Do-it-yourself Home Lighting Projects
Make Your Own Lighting Fixtures or Redo Some of Your Tired Old Fixtures
This site contains several articles on a wide variety of ways to create your own stylish and imaginative lighting fixtures or to jazz up an old and dull fixture. Articles cover such topics as Easy Lighting Projects which includes discussions of Uplights, Undercabinet Lights, how to spruce up an exisiting lampshade, and other specialty lighting projects, how to make a cheese grater lamp as a speciality kitchen lighting project, how to make a lamp from a bucket, plus a series of helpful articles on a wide range of lighting topics by Christopher Lowell, how to use holiday light strings to make several fun and contemporary lighting projects, a project to make a tall, painted lampshade from several older shades, making a silver leaf lamp shade and general lighting tips from Martha Stewart, and even tips on making a paper punch lampshade. If you've ever wanted to get creative with you table lamps or floor lamps or your kitchen lighting, then this site may just light up your life.
How to Install Track Lighting
Learn how to install track lighting, which uses individual lamps and lighting heads that fit into tracks secured to your ceiling. The choices in lighting heads for track lighting range from small, unobtrusive can-shaped fixtures to large, high-tech lamps that lend drama to an interior space. Tips for installing track lighting include studying the layout of the room, and planning for the first section of installation. Making sure to shut off the circuit breaker is key, followed by removing the globe or diffuser and bulb from the existing ceiling fixture. Using a toggle-bolt-type hollow-wall fastener, the lengths of track are held to the ceiling. With all the tracks and connectors assembled and secured to the ceiling, it's time to attach the electrical wires that supply power to the system. By resuming power, you can check your work and make sure the lighting is functional. Photos make this track lighting installation website helpful.
Electrical Projects: How To
This web page, part of the Lowe's site, offers links to how to tutorials offering instructions for electrical and lighting projects for the home. Articles include topics like installing a dimmer, installing a three-way switch, making and installing lamps and fixtures, installing recessed lighting, installing track lighting, installing a chandelier, and replacing light fixtures. There are also tips for interior and exterior lighting design, including low voltage and solar lighting, motion detectors, and holiday decor.
Lampshade Books
A recommended list of books about lighting concepts. Includes the following titles: How to Make Your Own Lamps & Lampshades, Lampshades: Technique & Design, Decorating Makeovers: More than 150 Easy Projects for Furniture, Floors & Walls, Lighting & Accessories and Lampshades, Simple & Advanced. Links lead to information about how to purchase lampshade books.
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