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Buying Guides

  • How to light a low ceiling room

    There’s no reason to feel confused or worried about how you are going to illuminate your modern home or any room with low ceilings. This expert lighting guide shows you how to light a low ceiling room and transform it into a bright, airy and attractive space on budget.

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  • Art Deco Lighting History

    Art Deco roots can be traced back to La Societe des Artistes Decorateurs (society of decorator artists) in Paris. They were founded in 1901 to encourage higher design and production standards.

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  • Room Lighting Ideas

    This home lighting design guide, including “room lighting ideas”, sets out considerations and tips on what to look for and the benefits of different lighting types. I can’t give specific advice without visiting the room or home in question.

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  • Fantasia Ceiling Fan Buying & Selection Guide

    Fantasia are a British company and have pioneered the UK ceiling fans market since 1985. They have built a reputation for exceptional quality, value for money and an unrivalled 10-year guarantee. Here at Universal Lighting Services, we stock and supply the complete Fantasia range of ceiling and desk fans and are able to supply spare parts, accessories and technical advice. So, are they suitable for every room?

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  • What are Lumens and do they matter?

    Lumens are a unit of light that is becoming more widely used in describing the output of LED light fittings. They are not something new and Lumens and Lux have been used for some time within the lighting industry to ensure that levels of illumination were sufficient in the workplace.

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  • Choosing The Right Ceiling Light For Your Home

    Choosing the right ceiling light for your home from a catalogue or online can make many people nervous. They are unsure of the finishes, the correct size, or are just unsure what type to choose.

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  • The Ultimate Tiffany Lamp Buying Guide

    This article is a complete buyers’ guide to Tiffany lamps, their history, manufacture, types, how to keep them looking their best and how they can add a wow factor to any room in which they are installed.

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  • Recessed Downlights Explained

    If chosen carefully and installed in the correct numbers, downlights are capable of giving a gentle, even and shadow free light.

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  • No more Ordinary Light Bulbs, What Now?

    Britain has signed up to a proposal that will see all traditional light bulbs phased out by 2016. So what are the alternatives?

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  • Lighting and Health Guide

    In this article, I intend to simplify lighting techniques to enable the reader to make an informed choice when choosing fittings

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