Recessed Lighting
If you're looking to add function and style to your home, lighting is a great way to accomplish both. Recessed lighting is an excellent option if you would like clean, unobtrusive lighting to brighten up a room and open up the area to make it feel more spacious. It is an economical means of upgrading the appearance of your home, emphasizing specific areas in a room, and enhancing decorative décor items.
Recessed lighting, similar to a narrow spotlight or broad floodlight, is a down light that is installed into a hollow opening in the ceiling. Recessed lights were first developed in the early 1940s and have two parts to them – the trim and the housing. The trim is the insert that you can see when you're looking up at the light fixture, while the housing is the unseen light fixture itself that is installed inside the ceiling and holds the light socket.
Recessed lighting is available in two different styles, down lights and eyeball lights. The style of recessed lighting that you choose depends more on the purpose of the light, rather than aesthetics, since both are very inconspicuous by nature. Down light recessed lighting shines a beam of light straight downward from the ceiling. For maximum light, the down lights should normally be installed so that the space between the lights is no more than 75% to 95% of the ceiling height. For example, with a 2.4 meter ceiling, you should install your down light recessed lighting no more than 1.8 meters to 2.3 meters apart. Eyeball recessed lighting is perfect to aim at artwork or to be used as accent lighting or task lighting, since they are mounted on a swivel. Mounting eyeball lights on a swivel allows you to turn the lights and position them in the direction that you choose.
If you have a concrete ceiling, recessed lighting is not recommended. Also, if your ceilings have intricate plasterwork or refined molding details, you do not want to take away from their beauty with recessed lighting. Instead, a gorgeous chandelier, wall sconces, or table lamps are suggested. These options will provide the extra light you need to brighten the room, without taking away from the ceiling's existing intricacies.