Busy at the best of times, the open-plan spaces in our homes have become even busier in the last 12 months. With so much going on in one space, planning a lighting scheme can be challenging. Here are four things to consider to be sure the lighting in this area of your home works in the way you want it to, whether youâre working, cooking, dining or just relaxing.
Task lighting
The kitchen area is one of the places in the home where task lighting is crucial. You should make sure your work surfaces are well lit and that the lights are positioned so you are not working in your own shadow. Itâs not about the number of fittings you use but rather where you place them to get the light exactly where you need it.
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Ireland’s first tour to New Zealand ended with a colourful stop in Suva. By Ciarán Kennedy Sunday 14 Mar 2021, 8:00 AM Mar 14th 2021, 8:00 AM 25,001 Views 4 Comments
THE YEAR IS 1976 and a group of hardy Irishmen, battered and bruised, are happy to be getting out of New Zealand alive as they board an airplane destined for Fiji.
It’s been a year of firsts for the Ireland rugby team. They’ve just become the first Irish squad to tour New Zealand. They are about to also become the first Irish team to visit Fiji. To this day, they remain the last.
Peter Jackson: Peter O Mahony s elbow did little for Tomas Francis’ looks but real damage to title hopes
Thirteen unanswered points suggested they could take a red card on the chin and still win, as they had done despite CJ Stander’s against the Springboks in Cape Town five years ago
Peter O Mahony of Ireland leaves the pitch after being shown a red card against Wales. Picture: Chris Fairweather/Sportsfile
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When the red alerts kept flashing all around him at Cardiff’s reopened Superdome, Tadhg Beirne responded by running the ball more often than the entire English threequarters managed 24 hours earlier.