Lighting contractors can help install wall sconces

Lighting contractors can offer you many tips on how to attractively illuminate your Fort Mill, SC home. Wall sconces are an excellent secondary light source. Weaker ones can provide accent lighting, while stronger ones provide light at face level, helping people read the expressions of each other. They can also remove the need for table lamps, leaving more room on your tables for other things. Placed near chairs or bedsides, they can make it easier to get some reading done.

There are many styles of wall sconce, from traditional to modern. You can pick out the ones that best suit your interior design. They should be about five feet off the floor and, if possible, six feet apart. (This will be easier to manage in a hallway than in a room.) If you want to illuminate a mirror or piece of artwork, put one on each side.

Tips on recessed lighting

Another good way to illuminate a room from above without sacrificing space overhead is recessed lighting. Lighting contractors know many ways to get the most useful lightout of your recessed lighting. The space between recessed lighting fixtures should be about half the width of the ceiling, andif possible at least two feet from the walls. You may wish to arrange the lights or use adjustable lights in such a way as to highlight a specific part of the room.

Lighting designers have studied the question of what wattage is needed to illuminate a particular room. An answer provided by interior designer Gabriele Di Stefano is that the wattage needed to light the room is the area of the room in square feet, multiplied by 1.5.With this information and the wattage of the bulbs, you know how many lights you need.Dimmer switches let you control the light level, which is very useful in a space for both entertaining guests and doing work that requires good light.

If you are in the home of a friend or neighbor in the Charlotte area and you see an example of recessed lighting that you think would look good in your own home, try to get the name of the residential lighting contractor who did the work.

Recessed lighting experts in Fort Mill

Pyramid Electric Service are electrical contractors licensed in North and South Carolina and serving the greater Charlotte area, including Charlotte, Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Indian Land, Marvin, Weddington, Matthews and Waxhaw. We offer a range of interior and exterior lighting services, including recessed lighting. Expertise.com rated us one of the top 25 electrical contractors in the Charlotte area. Call the electricians you can trust. We have been serving York, Lancaster, Mecklenburg and Union Counties since 1963.