Lighting Designer Floor Plans
A lighting floor plan can take any shape or size.It may be formal and organized, free form, or pose unique lighting challenges. When you look at the variations in your ceiling height, daylight, and construction materials, you see a three-dimensional framework around your floor plan. You must be careful not to choose fixtures that are excessively large for their surroundings. Lighting fixtures that are too big can often overpower the room’s aesthetic. The best way to design a superior lighting floor plan is to install low-profile functional lights and decorative accent lights at unique angles of incidence. This creates that enhance decorative appeal and provide satisfactory lighting levels.
The size of your floor plan determines the number of lighting fixtures that a particular room will need.
Everything from the height of your ceiling, the amount of natural light that comes in through windows, and the square footage of your room influence the wattage and fixtures you will need for general lighting. To overcome shadows in large rooms and hallways, you may be tempted to overdo the lighting and try to have the brightest lights as possible installed. This type of house lighting plan can work against your homes aesthetic, however, because excessive light creates both direct and indirect glare that shines into the eyes. It also tends to “flattened” three dimensional objects. For a better effect, try a more and selective blending of general and accent lighting. Floor plans illuminated in this fashion with multiple layers of lighting will magnify design elements that reflect your personal taste and lifestyle without overwhelming the senses.
Accent lighting is determined by the number of targets to illuminate such as art, sculpture or furnishings.
In floor plans that center around combination rooms such as kitchen-breakfast-family areas, lighting can help visually divide the individual spaces. This is accomplished with decorative fixtures, general down lights, accent art lights and table lamps. Accent lighting is also very effective in places like floating stairways where it can be used to fill in dark areas with an ambiance that is both practical and charming.
Decorative lighting and use of chandeliers depends on the interior designer's look and feel of the home.
Chandelier lifts are becoming more prevalent in today's floor plan lighting during new home wiring and electrical remodeling projects. They add great value to any project, and magnify the elements of traditional-style interior decor superbly. They are useful during the installation of the fixture, for lamp changing and for cleaning purposes. If you are planning to install a chandelier as a component in your lighting floor plan, it really needs to be done by a professional who can also install a lift. This will allow you to do simple indoor lighting maintenance on your own and avoid the expense of service calls. Such a professional can also help you with the many other elements of floor plan lighting for maximum energy efficiency, functional light, and decorative effect.
Where should I begin my search for a lighting designer?
For over 30 years now, ILD has worked with home construction companies and home remodeling firms to help the custom homeowner enjoy the most technologically sound and aesthetically pleasing home lighting control systems possible. Our staff has been cross trained in landscaping, art theory, interior design, and basic principles of architecture and is intended to function hand in glove with the general contract invoice any Houston home construction firm.
Call us at 800-863-1184 today to talk about your next project. Illuminations Lighting Design is a full service design build firm specializing in residential and commercial indoor lighting and outdoor lighting, electrical service and maintenance as well as home automation, home theaters, emergency generators, surge protection systems, phone systems and lighting control systems.
We are located in Houston Texas but provide lighting and design services in Austin TX, El Paso Texas, San Antonio TX, College Station Texas, Beaumont TX, Dallas Texas, Midland Tx and points beyond.
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