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3 Biggest Lighting Mistakes

Posted: 12/21/2011

Installed and used correctly, a $20 dimmer can pay for itself within the first year.

(NAPSI)—Homeowners don’t have to be in the dark when it comes to avoiding common lighting mistakes. Here are several examples and tips on how to avoid them:

• Not installing landscape lighting. With the proper lighting, your home can look even more dramatic at night than during the daytime, have greater security and increase its value.

• Choosing the wrong-sized lighting fixtures. Take the width of the room, add it to the length of the room, turn that measurement from feet to inches—that is a good approximation of how wide the fixture should be. Also, make sure the bottom of your dining room fixture is 30” off the table.

• Not using a dimmer. Lighting controls have several advantages over on/off switches—starting with savings. A $20 dimmer pays for itself within the first year.

Videos detailing these and other common mistakes—and how to avoid them—are available on the Capitol Lighting website at www.1800lighting.com/mistakes.

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