How to select contemporary lighting fixtures

Self Lighting Display - A revolutionary tool for purchasing lighting fixtures

2009-03-15T09:22:00.000-07:00

Lightingsmart.com is offering a free, revolutionary Lighting Display tool for home owners and designers. I would like to share the following information with friends here: Why this is called a revolutionary tool? How it work for home owners and designers?

Why this is called a revolutionary tool?

First, this tool is first tool on Lighting selling business. Traditionally, home owners and designers have to spend a lot of time to shopping around the local stories or lighting fairs to find the correct lighting fixtures. However, it is a great challenge on how to make sure the lighting fixtures to fit the places customers want. Self Lighting Display tool can visually put together both lighting fixtures and the lighting places for home owners and designers to help making a decision. Home owners and designers can easily select the fixture without buying and installing it.

How it work for home owners and designers?

There are four steps to help home owners and designers to make a right decision:

go to http://www.lightingsmart.com/ and click Self Display Tool
upload the lighting place photos on lightingsmart.com website. The uploaded photos can be as a background on Self Display Tool and can be deleted.
select your uploaded photo on Background, select the Category such as Pendant, Wall Sconce, Spotlight,... etc., navigate fixture and then drag&drop the fixture on your virtual home (your home photo) to find your best fixture.
click "details&buy" button under your selected fixture to see the detailed description and pursue a purchase process.

There is an introduction on how to use Self Display Tool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ7l2uEWIj0.

That's all. Let me know if you have any further question.

Tip 2. Best Lighting Fixtures for your dining table or island

2007-01-28T18:47:00.000-08:00

If you are not sure or don't know what lighting fixtures are the best for your dining table or island, please take a minute to read the recommendations from our top lighting consultants. The pendant fixture size and the number of the pendants really depend on your table or island's size and the fixture color must be matched with your table or island.

Finish: Satin, Oil Rubbed Bronze Glass: Amber, Cobalt Blue, Cognac, Opal, Seagreen Light: 1 Lt x 100w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: Incandescent Medium Base
Finish: Brushed Steel Glass: Cognac Frit, Opal Frit Light: 1lt x 100ww Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: Incandescent Medium Base
Finish: Brushed Steel Glass: Clear Light: 4Lt x 75w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: G-9 Hgn Included: (6inches +16inches+ 22inches) rods
Finish: Brushed Steel Glass: 8mm Clear Light: 1Lt x 150w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: T3 J78mm Hgn
Finish: Brushed Steel Glass: Marbleized Light: 4Lt x 60w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: Candelabra Base
Finish: Brushed Steel Glass: Marbleized Light: 5Lt x 60w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: Candelabra Base
Finish: Brushed Steel Light: 3Lt x 50w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: GU-10 Hgn (bulbs included)

Tip 1. Best Lighting Fixtures for your Kitchen

2007-01-26T16:00:00.000-08:00

If you are not sure or don't know what lighting fixtures are the best for your Kitchen, please take a minute to read the recommendations from our top lighting consultants. The fixture size really depends on your Kitchen size. Use the magic formula: Watt = 1.5 x square ft (room). For example, you have 100 square Kitchen, you need 150 Watt. So you need the lighting fixture size should have one 150W bulb or two 75W bulbs or three about 60W.

1. Low ceiling kitchen (less than 8 ft)

Finish: Brushed Steel Glass: Acid Frost Light: 1 Lt x 200w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: Halogen T3 118mm
Finish: Brushed Steel Glass: Opal Light: 3 x 60w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: Incandescent Medium Base
Finish: Brushed Steel Glass: Acid Frost Checkered Light: 1 Lt x 150w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: Halogen T3 78mm
Finish: Brushed Steel Glass: Frosted Light: 1Lt x 150w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: T3 J118mm Hgn
Finish: Brushed Steel Glass: Opal Light: 3 x 35w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: Halogen GU 10
Finish: Brushed Steel Light: 3 Lt x 35w Voltage: 120v Bulb Type: Halogen GU 10 110V

2. High ceiling kitchen (above 10 ft)

Finish:Rustic

Glass: Marbleized

Light: 5 Lt x 60w

Voltage: 120v

Bulb Type: Incandescent Medium Base

Finish: Brushed Steel

Glass: 8mm Clear

Light: 1Lt x 150w

Voltage: 120v

Bulb Type: T3 J78mm Hgn

Finish: Rustic,Satin

Glass: Marbleized

Light: 3Lt x 60w (Medium Base)

Voltage: 120v

Finish: Brushed Steel

Light: 3 Lt x 50w

Voltage: 120v

Bulb Type: Halogen GU 10 110V

Finish: Brushed Steel

Glass: Frosted

Light: 1 Lt x 150w

Voltage: 120v

Bulb Type: Halogen T3 118mm

Finish: Mat Chrome,ORB, Chrome

Glass: Opal, Cobalt Blue,Amber

Light: 3 Lt x 40w

Voltage: 120v

Bulb Type: Halogen G-9

Why should I select contemporary lighting?

2006-12-13T14:13:00.000-08:00

If you have not used or don't have any idea of the contemporary lighting, you may want to ask "Why should I select the contemporary lighting fixtures for my home?". Apparently, you are doing a right thing. When you take a look at the website (http://lightingsmart.com/), you visually find the something difference right way. You may say "Oh! Contemporary Lighting looks like modern and innovation". You are right, but not complete. Contemporary Lighting has two major features: modern styles and powerful functions.

Modern styles

Modern styles of lighting present not only their shape designs but also their glass colors and finish. The shape design is benefited from the technology improvement and the futuristic designers. Technology makes the designer's ideas become reality such as this table lamp that like an animal. Also, technology can make glass have different colors and shapes. For example, most of the contemporary lighting fixtures have Frosted, Amber, etc. that have a beautiful look.

Powerful functions

What's the powerful functions for contemporary lighting? First, its modern fixtures can meet any demand from the modern homes. As I mentioned in Modern Styles, the technology allows contemporary designers to create thousand different fixtures for home and commercial areas. Second is that light bulbs have had an revolutionary change such as low voltage, fluorescent bulb, halogen bulbs, energy saving LED , etc. The low voltage bulbs not only make more safer than traditional incandescent bulbs but also allow to create incredible lighting fixtures. See

There are the versatile halogen light bulbs that may be used for virtually any purpose, indoors or out. They are ideal for contemporary lighting and general illumination in the home or office. All Halogen bulbs, both the 120 volt and 130 volt, are dimmable. For bulbs, we have to too much to say. I would like to leave the readers to do your own research about Bulbs.

As a quick conclusion, do you think that you should select contemporary lighting fixtures for your home? Let me know what your idea.

Willie

How to select contemporary lighting fixtures - TIPS

2006-12-06T18:00:00.000-08:00

Buy a new home or rebuild home you have, congratulation! Ok, now you are in an important step: select lighting fixtures for your home. I am glad you stop by here to share the experience from my customers at http://lightingsmart.com/.

Most of the customers surf Internet to find the lighting fixtures, they always say, Wow! too many fixtures, where should I start? Well, it is not surprise, I am sure. Indeed, there are a lot of the contemporary lighting fixtures in most of the lighting websites. The lighting styles and colors make you spin. Don't worry, next a few of the minutes, I am going to share with you how I helped my customers to walk through this important step.

Here is a list of the simple questions I always asked my customers:

Q1: Where do you want to layout the lighting fixtures?

Some of them said, "I am looking for a lighting fixtures for Kitchen". So I directly pointed them to the URL of "Kitchen lighting" on the website.(http://lightingsmart.com/index.php?page=search&subpg=Kitchen). Then they asked me "where did you find them?". It is easy, just type "Kitchen" on search box from the website. Most of the websites provide you with the search function.

Some of them still said "they are still too many to select". I totally agree it since there are many lighting fixtures available to Kitchen. OK, here was my next question I asked the customers:

Q2: Where should the lighting fixtures be put in your Kitchen? Ceiling or Wall? Top on the island or table?

They said "ceiling lighting". Good start! Now I asked the customer another question:

Q3: How high is your kitchen ceiling?

Some of them said, "God! I don't know" and most of them gave me its number, 8ft height. I suggest that you measure the height for your kitchen ceiling. Let's assume 8 ft (industry standard). So far, based on the information the customers provided me, I would like to recommend them to buy "ceiling mount lighting fixtures". Well, it is very close what you are looking for following my final question:

Q4: What color of the fixtures are you looking for?

The color selection is really depended on your kitchen style and the color matching with your wall, cabinet, table, floor, etc. You may have the following choices: Chrome or Brushed Steel, Rustic, and white. But the glass for the lighting fixtures are Frosted for most of contemporary ceiling mount lighting fixtures.

Congratulation! Glad you finding your lighting fixture for your kitchen.

If you say, oh! I still have some questions, please feel free to shot me an email at info@lightingsmart.com. I would like to help you again.

My next series topic is "Why should I select contemporary lighting?"

Good night!

Willie