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Good lighting is crucial to any space - especially living spaces. Your home is a reflection of you: your likes, tastes, personality. What you value is on display, not just for others who come over and visit from time to time, but for yourself. According to William Peace of Peace Design in Atlanta, “Lighting is probably the most important thing you can do in an interior. You can design the most beautiful space, and if you don’t light it well, nobody really sees it, and it doesn’t matter.”So let’s

We’ve devoted a lot of ink...or...pixels?...to discussing the various layers of lighting that every room should employ. We’ve discussed ambient, task, decorative, and accent lighting at length recently but one thing keeps coming up that we found interesting. People are afraid of accent lighting. More specifically, they’re wary of it, scared of “getting it wrong.” Accent and decorative lighting are some of our favorite kinds of lighting. They can completely transform the look and feel of a room w

Throughout the time we’ve been writing this blog, we’ve talked a lot about different places to upgrade your lighting. Today we’ll be tying a lot of those disparate threads together and focusing on upgrading lighting in a single family home. Just as there is light in every room of your house, there is also a better way to light that room and a place for upgrading to LEDs in the process.SunLake makes a wide variety of lights to help you in your pursuit of a more energy-efficient home. Many of SunL

Here at SunLake we talk a lot about light bulbs and LED technology, dimmers and color temperatures, but one thing i noticed doesn’t get a lot of our attention when thinking about lighting is the humble and ubiquitous lamp. It’s hard to overstate the importance of lamps. They’re versatile, useful, and can say a lot about your personal style and can help define the look and feel of your space. They can be purchased for next to nothing at big box stores or can retail for thousands of dollars from w

Good lighting is not something that people often notice. In fact, while people may notice and appreciate the fixtures themselves, the light they emit and how and where it falls to illuminate the space isn’t something that most guests, customers, or workers will notice. Good lighting, like good road safety measures or good film editing is something most people only notice when it’s lacking. Light, shadow, and contrast must all work together and be brought into balance to provide the appropriate l