The second post of the Simple Gift of Light series is the first step of relighting your life: fuel up. The first step towards improving your life with the simple gift of light is to start seeing light like our ancestors did: as a mystical, magical, and even sacred gift. This is going to take […]
Imagine yourself in a windowless, featureless room, like an exam room at the hospital. There is a light switch on the wall that turns on the overhead fluorescent fixtures. You can have bright white light or pitch dark at the flick of a switch. And those are your only two choices. So most of the […]
Choosing a color temperature can be tricky. Read my quick summary on Houzz.com. How to Choose the Right Color Temperature of LED Lightbulb […]
Once you have light for doing and light for knowing, it’s time to think about light for feeling. Can light impact how you feel? Imagine yourself driving a car. Suddenly, you see flashing red and blue lights coming from behind you. Your heartrate rises, your brain goes to high alert, and you reach a state […]
Light isn’t just for doing- it is also for knowing where we are, where we are going, and who we are with. Imagine yourself in a large room that is completely dark- you cannot see anything. Now add the most basic light for reading- a clip-on book light. You can see the pages now, yes? […]
Are you a Houzz.com user? Check out my article on the pros and cons of downlights by clicking the link below. The Pros and Cons of Recessed Lighting […]
Do you know how many footcandles you need to read a magazine? Most likely not, and there is no reason you should. But you are an expert at what you do in your home, and you need light to see it. You need a certain kind of light to read your magazine, light that illuminates […]
Check out my first advice story on Houzz.com! The 5 Layers of a Well-Lit Kitchen […]
I can talk about lighting theory and ideas for hours (just ask my former students), but all my lighting knowledge can be encapsulated in a single piece of delicious Red Velvet Cake. If you read just one post on this blog, or remember just one idea, I hope this will be the one. Red Velvet […]
The Starry Night Theory I’m not a historian, so I have no idea how long humans existed with the sun, moon, and stars as our only sources of light before someone figured out how to keep a flame. I do know that it was a long time, and we got used to living our lives […]
In the introductory post, we discovered a new way to talk about light. Why am I so confident in this approach to lighting your home? Because it has been tested for thousands of years by billions of people, every time the sun comes out. I call it the Sunny Day Theory, and pair it with […]