Etsy has become renowned as the place to shop if you want unique, hand-crafted home decor, and it's also great for kitchen ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Terri Williams is a journalist covering housing trends. When designing or decorating a home, much thought is given to the colors, ...

Layered lighting plans in kitchens and baths enhance health, safety and comfort. Lighting is too often an afterthought in home improvement projects. And that’s to the detriment of the room and, ...

The simplest things can make or break the design of a room. You might have beautiful furniture, art and flooring, but if the ambience still feels off, lighting is the likely culprit. Light inside our ...

Lighting really does have a language to it. There are terminologies to help us categorize the specific jobs they have in creating a cohesive lighting design. While we are now adjusting to some of the ...

Every space needs lighting. Its power, however, reaches beyond illumination. A well-planned lighting system can change the entire mood of a room — not to mention the overall feel of an office building ...

Simply put, uplighting is any lighting that shines upward. Most commercial lighting pendants are designed with uplighting and downlighting capability. For interior applications, uplighting reduces ...

Certain dining room lighting mistakes can leave a space that is supposed to foster a sense of sociability and warmth feeling ...

The profession of lighting design is a relatively young discipline among the building design and construction fields. Although lighting has certainly been an integral component of the built ...