Falls on staircases can be major cause of accidents in the home, surprising it is often the smaller staircases e.g. split level stairs which can be the most dangerous. Often risks to a stairs user can be caused by lighting that falls in pools, leaving other areas dark or encourages shadows when it is necessary to see clearly. It is essential that practicality and safety is placed first over sexy lighting design features.

Staircases should convey a sense of airiness and be welcoming. Quite often, stairwells and landings do not have windows or at least ones that cannot be opened. Even if fresh air is circulating through open doors from ventilated rooms, the air will not appear to be fresh. If a stairwell does have a window, the sunlight streaming in will give the impression of freshness, and these windows should have the minimum amount of curtaining possible.

If there are no openings for natural light, you will have to create the impression of sunlight by trickery. One common trick is the skylight, which allows the maximum daylight stream down the entire length of the stairwell with the added bonus of being toplighting.

Another is to put in plain glass doors that lead into rooms off the staircase and borrow the light from their windows. Finally, in new houses there are small openings with wide reveres which can be designed at strategic angles of the stair. These tricks can be supplemented by introducing artificial light removable battery floodlights suppliers to increase the effect.

Light ?borrowed? from other rooms can be enhanced by placing table or floor lamps in areas of the room where their rays can blend with the daylight. The wide ledges created by the obtuse opening angles of the wall slits can be used for table lights or lights concealed in the opening's top.

With new houses, it is easier to allow the maximum light to flow into the halls and staircase because you are able to construct the house to suit, unlike older houses with other conditions.

Diffused light created by translucent shades or other covers placed in front of both daylight and artificial light provide an overall soft glow. This technique is excellent for halls and stair landings where close work such as reading are never done, but where you need to see steps and obstacles.

Strong lights can be built into the staircase wall at baseboard level, giving the treads a beam of brightness. Modern light fixtures can be mounted into the staircase itself, great care and attention is required when considering this technique.

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Have you ever lost something? Did you absolutely remember putting something valuable somewhere and now you cannot remember where you put it? You may be like millions of other people who forget "misplaced" valuables.

Hiding your valuables in the mattress or under your favorite pillow is not a good safeguard anymore. Most thieves know to look in these places quickly. You could keep a safety deposit box at your local bank, but then you would have the hassle of going there often to look at or use your valuables. You could keep your valuables any number of places outside your home, but then you would be constantly going "other places" to look at or use them.

The traditional approach to keeping ones' valuables has been around for years. How many times have you searched an old house and found something that was old and valuable? Hiding valuables in your home is an excellent idea as long as the places you hide them is really secret, and kept that way.

There are 10 ideas below where you could locate a "secret place" to put your valuables. These may offer maximum security. The first five are primarily for homeowners while the second five are for apartment dwellers. Some may require some construction to an existing space and other do not.

1. Walls and ceilings

? Because every room has four walls and a ceiling, and some are hollow, there can be a hidden space behind every wall in every room or in the ceiling. We all have fixed solid items on walls. You would have to remove the fixed item and hollow out a space behind it. When you put the item back, make sure you camouflage your work well.

2. Beams

? Ceiling and wall beams have always been a popular architectural feature in homes. Make one a false beam that is movable. Make sure it does not have to support anything. Hollow out an opening in the top or back side and put it back. Make sure you do not make your work visible.

3. Baseboards

? Everyone has baseboard running along the walls in eachArea Lighting 360lighting Manufacturersroom. Pick a spot and hollow out a space behind a baseboard and put it back. Make sure it is a short one or one that can easily be removed or it will look obvious that something was going on.

4. Paneling

? Choose a small section of paneling and put something in the "dead space" behind it. You find it hard to do if all you have is 4x8 sheets of paneling.

5. Mirrors

? Mirrors often have nothing behind them. They offer small spaces to put things. These could be on your walls or on your doors.

6. Furniture and tables

? Furniture has been used to hide things for years. All you have to do is take a piece of furniture and look for a place you can hollow out that would not be conspicuous. A very simple approach would be moldings or any other place you can hollow out and conceal.

7. Bookcase

? A common and easily overlooked place is the base of a bookcase. If you can make the shelf removable or the molding removable you will have a place to hide things. You could use magnets to put the shelf or molding back.

8. Light switch

? An easy and highly deceptive hiding place is a light switch. If you use a real one, make sure the electrical power is turned off prior to making the hollow space. Then put the light switch plate back in place.

9. House plants

? Secret compartments can be built into the plant pot. Make sure you seal your valuables in a waterproof bag.

10. Buried treasure

? The last place has been a favorite throughout the years. Hiding your valuables underground.

When you decide what to do with your valuables make sure you have an accurate map of where you hid them. Without the map you may once again remember absolutely putting a valuable somewhere, but cannot remember where you put it.

Make sure your work is flawless and everything fits together perfectly. Do not tell anyone except members of your own family where the valuables are hidden.

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