If you regularly do work at your desk, you know that the right reading light makes all the difference. By learning how to select a reading lamp for your desk, you can choose something that is both stylish and eye-friendly. more »
A blown reading lamp can be very frustrating, especially if you are in the middle of something at your desk or your workstation. Replacing a bulb in a blown lamp is quite easy once you know how. You can choose from traditional incandescent bulbs or compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. CFL bulbs, which save about 30 percent in electricity use over their lifetime, are screwed in using the same thread as the incandescent bulbs. more »
Wall-mounted lights can be used to highlight artwork, provide reading lamps in the bedroom or illuminate your bathroom mirror. Follow these steps to find out how to install them. more »
Wall-mounted lights can be used to highlight artwork, provide reading lamps in the bedroom or illuminate your bathroom mirror. Here's how to update a wall-mounted light: more »
Wall-mounted lights can be used to highlight artwork, provide reading lamps in the bedroom or illuminate your bathroom mirror. Here's how to replace an old wall-mounted light with a new one. more »
A good light box can be made cheaply. The light box or light tent is used to soften and direct your light sources. It also puts focus on details and highlights the object. You can use a reading lamp or work lamp. more »
Solar energy is in the news today from powering whole cities to simply powering a reading lamp in some remote rural home in India. They have become indispensable in these particular applications, but what about your personal use of this great technology? more »
The perfect lighting can add much atmosphere and warmth to a room and they are an inexpensive way to change the look of a room. Ambiance is important, no matter the setting. Just as you wouldn't want a fluorescent light in the bedroom, you also wouldn't want a reading lamp in the kitchen. Selecting the perfect lighting for each room's accent is easier than you think. more »
Nantucket, Mass., is rich in early 19th century American history and literature. It is from this port that thousands of ships left in a worldwide search for whales to slaughter and to collect oil for their reading lamps. It is also from this port that the fictional Ishmael, Starbuck and Captain Ahab left in their unquenchable quest for Moby Dick. Shop shingles described in the novel are still hanging out front. The hearty Quakers settled here and the island is rich in their history. There is also an affluent section of town where mansions housed those who most prospered from the whaling expeditions. more »
Anyone who likes to grow plants knows that they need light to thrive. Indoor plants, however, suffer from a lack of light quite often. Usually this is because they are too far away from the window, such as a plant on a bookcase or one that has been placed on a corner table. Luckily, this is easy to fix with artificial light. Even as something as simple as a small reading lamp pointed at a plant and turned on for an hour or two a day can help encourage growth. Plants which seem to be drooping due to a lack of light will perk up almost instantly if they get around five hours per day of artificial light. In fact, artificial light will help almost any plant become lush and bloom again, no matter how sick. more »
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