by Alicia Garceau
from LowesForPros.com
6.2.07

Once your clients choose task lighting, find out what they'll be using it for before installation. Follow these other task lighting guidelines.

"There is no one light fixture that can give you everything you need to illuminate a room properly," says Randall Whitehead, lighting designer and author of Residential Lighting, A Practical Guide. He advocates layering light by using a variety of light sources to create a flexible, inviting space for clients. A well designed lighting plan must include four types of light: ambient lighting, which creates a warm glow that fills a room; accent lighting, which gives depth and dimension to an area; decorative lighting, which adds sparkle to a space; and task lighting. Task lighting is the workhorse of illumination, and no lighting plan is complete without it.

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