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When it comes to dining room lighting, you want it to be perfect. Thankfully, this is absolutely possible by following a few simple tips.

Make Your Table The Focal Point

When determining where to hang your dining room lighting, it is important to make your dining room table the focal point of the room. This is the most important piece in the room after all and where you and your guests will spend your time. However, just because the table is the focal point doe sn’t mean you can’t go bold with your lighting and make your fixture a statement piece. You can choose a large bright colored dome light, a chandelier with gorgeous crystals, or a variety of unique geometric shaped light fixtures. 

Size Matters 

The size of your dining room lighting is very important. You want a light that is big enough to light the room, but not so big that it overwhelms it. A good rule of thumb is to choose a light that is no larger than 1/3 the length of your dining room table. You could also choose two smaller lights that hang over either side of your table.

Don’t Make It Too Bright 

While you may want your kitchen lighting to be very bright in order to see while you are cooking and baking meals, you just don’t need this same level of light in your dining area. Instead, you want it to be a bit more dim and comfortable for those who are sitting at your table and eating. Whether you choose to mount the lighting fixture to your ceiling or hang it down on a chain, the watts and amount of lights within the fixture are what will allow you to create the perfect mood lighting.

To find the perfect lighting for your dining room, visit us at Yale Lighting.

Your foyer/entryway area is one of the first locations that people see when they walk into your home. Because of this, you want it to be a very bright and inviting area where guests will feel welcomed. A very important aspect of your foyer/entryway is the lighting. The lighting you choose really personalizes this area and adds the level of brightness that you desire. There are several amazing options when it comes to the lighting you choose. Here are 3 great ideas. 

A Geometric Lantern 

If you are going with a modern look for your home, then a geometric lantern may be the lighting choice for you. These lanterns are made from stainless steel and come in colors such as silver, chrome, bronze, white, gold, and more. The size of the lanterns can vary as well, making it possible for them to light up any space.

A Crystal Chandelier 

If your entryway/foyer area is very large and has vaulted ceilings, then you want your lighting to be just as majestic and bold as this area. A great way to make this happen is to have a crystal chandelier by Craftmade hung from the ceiling. Chandeliers come in a variety of shapes and styles, making it easy to find one that meets the needs for your room. The crystals themselves do an amazing job of shining the light around the room and have a glistening effect that is absolutely magical.

Metal Cage Sphere

If you are looking for something that is a bit more unique and fun, you can choose a metal cage sphere for your foyer/entryway lighting. This cage encompasses whatever light fixture is inside of it and creates a bold, focal point for your room. Some also have lights located all across the stainless steel sphere, creating a huge ball of light. This can really draw the attention of anyone who enters the room and makes the room even more fun.

For more foyer/entryway lighting ideas, visit us at Yale Lighting.

One of the most important places to put in considerable effort when it comes to proper lighting is in the bathroom. It is the first place that you go in the morning after waking up, and it could set your mood for the rest of the day. Also helping people see well is critical, especially in the bathroom because most of the home accidents happen in the bathroom. Here are some of the fantastic tips that you could incorporate in your bathroom for better lighting.

1. Day Lighting

Nothing serves its purpose better than daylight, especially in issues that concern light. It is good to ensure that as you consider lighting your bathroom, include as much natural light as possible. You can do so by adding a window or two to maximize on daylighting.

2. Overall Bath Lighting

It is common for most homeowners to like the grandeur that is brought about by chandeliers. Chandeliers indeed help make the bathroom look elegant and even make you want to spend more time in it. You can also incorporate the indirect up-lighting with the use of fluorescent bulbs and LED light strips on cabinets to add that classy look.

3. Vanity Lighting

One of the features that will make your bathroom mirror stand out is vanity lighting. This means that light comes from t he sides of the mirror rather than the overused overhead lighting. In using vanity lighting, you eliminate the chances of the formation of shadows hence having a well-lit bathroom.

4. Lighting at the Tub

While the building code of conduct is strict about lights over tubs and whirlpools, you can modify this by using spotlights somewhere above the ‘danger zone’ with no chances of electricity coming into contact with water. If the ambient light is sufficient, it will leave your bathroom looking amazing.

5. Light in the Shower

For people who don’t like taking showers in dark places, this is an excellent solution for them. You can decide to use open shower trims lights available and have the desired lighting effect rather than using the outdated 60-watt maximum can.

For more information on bathroom lighting and light fixtures, feel free to contact us, and we will be ready to help.

No matter how good your house looks, poor lighting will go an extra mile to ensure that it kills the mood. Recessed lighting, when used in moderation, will make your house and rooms look more lively. For most homeowners, they add recessed lighting to enhance visibility, but not only does recessed lighting increase visibility, but also adds some ambiance and classy outlook to your environment. Here are things that no one will tell and why you should ensure you incorporate recessed lighting into your house.

1. Recessed Lighting Makes Your Room Feel Bigger

You might be wondering how you can enlarge that small room without necessarily rebuilding. You don’t want the situation where you feel like you are enclosed in a small shell in your own house. Recessed lighting is the solution because the light cans are set into the ceiling itself and nothing will be hanging down from the ceiling to interrupt the space.

2. Wash the Wall

You will be in a position to wash the wall, not with water and soap but with light. Wall washing is a term that refers to lighting such a way that it illuminates the whole room using the right kind of the trim. To get it right, you need to space your recessed lights correctly to have the full advantages of recessed lighting.

3. Highlight the Objects You Want

With recessed lighting, you will have the advantage of highlighting the best arts and objects in your house. Recessed lighting will help you focus the light on what you want to be seen, be it a bookcase, or an exclusive collection of any sort.

4. Get to Choose the Color You Want

Unlike other methods of lighting, recessed lighting enables you to upgrade your room in numerous ways. The recessed lights come in different colors (the trims, reflectors, and the light), and it can be the right way in making your house livelier and welcoming.

For all your solutions regarding lighting and fixtures, feel free to contact us and we will be more than willing to help.

Autumn is that time of year to set trends and redefine your lighting. In fact, the fall months are full of natural colors that can be accented with optimal lighting. With the early evenings setting in, finding the right lighting for indoors and outdoors can put you ahead of the official autumn season. The Yale Lighting Concepts, lighting experts, are prepared to help you simplify your lighting options for the seasonal change.

Indoors:

When autumn arrives, many people will find themselves using more lighting earlier in the evening. You’ll find yourself asking; “do you need more lights” or “are you looking for a seasonal upgrade?” You may be interested in both, but you have endless options. Classic and vintage lighting options are making a comeback this year to compliment any indoor decor.

If you’re looking for more lighting, table lamps set a cozy trend for autumn. Create an amazing reading nook or add ambiance to your living room by adding mason jars. Lamps offer an opportunity to control the amount of lighting you add to a room and where which includes hallway, bedrooms, or dining room area. Lamps are extremely versatile and can be used to create intimate space indoors.

Other popular indoor autumn lighting trends:

• Track lighting
• Recessed lighting
• LED lights
• Wall sconces

Outdoors:

There are many ways to enhance your outdoor lighting including increased security for earlier evening hours. Illuminating your footpath, appreciating your garden, and/or brightening your deck or patio are also popular autumn lighting trends. The following are a few fall lighting options to consider for the fall.

Deck

Give your deck extra lighting for your after summer outdoor gatherings with LED Landscape Deck lights. Designed with a sleek design, you have several options to choose from while saving money. The brass-antique style is a very popular among the Yale Lighting Concepts collection.

Enhanced Outdoor Security

Accent Lighting works as the perfect security lighting because it focuses on a certain area of your exterior landscape. When combined with sensors, it can also serve as a great crime deterrent. You can also use accent lighting to put emphasis on your garden or doorway to give you an extra peace of mind with respect to your home occupants. However, accent lighting adds visual interests as ambient lighting to both indoor and outdoor space. Yale Lighting Concepts has a fantastic collection of accent lighting from Maxim Lighting that can perfectly complement your home.

Other Popular Outdoor Lighting Options:

• Flood lights
• Mailbox lights

Yale Lighting Concepts has the tips, trends, and illumination ideas to help you get a jump start on your autumn lighting options. You’re encouraged to contact us for more details on our two impressive overstocked showroom floors. We serve as your fall lighting professionals!

If you’re trying to put together your dream kitchen, your lighting is the most important aspect of your decor. Many people strive for a cozy kitchen area as a gathering place for their best meals and bonding with their family. If you’re looking for kitchen lighting ideas, Yale Lighting Concepts can add more than a decorative touch to any kitchen layout and design with two overstocked showrooms to choose from.

I’m Decorating My Kitchen, What Are My Lighting Options?

There are many touch points in your kitchen that are best suited with the right lighting. For this reason, track lighting can fulfill a variety of your kitchen lighting needs. It’s the perfect lighting for everything you want to accomplish in the kitchen. Prepare meals and enjoy dinner with a versatile lighting option that provides a clean look on your ceiling. Since track lighting is a series of lights, you can point them in any direction to tailor the mood. In fact, you can reduce your energy costs by adding LED lights to your track lighting heads.  

Pendant lighting comes in several design styles for your kitchen. They serve as hardworking illumination to cast light on a specific area of your kitchen. Get lighting exactly where you need it to highlight your kitchen’s best features. If you want to cast lighting on the sink or your breakfast nook, pendant lights are a superior option. In fact, their multi-light fixtures are also a popular design. Stylishly brighten your kitchen with a preferred lighting source from Yale Lighting Concepts. 

If you’re looking for a lighting option that will match your budget, island lighting is a great choice. Choose from classic wrought iron, glass, or crystal fixtures. Match your style type with a completely practical lighting option.

 Customers can choose from endless designs, styles, and sizes for their kitchen with island lighting. Give your eating area complete illumination or enhance the ambience in your kitchen with island lights. As suspension lighting, it’s easy to find the right style for your kitchen related tasks. Give your kitchen the perfect balance of light with Yale island lighting styles. 

At Yale Lighting Concepts, we offer over 75+ years experience as your lighting resource professionals. You’re invited to contact us to discuss your lighting preferences today!

We’re about a month into the summer and the heat’s just not letting up. We all know what that means: everyone’s been kicking their AC into overdrive and spinning their ceiling fans at top speed for weeks now. Not only does cooling your home like that rack up unnecessarily huge power bills, it makes it super hard for you to keep your home at a comfortable temperature. After all, the only thing as bad as sweating in your own home in the middle of summer is having to wear a parka in it.

Luckily, there are a few tricks you can use to get the most out of your ceiling fans so you can cool it a bit with the air conditioning and save money in comfort.

1. The Spin Direction Matters

It’s probably not a surprise to you that the blades of a ceiling fan are curved at an angle so that, as they spin, they can cut through the air and move it around efficiently. This trait of fans does create an unusual side-effect, however. If your fan blades, viewed from below, are spinning clockwise, your fan is pulling air up from below. While this setting does create a minor cooling effect, it’s better used during the winter for circulation of comfortable air throughout a space. During the hot months you want to be sure you have your fans set so that they spin counterclockwise. A ceiling fan spinning counterclockwise will push air directly downwards, creating a breezier air flow and cooling you much more effectively.

2. Fans Cool People, Not Rooms

Air conditioning is an incredible invention, but it does have its flaws. In this case, the flaw is that air conditioning does ex actly what it says on the tin: it conditions the air itself in a room. The average air temperature of a room is what air conditioning seeks to regulate, which is what leads to our homes becoming freezing by dropping the thermostat even a few degrees. Ceiling fans don’t actually change the temperature of the room much at all, they simply cool people that are within their range through a breezy wind-chill effect, the type of thing that causes “feels like” temperatures to be so different from the actual temperature outside. This means that, while an AC might take hours straight of running to cool your home down, a fan only takes moments of running for you to feel the effects. Taking advantage of this lets you run your fans (and your AC) much less consistently while still maintaining a comfortable feeling temperature in your living area.

3. Your Fan is your AC’s Best Friend

This all might seem like it’s been a little harsh to air conditioning, but that’s not the intention at all. People tend so much to rely only on their air conditioning and it results in them paying so much more each month to end up freezing themselves or constantly having to adjust the thermostat to stay comfortable. The reason we still use ceiling fans is because they’re still a vital part of the cooling system. When used properly, and to their fullest potential, they help you hit that perfect level of cool comfort without overworking your air conditioning unit. Staying smart and cool isn’t a question of either ceiling fans or air conditioning, it’s a matter of having them both work together in tandem.

Inspired to revitalize your ceiling fan style? Or maybe you’ve just been in need of an upgrade for a while? At Yale Lighting Concepts & Design we offer a huge selection of lighting integrated ceiling fan styles to choose from. Contact us today to learn more!

While generally underrated as dark and dusty locations in the home, attics provide essential storage and living spaces in many homes. In order to make the most of your attic, you should be sure it is outfitted with the proper lighting. We have provided some suggestions below, but you can always reach out to Yale Lighting Concepts and Design to help find the right lighting for your needs.

Determining Your Needs

Attics are unique spaces and sizes and can be used for many different purposes. The first step to determine the best lighting f

or your attic is assessing what you need. Some questions to consider include:

• How will you be using the space? Use as a bedroom or work area may require more light than use for storage.
• How big is the space? Determine whether one fixture will provide adequate light for the space. You may want to consider additional lighting, such as a small desk lamp, floor lamp, or sconces.
• Is the ceiling sloped? If your attic ceiling has a unique slope or angle, you may need to find a fixture that is tailored for that location. You may choose to use lighting to highlight any architectural quirks in the attic.

Explore Your Options

Now that you have taken some time to determine your needs, the fun part begins. You can start exploring the various lighting options available at Yale Lighting Concepts and Design. Some ideas to consider include:

• A stylish pendant light to provide a touch of class to the attic;
• Sconces to fit into any nooks and crannies throughout your space;
• A flush mount fixture to help maximize space; or
• A wall plate to suit your tastes

Yale Lighting Concepts and Design is committed to providing you the best service, best products, and best prices. Contact us now so we can support you in your design needs.