The Home Lighting Effects Bible: Ideas and Know-How for Better Lighting in Every Part of Your Home

by Lucy Martin

More than 200 solutions for home lighting challenges. The Home Lighting Effects Bible shows how lighting can transform a home, increase the sense of space, provide practical lighting for working areas and bring warmth, ambience, highlights and drama. The author provides information on the technical aspects of lighting -- sources, strength, direction, angle, color and control -- for the interior designer and the home owner. Design topics

Genres: Architecture

256 pages, Spiral-bound

First published September 16, 2010

Reviews

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[Rana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok but not really accessible to laymen

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally a book that really explains the principles of good lighting and the emotions that it can evoke. Being an absolute novice, I was amazed and thrilled with the possibilities this book presented. While the book does present the differences between incandescents, LEDs and halogens, this book is really about where to place lights in various rooms and how to layer different light sources to maximize your lighting options and to create various moods throughout the day and night. Certainly much of what is presented is way over the top compared to what a common residential home will have available, but the book presents opportunities and teaches good lighting design. The book does address how to improve lighting in existing structures where access to run new wiring is limited. If you are remodeling or building a new house, this book is a must.

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always wanted to be a lighting engineer -- and this book is very inspirational. One can do marvelous things with light.