Light Advice for Basement?
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He said that flourescent lighting cost more bc it takes more wattage to keep turning it off and on, and I read the other day online that flourescent lighting put's out rays similar to the sun and can, over time, affect fabrics.
Good thing I had all mine on shelves with covers over them!
I'm not using flourescent in my new room...jmho
#22
I really don't like overhead florescent lighting. Even with the daylight bulbs the color is weird plus they buzz. My sewing room is in the basement and I just have one teeny window. I use task lighting. I have an Ott light over my cutting table and one behind my sewing machine. I even have a clip on light on my fabric shelves. For general room lighting I have a floor lamp.
#23
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I used to buy lots of lamps that I could put high or hang up, then a doctor let me know that what I really needed was "task lighting".
Ott lights are described this way.
He was right. I was putting so much light in my face, and what I needed was light on my project!
I do much better now.
Ott lights are described this way.
He was right. I was putting so much light in my face, and what I needed was light on my project!
I do much better now.
#24
I also like shop type flouresccent lights. I installed a double flourescent light fixture over my sewing machine. It has 2-4 foot bulbs in it. I'm even in front of a big double window, but at night I have a real problem especially with dark colors. I only had a ceiling fan with lights in the middle of the room. Wasn't very good...
#25
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mousie made an excellent point. In moving to our current home, my fabrics and threads moved into drawers. Only the things I am working on at the moment are out where they can be light damaged.
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