Home Electrical Essentials

Electricity is one of the main sources of energy used in everyone’s daily activities. In today’s day and age we cannot imagine life without electricity. Though it is an essential part of our life we don’t pay enough attention to our residential electrical design and wiring. To many renovators and builders it’s an afterthought that comes with other decisions like floor and wall colours. Here are some tips for those who are considering taking their home electrical design to the next level.

Lighting is Crucial:

Unless you have a custom home chances are that you are using pre-existed lighting that was installed years ago, thoughtful and well-appointed lighting is like magic in the room, and can do so much for the atmosphere and mood in the home, as a matter of fact you will find expert’s advising to utilise as much of natural light one can for illuminating a zone. Too much of illumination would result in increased brightness of the room that would cause the room to look smaller and claustrophobic. If your interiors have a lot of white make sure you do not over illuminate the interiors. Here are some basic tips to consider while planning your lighting design.

• The key to a perfectly lit front room is variety. Think about utilizing lighting at varied heights and locations.
• Lighting Fatigue (how you feel in a bright shadowless room) can be avoided by keeping different brightness levels in different rooms
• Lights in the middle of the kitchen are often not required, make use of direct light from counter tops as much as you can
• Lights above and on both sides of the mirrors in a bathroom will provide perfect light scheme to fill in shadows.
• Try lighting up vertical surfaces like an art piece or the wall itself
• The best and the quickest way to get great lighting at home is to change your switches to dimmers to control the lights

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Power point Placement:

Frustrated with limited length of the cord? You could have avoided this if you had paid attention to the placement of the power points. Designing and planning the placement of the power points in your home can help you in avoid problems such as constant plugging and unplugging in the kitchen and from messy extension cords. Bedrooms are often the common places to charge devices like your phone and iPad so ensure that you can access the power points easily. Identify sockets for table and floor lamps; make sure they’re positioned by entry and exits to that particular room. Make sure you have switches by the bed. The good thing is there are wide range of power points that have inbuilt USB chargers to charge your phone without using the socket space.

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You buy cheap you buy twice:

As the saying goes you buy cheap you buy twice, so be wary of the electrical products that are sold at a price lower that the market average. Low priced products often do not comply with the electrical standards and have low quality. Low quality electrical products are not only unreliable but also unsafe to use as they age quickly, change colour or crack.

Uniformity in Fixtures:

Little things make a big difference, if something small is out of place it can disrupt the whole interior design of the house. When you are building or renovating your home decide on the colour of the fixtures you would use, black, white or something else, remember to pay attention to the fixtures to ensure the interior design of your home is consistent.

Consider Challenges as Opportunities:

Consider repairs and setback as an opportunity to renovate and redesign, has the wiring of your home gone faulty? Have you repainted your home and found out that the power points and switches do not complement each other? Now might be a good time to work on your home for a new look.

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