With rentals and dorm rooms, it’s always hard because you can’t really change a lot. You have to be innovative.  Students, of course, are usually on a tight budget, and decorating tips must take that into account.  Find out what kind of lighting you’ll be working with. Does your dorm have an overhead light or floor lamps? It’s typically standard for your college to supply at least one form of primary lighting, but you should count on having to purchase an accent or desk lamp of your own. Here’s another item that combines function and decoration: a lamp will come in handy when your roomies are fast asleep while you’re pulling an all-nighter, and can add a unique element to your dorm.

Good, soft lighting and task lighting are important.  The more lighting you have in key areas where you study, the better.  Just make sure that it’s not too bright and that it’s about a 30-degree angle from your books, because you don’t want it shining directly on your book or directly onto your face.

Right now is the perfect time to come into Creative Lighting and buy lamps for your dorm because we are having a “Back to School Sale”.  Come in and save 10% off all of our desk, table and floor lamps.

The term “curb appeal” is used to denote the attractiveness or allure of the exterior parts of a residential or commercial property. Don’t forget to enhance the evening curb appeal of your home. One of the things that you can do is to improve the exterior lighting. Simply adding a series of low voltage lighting along the sidewalk or driveway can make your home look more appealing. You can also make your home look more beautiful and secure even at night if you put a decorative light fixture in the front porch.

Different Types Of Exterior Lighting

New technologies and many different types of outdoor lighting products make it easy to create lighting zones. Different areas of the landscape can be lit independently– to highlight a special tree or to cast brighter light on the grill in the outdoor kitchen, while keeping the patio lighting softer and more suitable for conversation.

In fact, lighting designers typically use four main kinds of outdoor lighting to get exactly the effect they want:

• Uplighting: fixtures aimed upward for accent and drama
• Downlighting: safety-oriented; used to illuminate large areas or define a pathway
• Zonal lighting: highlighting individual objects and plants
• Moonlighting: a natural effect, evoking light cast by a full moon. Fixtures are often mounted in trees; mix of uplighting and downlighting.

Right now is a better time than ever to design with light outdoors because Creative Lighting is offering a discount to our Social Media customer.  Save 10% on all exterior lighting through July 30, 2010 with our Social Media coupon.  Click here to “Follow us” on Twitter and Click here to “Like us” on Facebook.

Now through July 24th Creative Lighting is having an in store special for social media customers.  What does this mean?  Well, we have a coupon that is available on our Facebook page that we are also sending out over Twitter.  We see it as a way to say “thank you” to all the people who “follow” us on Twitter and “Like” us on Facebook.  We realize that not everyone who either “follows” us or “Likes” us is necessarily a customer of our store, but we do know that some of you are. To those of you that are “followers” and “Likers” and also want to get really great deals on lighting, thank you and here is your chance.  If you are not yet “following” us on Twitter or “Liking” us on Facebook but want to, click here for Twitter and here for Facebook.  We look forward to sharing creative lighting ideas and more great deals with you in the future.

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