A living room and kitchen with recessed lighting - Nazar Abbas Photography/Getty Images If you're on the market for a new house or thinking about making some upgrades to your current home, you may be ...

Bathrooms are more than just a stop-off in your morning and nightly routine. They can be a hub of tranquility and offer a space to prepare for the day or unwind and relax after a long one. Though the ...

Adding a luxe touch to your home doesn't always require breaking the bank. Here are some great options for accent lighting ...

Dimmers and control panels, task and accent lighting. The intricacies of lighting schemes may not seem as exciting as selecting that beautiful wall color from a peacock’s fan of paint chips, or match ...

Lighting a brownstone or row house presents a unique challenge. Homeowners must figure out how to illuminate a long, narrow space that usually has no natural light coming from either side. There are ...

Sconces appear to be popping up more these days: from uplights to downlights to swing-arms, and topped with silk shades or frosted glass globes. Wall-mounted lights of all shapes and sizes are ...

You know it. You may even hate it: cold and impersonal builder-grade lighting. It’s everywhere. From recessed can lights that dot every ceiling to the infamous “boob light,” a glass dome fixture ...

Natural light is invariably viewed as the best illumination for almost any residential space, so adding more of it to your bathroom is ideal. It is naturally comforting, engages your mental moods ...

Q: You say how high to hang bathroom vanity fixtures, but I need to know how far away from the mirror they should be. A: You have some flexibility with the distance off the mirror. It is the distance ...

Because the most important source of light in your bathroom isn’t the ceiling fixture. By Tim McKeough Of all the light sources in a bathroom, the sconces over the sink are the most important.

I'm an interior designer, and I've seen many bathroom remodels go wrong due to avoidable mistakes. Lack of storage, wrong material choices, insufficient lighting, and bad layout are common issues. By ...