Learn about lamps for your home with Bob Vila, including information about choosing the correct light bulb, custom lampshades, mood lighting, and more.
Making Custom Lampshades Local artist Linda Gavin is on site creating custom lampshades. Gavin uses a piercing and painting technique to create ...
Mood Lighting If you're looking for ways to add some character to your house, try designing some mood lighting. A single overhead fixture ...
Night Lights Consider using 4-watt mini-fluorescent or electro-luminescent night lights. Both lights are much more efficient than their ...
Replacing a Lighting Fixture Sometimes there's more to fixing incandescent lighting than replacing a bulb. Here's how to replace a fixture.
Replacing Light Bulbs When replacing light bulbs, always be sure to comply with the wattage limits of the lighting. Often times people will replace ...
Shop Lights Brightening up your workplace will make work easier and cut down on mistakes and mishaps. To free your benchwork of glare and ...
Take Lighting to Task As people age, they need more light to perform basic household tasks. So, of all the types of lighting used in your home, none ...
Task Lighting Use task lighting; instead of brightly lighting an entire room, focus the light where you need it. For example, use ...
The Basics of Lighting Design We all want the spaces we inhabit be a reflection of our tastes. When it comes time to showcase your style, don't forget that ...
Three-Way lamps Consider three-way lamps; they make it easier to keep lighting levels low when brighter light is not necessary.