Whether one is doing a kitchen remodel or starting from scratch, the lighting design is frequently the last thing considered and often the first thing to get cut from the budget. Design and planning should be phase 1 of a kitchen project whether you are starting from scratch or remodeling. If you want your lighting…
We have all waited a long time for technology to catch up to our expectations of the perfect LED MR-16. The wait is over as the SORAA team took performances issues head on in their design and development of this bulb and conquered them all, we might add. Here are the top ten reasons why…
You can make your next recessed lighting project less frustrating and more efficient with the recessed lighting kits that Total Recessed Lighting has put together. We find that a lot of people aren’t sure about which trim goes with which fixture and bulb, so we’ve put together recessed lighting kits in hopes of eliminating the…
Questions. We get lots of questions. When we get a lot of questions in one particular area, this always prompts us to address it in a more global manner. Such as, the questions we get about LED Par 38 versus Halogen PAR 38-and which one is the better bulb. People want to know if the…
We get a lot of questions on what those strange three letter words mean that always seem to be designated to MR 16 light bulbs. You have seen ’em. They go something like this: EXN, BAB, FMW . . . So we decided to write-up a brief explanation to demystify these strange words and show…
Many of you are familiar with the “KISS” method? Keep it super simple (well, there is another version out there-the “keep it simple s—–“, but we won’t use that language here!) Sometimes simple is the best. One of our clients that does large trade shows in the fashion industry came to us with a dilemma….
This posting is in response to a very long thread on the Garden Web Lighting forum (Disappointed With My LED Recessed Lighting)-the original post was from 2008. Our lighting designer and guru was fascinated by all the comments an remarks and varying levels of input from the community at large. He thought it was time…
We just introduced a LED Retrofit Module and Trim (aka: universal LED Retrofit ) to our line about a month ago and it is soon becoming one of most popular and most sought after items. Want to know why? -First off, if you have an EXISTING 5″ OR 6″ recessed light fixture, this retrofit can…
And, what does this mean to you (WDTMTY)? Or, more accurately, WDTMTM (what does this mean to me)? This article is an abbreviated version of the article called, “LED, Incandescents, CFL’s, Oh No!! (Or, Watt’s Up?). But first, I have to share with you what started that article to begin with. In a phone conversation…
