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Guide to Lighting [Hardcover]

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November 2000
How can you simulate sunlight on cloudy days? What’s an unobtrusive way to spotlight art? What’s the best kind of lamp for reading? How can you create intimate conversation sections in large rooms? This is a room-by-room guide to achieving the lighting effects you want. Includes more than 100 projects for do-it-yourselfers, and tips for working with the professionals.

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Lighting is a common and necessary element in our homes – but how many of us use it to its greatest advantage? There’s a world of difference between ambient, task, and accent lighting; this book will guide you through it all. An introduction explains the basics of lighting history and design. Subsequent chapters detail home installation and wiring, including a room analysis, technological tips and modern advances, and outdoor lighting. A troubleshooting guide and various diagrams further enable the home electrician to realize perfection in personal lighting design.

*Includes instruction and illustrations for over 100 step-by-step indoor and outdoor lighting projects

*Numerous diagrams and illustrations to clarify visual concepts, such as angle and direction of light, light source and shadow.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Time Life Education (November 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0737003189
  • ISBN-13: 978-0737003185
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,927,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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