My wife and I use our bedroom for sleeping, getting dressed in the morning, and a few other things I won’t mention. Our children, over the course of the past twenty-plus years, have used their bedrooms for sleeping, dressing, and nearly every other activity imaginable. At different times in their lives, our children have read books, built […]
Category: Bedrooms & Bathrooms
Don’t/Do This: Primary Bedrooms (Modern)
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This post is a continuation of my Don’t/Do This: Primary Bedroom exploration. My Don’t/Do This series are a lot of fun to sketch and imagine. Too much fun, perhaps, as the post on primary bedrooms has now ballooned into three. Without much forethought, I find myself creating an increasingly comprehensive series aimed at comparing and contrasting what to do […]
DON’T/DO THIS: Primary Bedrooms (Traditional)
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One of my writing goals is to simplify the scientific and technical aspects of light into actionable advice, and the Don’t/Do This series is perhaps the most aligned with this purpose. The intent is to provide a simple list of strategies to utilize in a home, space by space, alongside pitfalls to avoid. Sounds easy, right? Working […]
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DON’T/DO THIS: Baths
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My desire to revisit the do’s and don’ts of lighting is going to kill me, but I am having too much fun to stop. These posts take the longest to create of any I have previously written, but sketching is so relaxing that I look forward to the next one. So here it is, the […]
Vanity & Celebrity
![A bathroom sink with a mirror above it and two light on either side of the mirror and a piece of art hanging to the right.](https://lightcanhelpyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bathroom-sink.jpg)
The stars of stage and screen spend a good deal of time in their dressing rooms in front of the mirror, checking to make sure they are ready for the literal spotlight. You may not be going onstage, but that is no excuse for poor lighting at your vanity. Leave the film noir to the […]
1THING: Plug In Kids’ Bedrooms
![An illustration of a child's room with an overhead light and arrows coming out of it pointing to the left, down and to the right, labelled "Glare...everywhere!"](https://lightcanhelpyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/01-kid-cfls.jpg)
A few weeks ago I had fun detailing what happens in children’s bedrooms and why typical lighting falls short of serving human needs. This week I take another crack at the kids’ rooms, this time for my 1THING: Plug In solutions series. Honestly, it is a little tougher to light a child’s bedroom with plug […]
1THING: New Build Bedrooms for Children
![An illustration of a kid's bedroom with a big question mark shaped like a lightbulb overlayed on top of it](https://lightcanhelpyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1-kids-rooms.jpg)
My children are at the age where calling them kids becomes increasingly dubious. Sixteen and twenty-one years of age, they spend more time away from home every year. That doesn’t mean that stepping on LEGOs is a past hazard- the threat is still very real. (And yes, I know that the correct term is LEGO, […]
1THING: Plug In Bedroom Lighting
![A silhouetted figure reading on a bed in a bedroom. There is a ceiling fan on the ceiling and a table across the room on the other side of the image. The ceiling fan has a light. A big, bright arrow points from the light to the face of the figure. White text near the light reads "this light can hurt you" and points with a thin, white arrow to the ceiling fan light. Script text below the image reads "How to make a bedroom more comfortable..."](https://lightcanhelpyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bedroom-lighting-1.jpeg)
When it comes to plug-in lighting upgrades in the bedroom, the bedside table lamp is a runaway favorite. Both useful and ubiquitous, this staple of decorative lighting needs no introduction. And devoting an entire blog post to them might be considered a waste of time. That means I will probably write about bedside lamps someday, […]
1THING: New Build Bedrooms
![An illustrated depiction of a bedroom featuring a bed fit for two, two lamps on either side, and a ceiling fan. Script text at the bottom reads "Lamps are great...but usually not enough."](https://lightcanhelpyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bedroom-1.jpeg)
I am having fun with both 1THING series, and this week’s post on bedrooms is no exception. I am pretty good at overcomplicating things, so the mental gymnastics of forcing myself to make a single choice is proving to be good exercise. Plus, I think I might quit my job so I can just sketch and doodle […]
1THING: Plug In Bathroom Lighting
![HOW TO GET NIGHTLIGHTS TO BE THE RIGHT LIGHTS. Next to a red arrow pointing up: light going this way shines in our eyes disrupting our sleep Next to a green arrow pointing down: light going this way shines on the floor making it safer](https://lightcanhelpyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/nightlight-1.jpeg)
It is particularly difficult to change lighting in a bathroom without hiring an electrician. Most baths are filled with tubs, showers, toilets, and vanities that leave little to no room for tables and lamps. And plug-in lamps near a tub are a bad idea from a safety perspective – electricity near water is a time-honored […]