Whatever the style of your home and home decor, whatever color your rooms are and no matter how they are furnished, lighting should be an integral part of the design.

In the same way that textures and colors of fabric are selected because they complement each other (for soft furnishings, for example), successful lighting is dependant on task, feature and general lighting all working in harmony. By carefully selecting and varying the levels and type of task,
feature and general lighting components, you can create the perfect light setting for every activity in your home as well as creating dramatic effects where needed.

In order to fully appreciate the different types of lighting fixtures available these days, this article will describe the features and benefits of some of these. After all, being properly informed will enable you to have the confidence to light up your home with style and ease.

Table lamps - Easily portable and can be highly effective lighting fixtures which can be positioned anywhere in a room. They can be located near sofas and chairs and hence function as task lights to help with reading. Table lamps positioned around the edges of a room can eliminate dark corners.

Pendant lights - These are hanging lamps which are suspended from the ceiling by a chain or rod. The light they produce can be dark and somewhat limiting although pendants themselves are often highly decorative and come in many different designs. It is usually better to supplement the light from pendants with other types of indoor lighting fixtures such as wall lights as well as floor and table lamps.

Chandeliers - Magnificent to look at and highly decorative chandeliers, most commonly found in large open hallway entrances and in dining rooms, add a touch of opulence and splendor by their mere presence. Usually, if used on their own as a light source, the light can be flat and boring.
Although, crystal chandeliers can create a lot of unwelcome glare. This can be resolved by installing a dimmer to reduce the output of the lamps and light and to use other forms of lighting, such as low-voltage downlights dotted around the chandelier, to shine through the chandelier.

Downlights - Another way of lighting up a room and in fact low voltage downlights produce a very crisp white light which can literally transform dark and dingy places. Usually, downlights are installed in fixtures in the ceiling or underneath cupboards. They are very versatile as they can be used for bringing light into the central area of a room as well as be directed onto objects, pictures or ornaments, to provide both general and feature lighting.

Picture lights - Hanging pictures in your home is one way of adding to your home decor and what better way of providing even more focus to these pictures than accentuating them with lights? Free-standing spotlights, directional downlights and frame-mounted lights can all be used. It merely
depends on how your picture is framed and which of these lighting fixtures will bring out the best in it. Free-standing spotlights are great if your picture is covered by glass as you want to avoid glass reflection. Simply use the spotlight as an uplight which cleverly reflects the glass reflection towards the ceiling. Another method is to use a recessed, low-voltage directional downlight which, when used correctly, can be a very effective picture light that prevents glare.

Wall washing - This is a brilliant, subtle way of softly illuminating plain walls. It can also be used to highlight ornamental objects to great effect. The lighting fixture is a small floodlight that can be ceiling-mounted, or placed at the top or bottom of a wall and effectively, will “wash” the wall
with a splash of light.

Although only a few types of indoor light fixtures have been discussed in this article, hopefully it has given you some ideas to think about with respect to the lighting in your home. From
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This time we’ll learn about 2 main room that give biggest effect to our life

Bedroom

In 24 hours of our life we spend most time in this room, around 8-10 hours or even more than that. Let we check it. We sleep around 6-8 hours, after that we are usually take some activity school, or working, after that we come back home and first our destination is bedroom, almost 1/3 of our life is spent in this room, that’s why this room is affect more than another room. So it has to give a positive energy to our life, because we sleep to refill our powerlessness.
Some forbidden thing for apply to bedroom:

You are forbidden to put your bed with directly across to the door! It will give a bad effect to your health. Is this logical?

Let we think about the possibly side,
Wind will directly blow our body when somebody else opens the door, eventually it will make your health be dropper.
The second reason is you will not have nice sleep because you’re the door is below your body, so you will more concern about some body who’s come in, because you can see that person’s face well, you must get up first to do that. Of course it will give the nice less effect to us.

Our energy will be absorbed by television if your TV is put under your feet. To avoid this is you have to be always pull the cable from the electricity before you sleep, or move it up to the another place.

The second main place of your room is your main entrance

You must often pass this place. It is looks like the “mouth” of your house, energy will come in and out together with you, whenever you come in or out too. That energy is various, some positive, some else negative. That we have to do is how to avoid the positive energy go out, and in the other side we have to prevent negative energy come with us from outside.

One a simple thing to realize it is put the mirror above our door from outer. It is expected to prohibit to negative side from outside, because that mirror is trusted can reflect back a negative effect and keep the positive energy inside.

The forbidden thing
Don’t put a some wide leaf plants in front of our door. It will prevent all energy to come in including “positive energy”.

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Decorating Ideas for Small Rooms

* Make the most of small rooms. Color plays a vital role in a small room. It sets the decorative style and scheme, but also can change the room’s appearance. Use bright colors on the walls. Darker colors may be more popular but using bright colors makes a room seem more spacious. For example: Cool colors such as blues, greens, (some) purples make a small room appear larger and airier. The reverse is true of warm colors such as reds and yellows as they will make a small room seem more intimate and intense.

* A home decorating tip for integrating color into mostly white rooms–blend, blend, blend! There are many shades of white and cream that work nicely with “graduations” of accent colors. Visualize three shades of rosy pink pillows against a white sofa!

* Decorating ideas include painting the ceiling a lighter color than the walls. Use smaller patterns in wallpaper and furniture upholstery. Large patterns may be used in accessories such as pillows and throws.

* Select fewer, larger pieces of furniture to make a room appear more open and less cluttered opposed to putting lots of small pieces of furniture in the room. Taller furniture should be placed along a far wall while shorter furniture may be placed away from the wall giving a sense of spaciousness.

* The use of screens will help divide multi-purpose rooms in a small house. A bedroom or living room may have one corner as an office. A screen will provide privacy as well as hiding the “trappings” of the work area.

* Daybeds with a pullout trundle are the answer for small bedrooms. They will accommodate two people but take up less space in the room on a daily basis. The room can also be used as an office, craft room or quiet sitting room.

* Use textures for interest in a small room. Combining textures in your decor will give a small room interest, appeal, dimension and depth. Choose accessories and fabrics with texture for the best impact; for example: wrought iron, glass, stone, metal, chrome, copper, bronze, mirrors, detailed finishes, textured fabrics, shiny fabrics, and unique area rugs to mention a few.

* Mirrors are a great way to create an illusion of space. If you have a wall in front of the entrance as you enter your home, hang a unique mirror on that wall to open it up and add interest to the area.

*Quick change artist! Move furniture and furnishings around! Don’t be afraid to rearrange items in your home. Just changing the accessories or pictures from room to room can bring about a huge change.

Lynn Cressy is the owner of Lynn’s Home Décor, which was created because of a love for decorating and shopping for home décor. You will find a variety of best price home décor, home accessories and home interior decorating ideas at lynnshomedecor.com/ www.lynnshomedecor.com/” Visit decorating-info.com decorating-info.com for additional home decorating ideas.

You’ve just spent a considerable amount of money on the interior of your closet, installing a closet organizer to assure that your shoes, ties, belts, scarves, dresses, shirts and slacks are all easily accessible. As nice as the interior of your closet now looks, you don’t want the effect to be spoiled by a door that doesn’t do it, or the rest of your bedroom, justice.

How big is your closet?

Of course the type of closet door you have depends in large part on the size of your closet. If it’s a wall closet - very shallow - then of course you’ll need a different type of door then if it’s a walk-in.

The four types of closet door, therefore, would be the simple panel door that opens outward and lets you into the walk-in closet, bifold doors that let you view your wall closet, and the sliding doors which could be used for either version, depending on the length of the closet itself. The accordion door is also a choice.

Bifold doors would allow you to use over-the-door system to store shoes, for example - which would not work with a sliding door. Sliding doors can look more attractive than bifold doors, however.

Matching or contrasting colors?

Of course the first thing you’ll have to decide about the door is its color. You’ll need to find a color that will match your bedroom walls, or set it off in a striking manner. If you’d like to give your bedroom the illusion of greater size, than you’ll want to get mirrored doors. And for that really elegant touch, you can even get sliding frosted glass doors.

And you’ll have to give some thought to the future, of course. If you like to change the color of your bedroom every now and then, you won’t want to have to change the closet door as well because it would clash with your new decor.

Vinyl or wood or what?

And what should your closet doors be made of? You’ve got a lot of varieties to choose from: stamped steel, hollow core, super-thin wood, or solid wood. Solid wood doors give you the most variety in their design, for you can have them hinged, folding, sliding or with pocket applications. These doors can have flat panels - to which you can affix mirrors or fabric, or louvers. (Kestrel Wood Closet Doors is one company that offers solid wood doors of high quality. They also do custom doors.) For mirrored closet doors, Fort Glass (fabricators of Stanley Mirror Doors) are one provider out of several that you can investigate on the web.

There are so many choices that you won’t want to rush into your decision. Take your time investigating sources on the web, visit such stores as Home Depot or Menards or the specialty stores in your area. You can also take advantage of open houses in housing developments to go in and visit these houses and see the way those closets and bedrooms are designed. You’ll then be able to make an informed decision.

Andrew Caxton is the owner and journalist of many information websites, who has written more articles and newsletters on organization tips and closets. You can find more information and resources on home-decorating-reviews.com/closet-organizers.html closet organizers at his website.