#FriendsOfTheKuotes & Featured Influencers: December 2021 – Home Lighting Ideas

It’s official, cuties: That’s a wrap on 2021! It’s been such a fun year here at KKH, and one of my favorite things we did this year was really up the amount of social influencers and content creators we worked with. It’s been a blast a to discover inspiring new accounts to follow and also to work with some dear friends in the influencer community we’ve collab’ed with it the past to great success!

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Of course, I know many of you Kuotes cuties already follow @KathyKuoHome and @KKHSouthampton–but in case you’ve been busy with all things holiday fun and didn’t catch the deets about the December 2021 influencers we love from our social media collabs…read on to learn all about four of our featured #FriendsOfTheKuotes from this past month and to shop their gorg home designs.

Interested in working with us on a featured social media partnership? Drop us a line at pr@kathykuohome.com!

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You already know I love an entrepreneurial mama…so when we connected with business-owner and content creator Alicia Lund I knew it was going to be just the most fun design adventure! Alicia is a California mom who also co-founded The Wrel with her bestie. The Wrel is an online boutique selling a “seasonal collection of lifestyle essentials”–and every single piece is gorg and made by local California makers. 

We worked with the lovely Alicia on transitioning her adorable daughter Willow into a “big-girl bed.” Kids’ projects are always near and dear to my heart so I was all too happy to work on this fun project with Alicia and her fam! 

“I picked out this charming French country cream iron bed from Kathy Kuo Home and I swear my parents had the same one growing up so it feels very nostalgic to me…I’ve had so much fun giving my daughter Willow’s room a mini makeover…it’s by far the sweetest bedroom in our house!” –Alicia Lund writes on Instagram

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Alicia Lund with her family as seen on Instagram

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You may remember Dallas-based blogger Nita Mann and her adorable blog (nextwithnita.com) and IG feed from when we worked with her back in September. The lovely Nita is a new mom, a new homeowner, and just totally sweet and inspiring. This fall, we worked with Nita on finding the perfect dining room table and chairs for her new home, and she recently debuted some lovely holiday styling for her KKH pieces.

“We got our chairs from Kathy Kuo Home and we love them!” —Nita Mann writes on Instagram

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Meet Sarah Tucker (and prepare to become obsessed with her blog and IG feed)! Sarah is a Florida-based blogger (read her work HERE), mama-of-two, and content creator. Her aesthetic is equal parts Palm Beach preppy-chic and thoroughly modern whimsy. Truly, she’s one of the most fun influencers to keep up with!

When we learned she was looking for the perfect standing lamp for her living room this holiday season, it was a match made in design heaven and I love, love, love how our gold Cyrus lamp looks in her space.

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Confession time: I truly can’t get enough of Connecticut-based blogger Julia Dzafic and her dreamy blog Lemon Stripes (which she’s been writing since 2010, by the way)!

Julia lives in Stamford with with her two darling kiddos, fluffy doggo, and husband, and documents it all on her New England-chic blog and social channels. Everyone knows I love a kids’ room project so when Julia needed a new dresser for her son’s room I knew KKH had the perfect piece.

“We finally got a new dresser for Luca’s room! The one we had (from the guest room) was way too small. This one is Bungalow 5 from Kathy Kuo Home…it fits so much better in this space!” —Julia Dzafic writes on Instagram

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Meghan Donovan | Wit & Whimsy | @MeghanDono

Okay, if you aren’t following Meghan Donovan and her blog Wit & Whimsy…I would highly recommend hitting that follow button immediately!  The lovely Meghan makes her home in Brooklyn Heights and, like yours truly, she’s a major Francophile! She’s an inspiring creator and entrepreneur (she’s written her blog since 2006) and I’m sure you’ll love reading her posts on all things elevated living. She’s honestly one of my fave influencers right now!

When Meghan needed to elevate the look of her dining nook, we worked with her to find the perfect KKH dining table for her charming space!

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What Do You Want To Achieve In 2022? Here’s How To Get Started…. — decor8

Hello dear friend. I want to wish you a very happy end of the year and new year to come. We’ve all been through a lot in 2021, but I’m hopeful the Corona situation will improve drastically in the year ahead. Stay positive! As you know, I’ve been teaching online since 2009 and I truly love to help my students to see and reach their goals and dreams. I’d like to extend some free support and encouragement to as many as I can before the new year sets in so I recorded a 30-minute love note, a coaching session, podcast, audio file, voice message, whatever you want to call it – on the topic of WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE IN 2022? and in it, I’ll walk you through how to get started immediately. Don’t worry, there is no talk about new year’s resolutions – in fact don’t bother setting any for the new year – try my advice instead. It’s fun and easy, and free, so click below to listen in.

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Buy Your Property during Launching Phase!

It is not always simple to choose the ideal house for one’s family or investment business; but, if one wishes to have the luxury of choice, they must take their chances during the launching phase! Every day, the UAE real estate market blooms with new projects and gorgeous property, as these projects are in high demand among tourists, families, and investors. Hence, it is advised to purchase property while it is still in the ‘new launch’ phase. Because it is a cost-effective alternative, it minimizes the financial load to some level and offers the buyer the option of being selective about it.

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Why buying property in the launching phase is better:

Best prices & offers

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When the property is first being promoted, it will be at its most effective. In the beginning, the sellers provide inexpensive and respectable pricing. Then, in the future, the property price will most likely be determined by the demand for the property and the trajectory of sales. When demand is high, prices rise; prices can also rise when new infrastructure is built near the property or when labor and raw material costs fluctuate. Granted, after purchasing a freshly launched property, an individual is not compelled to make additional payments, even if the developer raises the pricing.

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Additionally, during the launch period, the developer will usually provide 1-3 payment plans, which will help both the investor and the end user in terms of having the option to choose the most appropriate plan. So, if one is buying at the launching phase with the intention of reselling for a greater ROI, they have made a wise move.

Variety of options

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The United Arab Emirates is a world of beautiful architecture, skyscrapers and tourism, and the continuous growth of beautiful real estate projects there does not stop. Beachfront villas, townhouses, penthouses, and comfortable apartments are always present in a fast-growing environment. As one has an eye on what they want, from a specific type of architecture, location, view and features; they start looking with a list of demands. With this in mind, one has to always pin down newly launched projects, to be able to check things out of their list in satisfaction. As options will be still open and flexible in customization.

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Buy the best location

Anyone interested in real estate understands that the location, as well as the type of property, have a significant impact on the price. When someone buys a beach villa, it’s not the same as when they buy a conventional townhouse with a garden view. The advantage of booking the location and type of property first on is always available during the launch phase. In the light of first come first serve, the very first clients who get to choose first will be able to choose the location that is more on demand and will receive a better ROI

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Purchasing property may be a long process, involving searching and determining how valuable it will be to an individual. This is why, if one is interested in investing and renovating a home, it is important to keep up to date on new launches. However, like with any investment, it’s best to know what one is doing before investing hundreds of thousands of dirhams.

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French Textile + Embroidery Artist Emma Cassi + Her Latest Work — decor8

I wanted to share some of the jewelry she was once making nearly full-time because it’s what brought me to Emma first so many years ago. I have several pieces of her jewelry and love them dearly.

Before I wrap up, as I know everyone is busy preparing for the holidays, I simply must highlight a special life-changing trip that Emma took with her family to Kenya in 2018. I’ll let her tell you in her own words, “We took the kids out of school for a few weeks to have time to travel around Kenya and we stayed with multiple families. We had conversations with the locals around the fire at night, listening to their ancestral customs and their dreams for the future. One evening on Masai Mara in the camp, we met a student who was helping with the building work and he was gutting a chicken while chatting about quantum physics, showing us the fragility and the softness of the eggs inside the open animal…”

This short film was made by her son, Anton Bosredon, and it’s definitely worth seeing so please take a few minutes to watch it. Anton interviews children who live in Kenya, “In June 2018, I traveled to Kenya. I visited 5 schools and interviewed children for a school documentary project. I asked children about their dream job, their worries, what they get for their birthday…” It was really revealing to me in many ways and made me think a lot about how I am raising my son and what values I am giving him, etc.

I’m so happy that I got to share Emma with you today dear friends. I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas – I’ll be back soon to wish you a Happy New Year, but until then, I hope you enjoy the holidays.

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https://emmacassi.com/

Silkbyemmacassi

Love,

Holly

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Luxe San Francisco Exterior Outdoor Space Reveal – Home Lighting Ideas

Hello, hello cuties! Wow, is it insane to you that we only have a couple more weeks left in this year? I’m in denial! But…I do really want to close 2021 out on a high note…which is why I am super excited to share this absolutely gorgeous San Francisco exterior outdoor space that my team and I designed alongside my dear friend John Gidding!

“First, let me tell you that this project was extra special because the client is a friend of mine, and of course, I got to work with John, who I just adore on both a friend level and a design level–he’s a genius!”

I’d also add that this project was a biggie–it involved a lot of physical landscape work that was labor-intensive and time-intensive…and then add COVID lockdowns into the mix when we had just started work here last year in 2020…and yeah, the road was long!

But the result though…I’m obsessed! Seriously, don’t you want to go on vacation in this yard?! To give you a behind the scenes peek at all the hard work that went into transforming this luxe outdoor space, I called up my pal John Gidding himself and asked him to share some of his project highlights and expert tips. Enjoy! 

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“It was wonderful working with KKH on this project! Everything has an overarching consistency of personality, which is hard to pull off, frankly. This was a long project and COVID hit in the middle of it…and yet the result is so cohesive. It was one of my happiest projects! –John Gidding

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Landscaping, Topography & Retaining Walls: Oh My!

Hi John! Welcome to the Kuotes! Our readers definitely know you from my recent post about our Turkey trip and of course from all the times I’ve gotten nostalgic for our “Knock First” and young modeling days! But now they get to see your work in action and wow…what a project! Give the readers a bit of an overview on what you did on this San Fran backyard.

John Gidding: Even though it was a small backyard, there was a lot of work to be done in terms of recreating and building new retaining walls. So, the first chunk of work was conceptualizing the yard. Before we started, there was a sloped backyard with a central path–instead of keeping that, the client was envisioning three platforms on three different levels. The first push was just dealing with the topography and then the vision came together. 

The idea with the three platform areas was for each to have a different personality and different usages. The client also wanted to have a fire feature. I put the fireplace at the end, and Aaron McIntire [also a friend of The Kuotes] created a brilliant fountain in the space as well. Once the retaining walls were in, the hardest work was going through city planning and getting engineers involved. Because the wind was pretty strong coming off the back of that hill so there were some  conditions on how porous that wall had to be in order to withstand the wind. That’s what became the Jasmine wall.

“The Jasmine wall is like a screen that allows the wind to sort of rustle through it–it’s very special and blows the scent of Jasmine throughout the space. The scent flows through the fireplace all the way through into the house. I love it so much!”

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I love that Jasmine wall too–so dreamy! And speaking of the retaining wall–the concrete work is so impressive. It’s so simple but so perfect–that’s tough to do!

John Gidding: I think the concrete work is exemplary on this project. It’s the bracket that holds the whole project together and the big lift of the work at the beginning was getting the concrete details right. Not only is it doing a lot of structural work, it’s expressed in a very purposeful way to look like off-set and jagged woodwork. It looks like slabs of wood, but it’s really all concrete.

“Both the fireplace and the retaining walls have that same elegant aesthetic.”

That was a very laborious process…we used larger slats of wood and cut them down to have sharp edges. Then we lightly burned the wood so that the grain stood out a bit more. The multi-tiered process made sure that the wood formwork was so perfect that, when removed, it looked like the concrete was made out of wood.

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An Outdoor Oasis–Complete with Storybook Trees & Chic Furniture

This space has so much character and personality–and the landscaping is a major factor there. What are some of your favorite special elements here?

John Gidding: There are 11 fully grown trees that were installed and they instantly made the yard a very special place. These are mature trees that we sourced all over the Bay Area. We worked hard to find the perfect maple trees. Especially the one that sticks out from inside the deck–that tree had to have an abundance of personality. We looked all over the place for it. We ended up with some large trees that had to be helicoptered in.

“There are also two flowering dogwood trees that will frame the view out of the master bedroom–they’ll take a few years to really bloom, but I think it will be an incredible experience when they do.” 

All the trees are doing very well–the maples are a little bit frazzled because it’s their first season there, but the olive trees have been very happy immediately where we installed them.

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Okay and we can’t ignore all of the gorgeous outdoor furniture in this space! Mentally, I am lounging in one of those chairs by the fireplace right now!

John Gidding:The one piece of furniture I’m in love with is another Aaron McIntyre design. It’s the console with the soapstone top and it incorporates the details he provided for the decking. The decking has a triple-ribbon of ipe wood that defines the perimeter, and the console has a similar detail. It also has a sense of permanence. It feels solid and feels like that yard has been there forever and has been welcoming people forever–it’s substantial. All of the extra pillows and cushion covers and blankets are stored there.

There’s also a beautiful coffee table that looks like a slice of tree that everyone always comments on. Almost like a petrified slice of tree has been there for ages. 

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Kathy Kuo Home Design Services

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The Possibilities Are Endless With Mood Lighting – Home Lighting Ideas

Mood lighting is more than lighting that affects moods. The lighting helps create calm and warm settings. The possibilities are endless with mood lighting.

You can use mood lighting by pairing types of lights. Learn more about mood lighting with our complete guide.

What Is Mood Lighting?

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Mood lighting influences the mood of a room. To adjust mood lighting, change its color, dimness, and angle. But that isn’t all you can do.

Mood lighting also influences your mood. The impact is subtle, so you may not realize it. You’ll find mood lighting in public settings where people gather.

The most common settings where you’ll find mood lighting include restaurants, spas, libraries, and medical offices.

Warm White Vs Cool White Mood Lighting

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Warm white and cool white are color temperatures. Color temperatures range from ultra-warm to daylight. The color is measured in Kelvin (K). Lower numbers indicate warmer temperatures. 

Light bulbs measured in degrees of Kelvin are lower than 2,700K. Around 2,000K is the lowest color temperature.

Here are the three color temperature ranges available over the counter: 

• Warm Light – less than 3,000K – warm light is the color of light that incandescent bulbs produce. It is soft and calm. Warm light is good to set the mood for bedrooms, living rooms, and dining rooms. 
• Cool Light – 3,000K to 4,500K – cool light is joyful and bright. Cool lights coincide with cool colors like blue and green. It works out well for kitchens and rooms you want to brighten, like basements. 
• Daylight – over 4,500K – daylight bulbs offer natural light. They are the brightest lights. Use daylight bulbs in rooms where you need a lot of light. Craft rooms, workshops, and display rooms. 

How To Choose Color Temperature

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Knowing different color temperatures and choosing them are two separate things. When you pick out lights, you need to choose which light to use in each room. This can overwhelm you, which is normal. 

There are no rules for color temperatures, but guidelines exist. Choose warm color temperatures in rooms where you want to relax and focus on people. Choose cool color temperatures in rooms where the focus is task-based.

How Does Each Color Affect Your Mood?

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Colors affect mood. It’s not about color temperatures in mood lighting. This is about how each color affects your mood mentally. There is a reason you choose a color.

What Each Color Means

• Red – increases appetite – red is the color of passion. It is the warmest color with two near-opposite qualities. Red is associated with love and anger. Be careful with red as too much isn’t good for a room.
• Orange – increases energy – orange is the color of creativity. As a mixture of two colors, orange has a few meanings. It takes energy from red and vibrance from yellow. Orange is good when you want to help people be creative. 
• Yellow – lifts spirits – yellow is the color of joy. The sun is grouped with the color yellow. It means happiness and fun. Use yellow when you want a joyful room. 
• Green – calms and grounds – green is the color of life. It is the color of nature and healing. Use green when you want to breathe life into a room and help people connect to nature.
• Blue – relaxes and takes one away – blue is the color of peace. Each shade of blue has a special meaning but they all relate to peace and relaxation. Use blue if you want a room to feel like an escape. 
• Indigo – opens the third eye – indigo is the color of wisdom. Indigo and blue are rainbow colors, despite indigo being grouped with blue. Use indigo to bring wisdom and sincerity to a room.
• Violet – encourages pride – violet is the color of royalty. All the best parts of pride are found in violet with the pairing of red and blue. Use violet if you want the people to feel royal, dignified, and devoted. 

Mood Lighting Tips

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Before you choose mood lighting, you need to know a few things. These tips on how to use mood lighting will help you make the most of your lights. Take a look at each tip and set the mood in your room.

Note: if you have a method not listed below, feel free to let us know in the comments. We love hearing about new techniques, tips, and tricks to help improve our indoor space. Everyone has unique ideas to offer.

Overhead Lighting Vs Angled Lighting

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Overhead lighting can affect the mood of a room. It is good if you want to give your space a sharp and clean look. But if you use overhead lighting without any other lights, it may not be the best option.

Overhead lighting alone can pronounce wrinkles and cast shadows on your face. It also allows shadows to be cast in the corners of the room and ceilings. Pair overhead lighting with wall lights to take care of these issues.

Dispersed Lighting

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If you create light in a room, you can control it. Instead of installing one large light, use multiple small lights. This gives you control over the light rays.

Using more than one light works in small rooms and large rooms. In small rooms, you can put the lights close together. But in large rooms, avoid using too many lights by spacing them out.

Backlit Mood Lighting

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Backlights are attached behind objects. Backlit mirrors are the most common backlights. With glass objects, their impact is greater. 

Backlit glass is more effective as the light reflects off of the glass. Mirrors make a room look bigger. When light reflects off the glass, the room will look bigger and brighter.

Adjustable Mood Lighting 

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You can buy adjustable mood lights. Some mood lights allow you to adjust the brightness or color temperature. Others allow you to adjust the color of the light. 

Shop online at Amazon and Wayfair. They have large selections of mood lights that cater to your needs. Mix and match for best results and get creative. Any light can be a mood light.

More Than One Light Source

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The last trick is using more than one light source to control the mood lighting. Add a light on the ceiling, corner, and wall.

To step things up, make your lights easy to move. Add lights behind a mirror, under the bed, and next to the windows. Hang fairy lights if you feel like it. Mood lighting is about making the room yours.

Mood Lighting Frequently Asked Questions

What Is Color Temperature

Degrees of Kelvin (K) measure color temperatures. Kelvin units reveal the amount of light that a lightbulb offers. The Kelvin scale temperature range is between 1,000K to 10,000K. 

In public buildings, for example, Kelvin temperatures range between 2,000K and 6,500K. A high Kelvin rating means the light will be more white. 

Do Mood Lights Work Like Mood Rings?

Mood lights and mood rings serve different purposes. Rings react to the air temperature in the room and your finger’s temperature. Mood lights do not react to anything. 

Is There A Best Mood Light For All The Time?

If you don’t want a different mood lighting for each room then play it safe. Cool light is the most common. Not warm light or daylight but cool light. White light is better than a colored one.

Can Mood Lighting Cure Diseases?

Light therapy may ease symptoms, but cannot cure diseases. They work better for increasing energy and improving moods than lowering symptoms caused by disease.

Is Mood Lighting LED Or Incandescent? 

Incandescent lights are warm and comforting. The lights are not adjustable. LED lights are mood lights.

Mood lighting is not a feature of incandescent lights. For more info, click the link: incandescent vs LED lights.

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Owners of Angelica Residence/Celestia by Syndicate

There are many Nahkeel purchasers who have paid deposits for property in the Jumeirah Village project – and to date no progress has been made – nor given recent events is it likely that much progress will be made any time soon – these are the sort of cases that should be guaranteed by the government – given that the Dubai Government is the major shareholder in Nahkeel’s parent company

The Dubai government will not bail out foreign investors. This has been stated. Dubai has been built with the intention of attracting foreign capital in the short term.

Foreign investors are just regarded as cows to milk. Should there be someone to be sacrificed, it will be the infidel.

The non respect of foreigners is blatant and this crisis will make it even clearer to the world.

Abu Dhabi, the new owner of the new Dubai, will reject responsibility of this screwing of foreigners on the old Dubai.

The new Dubai will start with a clean slate and unfinished projects. Unfinished projects will be auctioned to locals for nothing and the recovery rate on disposed assets will yield nothing to existing investors.

Unfinished projects will be relaunched at very attractive prices and a new wave of suckers will be find.

So is the Dubai World, a world where rules are changed to benefit a few.

 

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Lighting Hacks to Work From Home in Comfort – Home Lighting Ideas

The year 2020 saw a shift in how the world operated – people had to retreat to their homes, gatherings and outings were limited (if not banned entirely), and businesses had to resort to online functioning. However, just because people have to adjust to a new way of life doesn’t mean that they have to do so in any discomfort. 

When businesses switched to online functioning, employees were asked to resume working from home. Work from home or WFH isn’t a new concept, but it has been popularized by the pandemic.

Employees have had to dedicate areas in their living space and optimize that space to be able to work as efficiently as possible. The bottom line is that working from home is the new ‘normal’ and seemingly will be for some time. It doesn’t have to be gloomy and unproductive.

In fact, if you optimize your living space correctly, you might just be able to improve efficiency and work more comfortably than in an office.

Lighting Hacks to Work From Home

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What comes to mind when you think of a home office? You probably envision an office desk and a chair. There’s not much else to think about. In fact, most people would optimize their home office the same way they would a cubicle. 

The difference is that you didn’t have the freedom to be as creative as you would have liked in a cubicle at work. At home, however, you have more space and liberty to decorate and enhance as you like. 

Where does lighting play a role in it? A better question would have been, where doesn’t it? Lighting can make or break your living space. Homeowners are under the misconception that lighting is the easiest thing to hack in decor. It is, on the contrary, one of the easiest things to mess up.

Think of lighting as visibility. Without which your efficiency is reduced practically to zero. Poor visibility or one that puts a strain on your reflexes can also reduce your efficiency. 

Both of which are exactly what you should be avoiding when you’re sitting down to work. 

• Ditch the Incandescent and Fluorescent Lights

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Incandescent lights are lights you would typically find in chandeliers and fluorescent ones would be placed strategically in bathrooms. You might be able to visualize their purpose based solely on where they’re most commonly found. 

Incandescent lights are ideal to ‘set the mood’ when entertaining guests or throwing dinner parties. Fluorescent ones are perfect to be able to visualize everything in your space. For your home office you’ll need to find a compromise between the two. 

Ideally, go for light bulbs that are around 40 Watts. These bulbs aren’t as bright as florescent ones and aren’t as dim as incandescent ones. They don’t put a strain on your eyes and cover enough visibility to be effective for working.

If you want to take it up a notch, invest in energy saving light bulbs. These light bulbs are a steep one time purchase, but they save you a lot of money in the long run. 

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When it comes to lighting, most people don’t think too far ahead from ambient or overhead lighting. However, your workstation needs to have dedicated lighting of its own and not just one common fixture for the entire room. 

For example, if you’re tight for space and your workstation is basically just a desk and a chair in the corner of your room, then one overhead light for the entire room plus your workspace won’t be enough. 

Instead, you’ll need dedicated lights for your space. The important thing to consider here is that the lighting you use for your home office needs to be adjustable.

For example,

• You don’t need bright lighting in the morning when there’s natural light coming in from the windows.
• You would need bright light at night or just enough to be able to visualize your workstation without causing a strain on your eyes at night.

Different times of the day call for different light adjustments. Buying accent lights, ambient lights, or track lights for your workstation is costly and frankly unnecessary. Instead, buy a dimmer. Dimmers adjust lighting and cost less than a few dollars.

• Make Use of Natural Lighting

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Nothing tops natural lighting coming in. Warm lighting coming in through the windows makes all the difference, especially in a small room dedicated to be used as a home office. 

To make the most of natural lighting, you might need to design and decorate your space accordingly. For example, paint your walls in neutral tones, pastels, and light colors. Lighter colors tend to maximize spaces by allowing light to balance around the room. 

Similarly, you can strategically place mirrors around your home to bounce light from one corner of the room to the other. This works especially well if you’re trying to keep your home office from seeming too cluttered or too small. 

Most home offices are makeshift storage rooms and some are even limited to a desk and a chair in a corner of the room. Just because your space is limited, doesn’t mean your productivity has to be hindered. 

To maximize space and make the most out of natural lighting:

• Paint the room in neutral tones, pastels, and light colors.
• Strategically place mirrors in the room. 
• Use blinds or sheer curtains. 

Where Should You Set Up Your Home Office

Life’s changed since the pandemic first hit. What most people thought was a temporary stand still quickly turned out to last for a year and more. Times have understandably changed and the government has implemented guidelines to keep us safe – one of which was to restrict gatherings. 

This meant that businesses had to readjust and restructure their entire model. Working from home isn’t a foreign concept nor is it a new one. People have been working remotely for decades now. Admittedly, not on the scale that they’ve been working from home now.

People were, understandably, grossly unprepared. Home offices and workstations were no more than solitary desks and chairs. While that might be just enough to get work done, it’s not enough to increase productivity. 

Here are a few ideal locations at home to set up your office:

• Dedicated Corners in Your Bedroom

You spend the majority of your time in your bedroom. Setting up a home office in your own personal space instead in community space (such as the living room) therefore makes more sense. In this case, your home office would be more so of a workstation. 

To set up your workstation, you’ll need to:

• Assess your room’s floor plan and dedicate a corner specifically for your workstation. 
• Optimize space by using dual furniture. For example, setting up a vanity as a worktable.
• Have your workstation strategically placed against a light source. This could be a natural light source i.e., a window or under overhead lighting.
• Dedicate table lamps or scones specifically for your worktable. Invest in dimmers to be able to adjust light accordingly.

• Turn a Storage Room Into a Home Office

Storage rooms or walk in closets can be used as make shift home offices. The space is there, all you need to do is optimize it for working from home. A storage room can be turned into a complete home office instead of a solitary workstation. 

To set up your home office, you’ll need to:

• Adjust ventilation in your storage room. This can best be done by a professional.
• Place a desk in a convenient location. This can be tricky in small spaces. You might have to downsize on furniture accordingly.
• Hang up artwork to make your workspace seem livelier. 
• Paint the office in neutral tones and color schemes to make the space appear larger. Additionally, place mirrors strategically in the room to bounce off light from one corner to the other. 

Make Good Use of Your Coffee Table

If you’re on a budget and need an effective, yet convenient option to choose, you don’t need to look any further than the coffee table you have in your living room. However, you might have to adjust your timings in a community space (if you aren’t living alone) for maximum productivity.

Conclusion

Lighting can make or break your living space. At a time when working from home is the one recourse to use, it’s important to be able to adapt to the new normal. Your home office doesn’t have to be gloomy and dull. You can increase productivity at the comfort of your home by adjusting lighting in a useful and productive way.

This includes adding dedicated lights, using dimmers, making the most out of natural lighting, and using energy efficient lighting.

 

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