Custom Made Light Fixtures For Teenagers Rooms
Custom made light fixtures are about helping to create a sanctuary, a place to hang out after a long day. They can be designed to match the taste of the user and to create an individualistic atmosphere. Both parents and teens know that they need a place to call their own, a place they can have their privacy and for teens entertain friends. The days of baby dolls and toy trains are over – it’s time for a makeover and custom made lighting fixtures is a perfect, cost effective way to start. Since your teen’s bedroom is the one room in the house where they get to express themselves, a makeover can help them create a sense of identity for themselves.
It’s all about bright color for girls, from purple to lime green to the ever-popular pink. Retro patterns are making a comeback, and they may look familiar to moms who had something similar when they were teens. But these patterns should be updated for today’s teens. Retro look fixtures, funky fabric lamps shades on top of a brushed metal base or a funky print on a lamp shade are some of the options for lighting up girls’ rooms. From sport fishing to neo-geo shapes to surf prints, boys like to have “cool” and lighter colors in their rooms. No matter what he is into, you can incorporate a wide variety of colors and designs into boys’ rooms.
Custom Made Light Fixtures – Lighting Tips for Rooms
A few practical lighting tips are enumerated below to ensure that your choice of custom made lighting fixtures gives you maximum mileage in terms of visual appeal and practical application:
- Select the type of lighting: Choose the kind of light required – whether it be a single major source of light surrounded by minor ones or a number of diffused light sources.
- For rooms with a high ceiling: For ceilings nine feet or higher, consider a two-tier custom chandeliers to fill the space from the fixture’s top to the ceiling and surround it with smaller custom lamps.
- Dimmer: The use of a dimmer is advisable to provide control of the light level and atmosphere, it also helps to save on electricity costs. “Smart” dimmers, driven by microprocessors, offer convenience when you have several layers of light. These smart dimmers can be set to various ambiances – press one button for dining, another for lighting up homework, yet another for party-time, etc.
- Working at home: For those who have a study area, remember that overhead lighting may work well for general studies, but in depth or close work demands more light – consider getting a desk lamp.
Custom Made Lamps – Get Contemporary or Go Retro
Contemporary custom made lamps are the perfect way to update your office, hotel, restaurant, salon, or home. Whether you are looking for a lighting fixture for your dining room or a design for your kitchen or over your desk, Arie Design’s customizable lamp options define exceptional lighting fixtures. Create your own contemporary look by creating the design that you like and customizing it for every room or hallway. Our professional graphics and design teams are ready to help bring to fruition, all your ideas.
Alternatively, you can reminisce with a retro era design for your custom lamps. Some of the most popular lamps designs feature retro era artistic designs – you choose the artist and the work – we can transfer it on the material of your choice. Spice up your home with a range of colors, both on the lamps, as well as the bulbs. Any room can have a spot to add a layer of interest. Design your own custom made lamp, so you can get the exact look you want. Whether your home is a cottage, part of a condo village, or a large and sprawling estate, or your hotel is a bed and breakfast, or a chic modern boutique hotel, custom made lamps can make them more appealing.
Custom Made Lamps – Get Right Power
Custom made lamps enhance the visual appeal of the room and are definitely the preferred choice for those who can afford them. If you take an active interest in selecting and designing the custom lighting fixtures for your home, here is a simple calculation, which helps you compute the wattage required to sufficiently illuminate any room. Simply multiply the dimensions in feet of the room (assuming it is a square or rectangle shaped room). This will give you the square footage of the room. Multiply this figure by 1.5 to get the total illumination needed, in watts. For example, if your room is 10’x15’ in size, the total area of the room would be 10 X 15 = 150 square feet. For sufficient illumination, the total wattage of all the lamps in the room should be 150 X 1.5 = 225 watts.
This rule of thumb is followed for general illumination of the entire room. In case of lighting for a specific light-intensive task in a designated area of the room, the square footage of that part is multiplied by 2.5 to get the wattage desired. For example, if the size of your study table is 5’ x 6’, its square footage would be 5 X 6 = 30 square feet. In this case, the illumination required for the table would be 30 x 2.5 = 75 watts. This can be got from either a single lamp or a combination of custom made lamps.
Cheap Vs. Competitive Lighting Services
When we think of custom lighting services, the image which comes to mind is that of exclusive designers charging exorbitant rates for every design element. This is not necessarily true. Custom lighting services can be reasonably priced. Arie designs, for instance, is able to provide custom lamps, custom made chandeliers and other custom lighting fixtures at moderate prices. However, one must realize the difference between cheap and competitive pricing. While cheap rates may reflect on the quality of material supplied, competitively-priced indicates that the rates charged are reasonable without compromising on the quality.
Rather than going for a saving of one-time cost by opting for cheap, low-quality material, customers would be well-advised to approach reputable custom lighting services providers, who do not concede on quality issues, while maintaining reasonable prices by leveraging their economies of scale. In this regard, the pedigree and past experience of the service provider is paramount – Arie designs has a history of over 25 years in the field of lighting services, making it a premier player in the segment. Ensure that the lights you get are safe, long-lasting, economical in running costs, apart from being aesthetic to look at and conforming to the design you had in mind.
Why Opt. For Custom Lighting Services
Lights – be they lamps, chandeliers or any others, such as sconces, etc., beautify any area they adorn. The foyer, for instance, is the first place guests see when visiting your home, and nothing makes a greater impression than an elegant and stylish custom made lamps (or chandelier, depending on the size of the foyer) illuminating it. Adding a personal touch and character to living spaces is what custom lighting services have to offer – you choose the design and the mix – they create the light to meet your vision.
The right kind of light eliminates the need for additional decor in the area – they serve a dual purpose – lighting up the area and decorating it with your personal signature. Any work space or area you wish to illuminate can be done with your choice of lighting and design, by opting for custom lighting services. Custom lighting can help you design the size, shape, color of the lamp shade and the bulb, based on the functionality or the age group. Our goal at Arie Designs is to provide value to our clients by creating reasonably priced custom lighting fixtures allowing maximum flexibility to modify the fixture to meet their needs and their aspirations.
What Makes a Successful Custom Lighting Manufacturer
Custom lighting manufacturers have to meet and exceed high expectations through their creativity, ingenuity and integrity in every project and customer relationship. They are the ones who transforming concepts into reality through collaboration, innovation and a passion to deliver – whether it is a custom made lamp, a custom chandelier or any other custom lighting fixtures. They need to deliver to specifications, on time and within budget, to gain customers’ confidence. Arie designs blends state of the art manufacturing with age-old craftsmanship to create fixtures you envision with the performance and quality you demand to bridge the gap between a great concept and a great installation!
A successful custom lighting manufacturer needs to have a fully equipped facility to be able to control both quality and lead time. Custom light manufacturing involves design, engineering, making of prototypes, in-house manufacturing and assembly, custom finishing and color matching. Not to forget the field technical staff for prior consultation and after-sales service. Custom lighting manufacturers succeed through talented people and their determination to overcome any challenge to make your project work – from design to manufacturing to installation. The range of technical manpower required includes designers, manufacturing engineers, craftsmen, tool and die makers, welders, metal smiths, assemblers, painters and finishers.
Custom Lighting Manufacturers – What is a UL Certification?
Arie designs and Louie Lighting products, including the custom lighting fixtures, carry a UL label and can be installed in any residential or commercial setting. Very simply, UL stands for Underwriters Laboratories, which is a renowned, independent product safety certification organization. This means that any product which carries a UL label is considered safe enough for being installed. Custom lighting manufacturers can claim a UL certification on their product only if they are an approved UL facility and item is manufactured to UL standards. Every custom lighting fixture from Arie designs carries the UL label.
UL 8750 is the most common certification, which is applicable to almost all household lighting fixtures. It means that the light fixture being used has minimized the risks of electric shock, fire and biological hazards. The risk of fire is minimized by controlling the thermal dissipation. Similarly, biological hazards deal with UV (ultraviolet) exposure. The chances of an electric shock can be reduced by providing proper class of insulation. Only by meeting the UL standards does a custom lighting manufacturer receive the UL label.
Shopping Tips For Custom Made Chandeliers
Given below are a few tips to be followed when designing custom made chandeliers:
RIGHT LIGHT: Be sure to choose the correct light bulbs for your particular chandelier. Clear bulbs in chandeliers with exposed bulbs, or crystal glass enclosures will enhance sparkle. In chandeliers with linen shades, frosted bulbs cast a pleasing glow and won’t create shadows.
WEIGHT: Always consider the weight of the chandelier. Chandeliers heavier than 50 pounds have to be mounted more securely to the house’s structure. This is a criterion of the National Electrical Code, and the electrician hanging the fixture should be aware of this. It doesn’t hurt to remind them.
THE MORE THE BETTER: Don’t let a chandelier stand alone in a room. Like a star, they need a supporting cast of characters to help them do their job. A chandelier needs supplemental custom lighting around it. Don’t sweat to find the one fixture that does everything. It is best to achieve a layer of light in the rooms with sconces, table and floor lamps.
RAINBOW BRIGHT: While sparkling clear crystal refracts and reflects light, designers offer chandeliers in a rainbow of shades to complement decor. Colored crystal can combine with clear to create a prism of hue. Smokey quartz, rock crystal and amethyst offer an antique feel.
Design Tips For Custom Made Chandeliers
Arie Lighting lists a few design tips which will help you to design the best possible custom made chandeliers for your specific application:
MIX AND MATCH: Mixing of materials and styles within one fixture is now a common design trend. It is not unusual, for example, to find a rustic cast-iron fixture with crystals hanging from it, or metals and glass all incorporated into one fixture. Styles are decidedly eclectic and customers are comfortable mixing styles. Chandeliers lend themselves neatly to that process. You can look for a chandelier that is inspired by the period reflected in the room you are putting it, but you don’t have to. Many contemporary designs are a blend of traditional elements with modern materials – glass and alabaster with polished chrome or satin nickel, which makes them work with a variety of styles.
THE FINISH MATTERS: Chandeliers no longer feature just one metal or just one finish. The latest looks offer multi-tone finishes created by painted or chemical processes.
MODERNITY: The freshest face in chandeliers is clean and simple, designed to work in more contemporary spaces. A dramatic crystal product that can look very contemporary features colored crystal geometric shapes — cubes, rectangles, spirals, pyramids. The colors mix together to create auras of light for a vibrant rich look.
VARY INTENSITY AT WILL: Whether they are ornate and multi-armed or simply feature a large-scale bowl, chandeliers need a dimmer so homeowners can control the intensity of light. Most of the time, the lighting capability of a chandelier is more than is actually necessary to light the space. They should always be controlled by a dimmer to add to the aesthetic appeal.
MATCH POINT: Once a design preference has been identified, the custom chandelier should simply be another decorative element. There is a trend to eclectic interiors where traditional, transitional and modern will blur even within the same room. The chandelier doesn’t need to “match” the decor in a very rigid manner. If it works visually for the user, then it’s fine.