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Old 04-18-2012, 05:24 AM
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leighway
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If you're one of those, like me, who happens to be very sensitive to the quality of light in a room, I'd recommend the strategic placement of several small lamps around the room to "cut" the severity of fluorescent lighting. Even tho they do have very good daylight bulbs, I often feel the light above is pressing down on my head and I refer to a room with a single overhead bulb as the Nazi interrogation chamber. I also like the inclusion of an uplight somewhere in the room. I'm talking about one of those inexpensive tall torchiere lamps which beam their light to the ceiling where it softens and bounces back into the room.
There are decorators, engineers and psychologists who all have said that the quality and placement of light will affect whether or not you enjoy entering and staying in a room. Good luck and trust your feelings on this.
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