Lighting solutions - homes.

When we talk of Lighting it means illuminationg the place in a way that it distributes light from a wall scone, ceiling lamp, table lamp or a floor lamp evenly around the place . This place can be a Living room, a dining room, Kitchen, a hall, a porch or a balcony. Al these places need illumination. The choice of the lamp, lampshade, lamp fixture and the lihgt bulb or cfl is descided by the shape, size and utility of the place.

Let us consider a home. A place where the family starts their day and ends it too. So the prime consideration is a pace for relaxation and rejuvenation. Every room in a house when done up properly adds up to a home. Families spend their evenings , rest time and mornings in a home. So Illumination is a prerequisite. Every room is unique in its functionality , its utility and has a distinctive ambience . So the need of proper illumination is necessary. Till date one fixture for all rooms was the norm. But with such a large variety of Lamp shades made in diverse material like cloth, silk, paper, jute, bamboo, weeds and wood there is a unique offering of lamps for each room.

 A Hall can accept a floor lamp, a wall scone, a frame lamp, a celiling lamp, pedestal lamp….

e.g. a living room needs three different types of lighting bright, medium and mellow. High or Bright lighting can be achieved using a direct light source like a ceiling mounted cfl / led array with a suitable reflector for spreading the light all around evenly. This helps light up the roomvery well. Next comes medium level illumination. This can be achieved using a Wall scone with a bulb, cfl or a led fixture behing. This kind of setup cuts any direct glare from the light source. A table lamp with a semi transparent shade will also give a similar effect. Even a translucent ceiling lamp shade can give similar results. Mellow or low level lighting is the most difficult to achieve. Normally a bright lamp is chosen along with a low opacity shade made from Fiber, cotton, jute, cane or bamboo. But such a setup has fire hazard issues. Again a high wattage lamp wastes precious energy adding to golbal warming. If the place is airconditioned the ac system needs to work overtime to negate the heat from the bulb. So there is a need to have a balance between the lamp and the shade. The trick is to use a low wattage energy saving lamp along with a lampshade which allows a lot of light to pass through but still have mellow illumination.

BnB Creation is a leader in this technology and has a large array of lamps and lampshades which use energy sav ing lamps. The lamp itself is made from sustainable resources ad material which do not employ manufacturing processes which are harmful to the environment. The entire lamp is recyclable. Most of the raw material is from plants and tress which are fast growing and are sometimes looked upon as misfits.

The main idea is to design a shade which allows sufficient light through for even illumination without burdening the environment.