Also called general lighting, ambient lighting provides overall illumination of a space, allowing you to see and move around safely. It is the foundation of any interior lighting scheme and is ...

In the November of 2019, I wrote about a condominium project in San Francisco. It was called ‘Accent the Positive’. I talked about using accent lighting, one of the four functions of light, as a way ...

Lighting is one of the most influential elements in a home, yet it’s often treated as an afterthought. Furniture gets the ...

“The best way to screw up good architecture is bad lighting,” says architect Charlie Simmons, of Charlie & Co. Design. Even if you had millions of dollars to spend on beautiful cabinetry, countertops, ...

Alexandra's perfectly-placed pendants epitomize task lighting in the kitchen – they make countertop space so easy to manage ...

The simplest things can make or break the design of a room. You might have beautiful furniture, art and flooring, but if the ambience still feels off, lighting is the likely culprit. Light inside our ...

Simply put, uplighting is any lighting that shines upward. Most commercial lighting pendants are designed with uplighting and downlighting capability. For interior applications, uplighting reduces ...

Gone are the harsh white ceiling lights and monotonous lighting; bedrooms in 2026 are entering an era of emotional lighting, where each light source is carefully calculated to soothe the senses, ...