Friday
Feb172012
10 Home Lighting Tips from a Tony Winner
February 17, 2012 
Irwin Weiner ASID - Go to an interior designer for all-things decorating, including lighting. But sometimes even the pros need to get a little inspiration from specialists in the field. One such font of wisdom is Kevin Adams, a Tony Award winner who specializes in lighting.
Here are some of Kevin's home lighting tips:
- At a dinner party, try not to have overhead lighting glaring down on your family and guests. "Light coming straight down on people is not flattering to the face or any object in the room."
- "Layers of light" will create the desired lighting for any party or special evening. Kevin uses table lamps of varying heights to create warm and friendly pools of light. The interplay of light and shadows is highly desirable.
Install dimmers on all your lights to adjust the level of light at any time of day in your home. "Even the music sounds better when the lights are down."- Put low-wattage light bulbs in your table lamps for parties - after all, no one's going to be reading a book!
- "People look very handsome in amber light." Kevin uses 13-watt amber-hued compact fluorescent light bulbs or CFLs - colored CFLs will produce a more saturated color than traditional incandescent bulbs.
