half of your two-story home.  Still, ...

Often the thing that separates good lighting design from bad is knowledge. So being thoroughly prepared and having the best picture of what you’re getting yourself into will become huge tools going forward.  In the words of Sun Tzu - “Wars are not won with armies of...

Lighting is a massive part of any business. Whether you’re trying to maximize your workflow in the office or trying to increase sales on the retail floor, there’s no better tool in your arsenal than creating the perfect lighting setup to get the job done.  Studies...

Steel Lighting for a Productive Home Office If there’s one thing that’s grown in the past year due to the pandemic, it’s the rise of the home office. Nowadays, it’s more important than ever to have a space in the home that you can do some much-needed work in.  Home...

What to Consider When Designing Your Own Lighting Setup Something that’s arguably the most overlooked aspect of good lighting in your home or business is the actual design phase. Lighting is only ever going to be as good as it’s planned to be, making the essential...

The Office: A Guide on Lighting For The Modern Workplace Surely there’s a better way to light offices than those awful fluorescent panels that give at least one sales team member a headache?  Lighting in offices has changed at a shockingly slow rate. Somehow, despite...

How to Turn Your Kitchen into The Ultimate Entertainment Hub There’s a reason why every one of our favorite family sitcoms from the 80s and 90s was usually focused around the kitchen.  The kitchen is the center of the home and the place likely to incur the most foot...

4 Easy Tips For Getting the Best Home Lighting We’ve spoken a lot about home lighting, like a lot. But, if we’re honest, there’s always something that hasn’t been covered. In this case, it’s about the most straightforward stuff.  Sometimes, when you’re getting into...