light.style is an independent site about lighting — how to choose it, how to install it, and how to avoid the mistakes that make a room feel wrong.
What we cover
Lighting is one of the few things in a home that everybody has to deal with and almost nobody is taught about. Our articles fall into a few groups:
- Bulbs and technology — LED, halogen, Edison-style and smart bulbs: what the numbers on the box actually mean, and which ones matter.
- Solar and outdoor lighting — path lights, deck lights, string lights and the reasons cheap solar units disappoint after one winter.
- Room by room — kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, stairs, garages and home offices, each of which has different problems.
- How-to guides — replacing, installing, wiring and troubleshooting, with the safety limits stated plainly.
How the site is funded
Through affiliate links, and nothing else. There is no advertising network on this site, no sponsored content, no newsletter and no paywall. When an article links to a product, that link may be commercial, and it is labelled as such in the page code. The full explanation is on our Affiliate Disclosure page.
Where we are, honestly, right now
We would rather say this plainly than let you work it out for yourself. A large part of the archive on this site was written some years ago to a standard we would not accept today: competent, but generic — the kind of article that summarises what is already on the internet without adding anything to it.
We are working through it. The direction is towards fewer articles that carry something the rest of the internet does not have: measured figures rather than repeated claims, running costs worked out with the arithmetic shown, and manufacturer specification sheets read properly rather than paraphrased from marketing copy. Where an article has not been through that process yet, treat it as a starting point rather than a verdict.
Corrections
If something here is wrong, we want to know. Comments are closed, so email is the way: admin@light.style. Point us at the page and the specific claim, and we will check it and correct it.
A note on safety
Our how-to articles cover work that a competent person can reasonably do at home. They are not a substitute for an electrician, and they are not a substitute for your local wiring regulations. Where a job involves the fixed wiring of a property, get a qualified electrician — the cost of the call-out is smaller than the cost of getting it wrong.