How Do You Choose The Proper Lighting For A Dining Room?
Choosing the proper lighting for a room involves taking the time to determine your needs. By truly assessing your needs before making any purchases, you will be able to determine what you need while you are at a lighting store. Otherwise, you may choose lighting that ends up being inefficient and find yourself needing to make one or more returns. View the light in your dining room at various times of day. Be sure to position your blinds or drapery as they will be on the average day at different times in the room. Take note of dark spots in the room that may need to be illuminated. For example, if you usually have a buffet against a wall, be sure that it always receives enough light for people to see what they are serving on their plates. If a shadow will be caused by people standing at the buffet, consider using lamps. Placing two tall lamps at either end of the buffet will add interest to the room as well. You will want overhead light to be bright in a dining room so that people can s
