If you are looking for a great way for you to be able to modernize your home, then simply install recessed lighting. It is able to offer you the best combination of function and form to provide your home with a new and fresh look. Carefully and well-placed lighting can help to highlight all of the best features of your rooms, provide a decorative look to your home, and enhance the lighting in areas with low light.
What is recessed lighting?
Recessed lights are not installed right on the surface of the ceiling, but it is set inside of it. It is made up of 2 different parts, which are the housing and the molded part. The housing accessory is what will hold your light bulb when it is installed into the ceiling. The molding is the finished edge that you are going to see whenever you look at the light.
Outdoor Soffit Lighting
Soffit lighting is a great way to light up the exterior of your home. The soffit lights are placed on the surface right under the eaves of the roof. A professional can install recessed lighting in this area to provide your home with effective but subtle lighting within the outdoor areas of your home.
Outdoor soffit lighting is able to provide your home with many benefits like:
- A bright light that shines indoors and outdoors from insulated and waterproof recessed lights.
- Add unique beam angles to help highlight different areas of the home, or they can be used to focus on a certain object.
- Angled or swiveled for ease of use.
- Small enough to preserve your garden or home in their original form.
These are some ideal locations for the installation of recessed lighting:
- Wall wash, an interior design technique that makes the room look and feels bigger with light.
- Mark walls, on works of art, or other decorative elements.
- In multipurpose rooms with dimmers, you get more versatility.
- Work lights in kitchens and bathrooms, adding additional lighting.
- Downlighting to help illuminate an area without losing the focus on a certain area.
- Accent lighting that complements a clean and contemporary interior.
Avoid recessed lights in this situation
Even though recessed lights are able to improve most areas of a home, they are just not enough for some purposes. You should not use recessed lighting if:
- It is the only source of light in the room
- You have concrete roofs
- It is a room that has decorative ceilings or recessed panels as the lighting can cause the appearance of the ceiling to look wrong
Here is a common thing that you need to think about before you install recessed lighting. Think about what type of accommodation will be needed. This is something that will be determined by the roofing material, the pitch of the roof, conversion, or installation of the lights in the home and the insulation. You then need to think about what accessories will be needed.
If in doubt or you need help with the installation process, give us a call at Professional Electric. We are happy to help out!