Modern Lighting: Enhancing Your Lifestyle

Modern lighting has evolved from the traditional lamp and shade to designs that are unique, sophisticated, and wildly creative.

From contemporary to retro-modern lighting, there are a myriad of online sites that offer an array of lighting fixtures that are colorful and expressive in design.  For example, one can replace an ordinary lamp and shade with a more modern cube base and a flower-like stem which holds two round bulbs.

One can also find a modern lighting chandelier that looks very similar to a fireworks display or perhaps one that mimics planets in orbit in a kaleidoscope of color.  There are triple bulb sconces that can be utilized in a bathroom or entryway as well as lamps that could be taken out of a Star Wars movie. The scope and variety of modern lighting today gives one the opportunity to express their unique personality and transcends any notion of what modern lighting actually is.

As we strive to become energy efficient, there is another component to modern lighting fixtures that is of quintessential importance.  The use of energy saving bulbs has now become part of the global mindset.

As a matter of fact, it was just announced that the US Capitol has just replaced all light bulbs with energy efficient fluorescent bulbs that uses 70% less energy than the standard bulbs.  Moreover, this translates to a huge savings for homeowners since these bulbs last up to ten thousand hours or 10 years.

Whether you are shopping for desk lamps, ceiling fans with lighting, bedroom lamps, living room lighting tracks or lamps, and outdoor lighting, the more you will be advancing the global conservation of energy.

In addition, to help save energy, it would be prudent to turn off the lights when you leave any room in your home.  You may recall that on March 29th of this year, millions of people from around the world turned off all their lights to celebrate “Earth Hour.”  The goal was to reduce emissions by 5%, and the result was far more substantial.

While modern lighting is considered to be on the cutting edge, as evidenced by the more than 200,000 websites available to date; and while there is growing popularity among monorail lighting, recessed lighting, and pendant lighting; there is still a need to address energy conservation and the reduction of emissions throughout the world.

Although modern lighting fixtures may be expensive, you can save and, at the same time, conserve energy by utilizing energy efficient light bulbs.  In fact, with the unique and creative designs available, these fluorescent light bulbs will not only fit like a glove, but will enhance the features of whatever fixture you choose.