Inadequate light above the sinks: If you’re feeling like the light above your mirror is not enough to illuminate your face, add a wall sconce to each side that will complement the ceiling lights. Recommended wattage: 150 watts of incandescent light, or 40 watts of fluorescent light per sink. For more information, check out our blog post on bathroom vanity lighting: “How Not To Look Like Dracula”
Harsh light during midnight trips to the bathroom: If the bright glare is bothersome, install a dimmer. It is easier on the eyes and provides a pleasant, low glow for the bathroom. Dimmers are affordable and easy to install, and can also serve as mood lighting during a relaxing bath.
Continue reading 'Quick Fixes for Bathroom Annoyances'»
It’s a small room with a big impact. For homes, the main-floor half-bath, or powder room, is often one of the highest-traffic spaces in the house. For businesses (especially restaurants), the bathroom can determine customer satisfaction, serving as the tipping point between a customer who won’t return and a customer who will recommend to others. Businesses that consider bathroom design to be an expendable overhead cost may be making an expensive mistake. A recent study by Cintas Corp. found that 95% of customers would not return to a restaurant if they had a bad experience with the restroom. The study found that customers use these types of small details as indicators of how the business handles other back-end operations.
That being said, the guest bathroom for homes or businesses is a valuable space to remodel. Because it’s so small, it’s also a less expensive project to take on.
Continue reading 'The Importance of Bathroom Lighting'»
In lighting news…
Vancouver is setting the stage for more eco-friendly Olympics in the future by using LEED-certified buildings, energy-saving light bulbs, and hydrogen-fueled buses during the events.
In lighting tips…
These seven design decorating tips reveal how to make your home look expensive without a huge budget. Lighting is one of the essential factors: “your furnishings will look brighter and bolder in appropriate lighting, giving you a richer look home-wide.”
If you’re curious about current home design trends, check out this article on the top 50 features that home buyers love. Under cabinet lighting, wall sconces, and dimmers all made the list.
Continue reading 'The Pegasus Lighting Roundup for Feb 15 to Feb 19'»
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If your goal for 2010 is to spend more time working out in your home gym, why not make the space more welcoming? Set yourself up for success with these suggestions and see how lighting can make all the difference.
- Energize with bright lighting: The typical home gym is a poorly-lit corner of the basement where the treadmill sits. Sound familiar? Transform that corner into an inspiring exercise zone by improving the light. After all, bright lights increase energy levels.
- Think natural: If you can, open the blinds to any windows or skylights in the room. Again, it’s all about energy: natural light is proven to boost levels more so than yellow light. If the area lacks sufficient windows, make sure to use products that will closely emulate sunlight. Consider LED recessed downlights.
- Create an oasis: With the touch of a button, set the mood for a yoga session or cool down period with light dimmers. This will give your home gym much more versatility for workouts.
- Make yourself look good: Especially if you have a mirror in your home gym, you’ll want to use an even distribution of light for a more flattering effect. Avoid creating sharply directed sources of light. The direct glare can also be irritating any time you’re looking up at the ceiling, which won’t help for ab workouts.
Frequently we bookmark interesting articles we come across on the internet that describe current products, trends, or news in the lighting industry to our Delicious account. You can view all the articles we have bookmarked and saved to our account since last August, when we started using Delicious.
Starting today, we are now going to post a regular Pegasus Lighting Roundup of interesting lighting information we came across during the week. It will provide a short recap of articles to help keep you informed. Hopefully, it’ll be an easy way for you to scan through any topics you might want to learn more about. So, without further ado:
In lighting news…
The remodeling business is expected to grow this year, ending the economic slump caused by the housing downturn. Industry experts at the International Builders’ Show remarked that the increase in existing-home sales due to low prices will help the remodeling market. Other contributors to the boost: aging baby boomers are beginning to adapt homes to their needs. Also, there’s a clearly rising trend to incorporate green initiatives in homes.
OLEDs are expected to be the next big thing on the market for display lighting of any kind (computer monitors, TVs, cell phone displays, etc). Why are they so great? They’re extremely energy efficient, can be made unbelievably thin, and provide superior color quality. This article explains why they’re not on the market yet: their efficiency technology is still developing, the cost of creating them is sky-high, and their lifespan is lacking. However, five years from now, we may see OLEDs making things like glowing wallpaper possible.
Continue reading 'The Pegasus Lighting Roundup for Jan 30 to Feb 5 2010'»
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It is that time of the month again – announcing our newest monthly Pegasus Associates Lighting Forum $50 gift certificate winner. I really do like writing these blog posts. This month our winner is forum member kalieaire. Kalieaire joined our forum in May shortly after it was launched.
To help build our new online lighting community, Pegasus Associates Lighting is giving away:
- Free lighting gifts to the first 100 members who join the forum. To date, we now have 70 members.
- Free lighting gifts to the first 50 members who post in our forum 10 times.
- A $50 gift certificate to one lucky forum member each month for the rest of 2009. There is only one month remaining to be eligible to win a $50 gift certificate.
The Pegasus Associates Lighting Forum is an online lighting community with a primary focus on helping to answer our website visitor’s lighting questions. Answers may come from one of our technical customer service representatives monitoring our lighting forum or another forum member. In addition, our forum is also a place to allow people to share their lighting projects (including images), post lighting articles, and to provide feedback on our products or website.
Our most recent post asked a question about which type of dimmer needs to be used for a 150-watt electronic transformer powering under cabinet puck lighting. The best type of dimmer to use is an electronic low voltage dimmer. If a regular line voltage dimmer is used it may shorten the life of the transformer, cause a slight humming from the transformer, and reduce the range of dimmability.
Our monthly forum winners:
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cmgeupel |
| June: |
Joe B. |
| July: |
Premium |
| August: |
pbcomm |
| September: |
bigguy |
| October: |
Chloe & Co. |
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kalieaire |
Recently, my family and I moved into a new home. We had lived in our previous home for more than seven years (loving every minute in our old house). But we were starting to get just a little cramped as our family had grown from just the two of us to now the four of us. While packing and moving is no fun at all, I was looking forward to the new house because I had some big plans for our lighting. I mean, hey, I do work for a lighting company.
Over the next couple of blog posts, I am going to share the lighting projects that I have tackled in our new home (including pics). Some projects I did and others I had professional electricians perform. My first new home project was adding under cabinet lighting. I had under cabinet lighting installed in our previous home and there was just no way I was not going to have my under cabinet lighting. I literally cannot live without them. We have a favorite saying in our household when we talk about something we want or like. We say, “It’s a quality of life issue.” Well, under cabinet lighting is a “quality of life issue for me.”
Continue reading 'New Home Project: Under Cabinet Lighting'»
Whether it is preparing a meal, entertaining guests, or doing homework, the kitchen is perhaps one of the most used rooms in your home and where many families spend a lot of time. However, many kitchens have poor lighting. One of the most common mistakes in a kitchen is trying to light the entire space with one ceiling-mounted fixture. Yes, I am talking to you.
Creating “layers of light” through the use of the three basic types of lighting will greatly enhance your kitchen and make it truly a place where you and your family will want to spend many hours together.
Continue reading 'Enhance Your Kitchen with Lighting'»
According to Lutron Electronics, Inc., one of the most reputable lighting control companies in the world, dimming incandescent, halogen lights, or xenon lights can conserve energy and save money. For example dimming a light fixture to 50% of its full brightness can save 40% in energy usage.
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