One affordable way to stay cool in the summer heat is to install ceiling fans.

“The best way to understand the benefits is to do a few simple calculations,” Joe Rey-Barreau, education consultant for the American Lighting Association, said in a news release.

If the ambient air temperature is 80 degrees F, your body will feel as if it is 72 degrees F if you’re seated under a ceiling fan. In fact, most ceiling fans can make a room feel 10 degrees cooler.

Have you ever wondered what size ceiling fan to buy?

To get maximum comfort and energy savings, it is necessary to choose the correct size fan for a room.  Blade span is the key.  A fan that is too small or too big for your room may look awkward.  A fan that is too small probably will not move enough air and a fan that is too big might overpower the room.  We recommend the following:

• Large Rooms – For rooms up to 225 square feet (15′ x 15′) and larger, use a fan with a blade span of 50″, 52″, 54″, or 56″.
• Medium Room – In rooms up to 144 square feet (12′ x 12′) we recommend fans with blade spans of 42″ or 44″.
• Small Rooms – Rooms up to 64 square feet (8′ x 8′) should use a fan with a 32″ blade span.

Now is the best time ever to buy a ceiling fan because Creative Lighting is offering 10% off all ceiling fans to our social media customers. Click here to “Follow” us on Twitter and click here to “Like us on Facebook.

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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