lighting for new sewing room
#11
i have ceiling fluorescent lites in my sewing room and it is truly the best lite. I do have task light shining on my sewing machine. I do sew in the basement, so the lites are just shop type lights, no covers distorting the light coming from them.
#12
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We have one room large enough for 14' longarm. It has 6 four bulb natural light fluorescent fixtures, each 4' long. I like a lot of light. Just be aware these warm up a room quickly. I use a large floor fan tilted up toward the ceiling to keep the air moving
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Also, take note of what kind of light bulbs you use. If you are using the new curly Q bulbs buy the daylight ones. Many of the other types make the colors on your fabric appear different than they are. If you shop at Home Depot they have a display that shows you how each of the types of bulbs look. Very interesting to check out. I was trying to pick a paint color for our bedroom & the colors I would choose always looked orange or yellow in our room. Finally figured out it was our light bulbs. Bought the daylight bulbs & finally got the true color. Keep this in mind, too.
#14
I have three sets of plug in shop lights in mine, but still use a light on my sewing table. We hooked a 6-plug surge control cord to the wall with screw in cup hooks. This seems to be doing the job. We bought the 36" ones and I think they were only somethinng like, $9.88
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