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Backlighting a bathroom mirror is such a common DIY project, it’s typically doomed on the first try: The LEDs aren’t dimmed properly; they’re too close … Read more

On paper, most room look great. In real life, they are an obstacle course. So you set up all the furnitures, center rug and admire … Read more

How many times have you bought a mantel without measuring? Then when you hang it, you notice. It doesn’t look like it fits the fireplace … Read more

Now, if you’re measuring for hanging hardware (like me), you’d normaly take your measurements from the outside edge of the wood. This leads to trouble … Read more

You see a light bulb in a package labeled “sixty watt equivalent.” Next to that is the package for a lamp shade which has sixty … Read more

The problem isn’t typically about taste; it’s about math. This means math, specificly light output versus physical obstruction. What looks like a bright fixture in … Read more

Did you also observe that the light is not as bright at one end compared to the other? That’s due to voltage drop and transformer … Read more

People think of a dimmer switch as an on-off button with a knob that lets you turn the lights up or down. This explains why … Read more

If you’ve ever worked at a computer desk where everything was perfectly visible during the day only to become unreadable when lights were out, this … Read more

When you buy a lamp, there’s nothing more frustrating than discovering that something doesn’t seem quite right. Maybe you’re using a dim bulb, so you … Read more