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Plasterboard ceiling with LED lighting

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Plasterboard ceiling with LED lighting If your home is a false ceiling, there are different solutions to give light to your living spaces. The plasterboard for ceiling lighting offers endless possibilities. Whether it's the living area or the bedroom, bathroom or stairs here are 5 original ideas to give light to the various corners of the house. How to make the electrical system in the false ceiling Often in old houses, it is necessary to lower the ceilings to improve for example the energy yield of the house through a false ceiling. Realizing a plasterboard paneling is very simple but it is always necessary to first, think about the installation of the electrical system. In fact, to prepare the electrical system in the false ceiling, it is first of all necessary to foresee and trace the light points and the junction boxes. The pipes through which all the wires of the plant will pass can be fixed with a metal wire to the ceiling, so once it has been prepared it will...

What lighting under the umbrella

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Are you looking for an original idea to light up the garden? There are light for garden umbrellas that can color and illuminate a particular evening outdoors. If you want to enjoy a nice outdoor dinner with friends, you have to think of adequate garden umbrella lighting. Here are some useful suggestions. Lighting under the umbrella: LED technology The LED technology has radically changed the way we illuminate the exterior and interior of a home. With the new technologies, it is possible to regulate the temperature of the light which can be yellow or even warmer, resembling in all respects to that of the sunset. A decidedly striking effect when it comes to lighting for garden umbrellas. Umbrella lights The first advice then, is always the same, as we have already suggested with regard to outdoor lighting: first of all, to evaluate the spaces. But then, the lighting under the umbrellas needs security as well as a touch of originality, otherwise goodbye atmosphere! If ...

Lighting for the photo studio

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Which lighting for the photo studio. The positioning and the quality of lighting for a photographic studio are fundamental, in the same way, the moment of planning is crucial. The main questions concern which led downlight to use, how to position them, whether it is better to rely on LED technology or take fluorescent led downlight. Here then are some basic suggestions to better prepare the lighting set for a photographic studio. Led Downlight for the photo studio Continuous or non-continuous lighting? Questions regarding the lighting of a photographic studio never seem to end. Regarding led downligh t for photographic studios, however, we must first ask ourselves whether the subject to be photographed is inanimate or animated. In the first case, in fact, the continuous lighting will be fine, while the non-continuous strobe will be better for animated ones. Continuous lighting, in fact, offers long shutter speeds and large openings and if the subject is animated it can g...

Vintage Industrial Lamps and their style

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How to furnish your home with a vintage touch. Those looking for ideas to furnish with a touch of originality, can resort to vintage industrial lamps, a retro style now very much in vogue that does not give up on new technologies. Industrial-style vintage lamps can have a cornet, the faux-rusted effect, or they can be in iron or polished or painted metal. Without forgetting the style of the old glass bulbs where the incandescent the effect is also reproduced without forgetting the technology. Tribute to the light bulb The vintage lighting recalls first of all the old light bulb, as happens for example with Edivad, the lamp by Davide Groppi which is openly a tribute to the traditional light bulb and which hanging on the wall becomes surreal and mysterious like a painting by Magritte. Also by Davide Groppi is the Edi Son lamp, the table lamp with a switch that is really a tribute to the inventor and that reproduces in full its "ancestor". Renovate with a vintag...

Lighting and energy saving: tips for a smart home

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Here are some practical tips to better illuminate and save money. Lighting and energy saving, a possible combination; just think that 80% of the electricity consumed in a home serves only to illuminate. Consumption that can be reduced by up to 20% with led lighting, for example using efficient low-consumption lamps. The energy savings through lighting helps us pay cheaper to use but also to reduce national consumption of fossil fuels, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thereby improve the quality of our lives. But how? Intelligent lighting: Which light bulb? It starts with light bulbs, so the first step is to choose the right one for our needs. Size of the space to be illuminated and its functionality, are the first two components to keep in mind: a kitchenette should be lit differently from a bathroom, a living room or a bedroom. Certainly, all traditional incandescent lamps that have been banned from marketing since 2011 must be banned from home. They had a low c...