Lighting selection six principles teach you how to choose a good lamp

The principle of simplicity

Lighting in the room should be the finishing touch. Overly complex shapes and overly complex designs are not suitable for designing simple rooms.

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Convenience principle

Most people have experienced the change of ceiling lamp bulbs: stepping on a table, stepping on a chair, heading a 90-degree angle, raising their arms to the ceiling of 2.5 meters high or even higher. When choosing a lamp, be sure to consider replacing the lamp.


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Energy saving principle

Energy-saving light bulbs have good energy and illumination, and they do not emit too much heat. They are suitable for multi-head lamps. Most of the energy-saving light bulbs are standard screws, and the chandelier has two kinds of calibers, one of which is standard, and can use energy-saving light bulbs; the other is non-standard and cannot use energy-saving light bulbs. Be careful when choosing: Spotlights are mostly non-energy-saving products.


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Safety principle

Be sure to choose a regular manufacturer of lamps. Regular products are marked with a total load. Based on the total load, the number of wattage bulbs that can be used can be determined, especially for multi-head pendants. That is: the number of heads × watts per bulb = total load. In addition, large-scale bathroom and kitchen should use waterproof lighting.

Functional principle

For rooms with different functions, lamps of different styles and illumination should be installed. The living room should use bright and colorful lamps; the bedroom should be equipped with lamps that make people feel uncomfortable while lying on the bed; children’s rooms should use colorful and varied style lamps; the bathroom should use simple waterproof lamps; the kitchen should be easy to choose Wipe and clean fixtures; spotlights can also be selected in some places that require special performance.

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Coordination principle

Lighting and the overall style of the room should be coordinated, while the same room of a variety of lamps, should maintain color coordination or style coordination. Such as wooden walls, wooden cabinets, wooden top rectangular balconies, suitable for rectangular wooden lamps; with wrought iron tables, iron rectangular glass dining hall dinning hall, suitable for rectangular iron pipe chandeliers; security door handle with gold The bedroom with a gold spotlight, suitable for lamps with a golden decoration.

When choosing lighting, it’s important to be pleasing, but don’t forget that safety and utility are the first. In the face of so many kinds of lighting, you should never take your eyes off!

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