When designing a room or a new space in a house, you must first realize that your lighting design and solution will depend heavily on the activities that you will be performing in that particular room. That’s why that it’s always better to know beforehand what will be your room’s tasks before designing anything.

I know that sometimes this won’t be possible and you just want to cast a light on a room without knowing the exact function which that room will have. For this matter, it is recommended that you install and buy only the minimum amount of light fixtures. Just enough to get some good light going and come back to it later on.

The trouble with not being able to fully design and define what the common tasks are in that room, is that you will have a harder time in designing your lighting setup. With a good plan and definition of the activities properly made, you will have an enjoyable and easy time to adjust your lighting design for it.

1) Task Oriented Lights, are the type of lighting that you may apply when you have assigned some particular activities to be accomplished in that particular room or space. A perfect example for this is the kitchen, where you will need this type of lighting to be applied due to many activities that you will have to do in the kitchen.

Placing your light fixture above the edge of your counter is the one thing that you will need to accomplish, especially with recessed lighting. By doing this, you will have no hard shadows being cast over your sink or your cooking top as a result.

2) Accent Oriented Lights, are used mostly in the living rooms or any open areas. This type of lighting is used when you have some particular objects that you want to highlight, such as the fancy painting you bought earlier or a nice, texturized wall on your living room.

“A wall?” you might ask and yes, a wall. You can have an absolute fantastic effect if you cast hard shadows on a wall that has a nice texture to it. Not only it will amplify its effect, but it will also give you a nice resting point for your eyes. Use this to your advantage especially if you are refurbishing or remodeling a new house that does not have many fancy objects in it yet.

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