Bringing Your Wine Cellar to Light

One of the most important, and often neglected, elements of designing a wine cellar is lighting. Lighting is the fastest and easiest way to add drama to any wine cellar and at the same time accomplish the task of general illumination. When considering different types of light for your wine cellar there are three areas of lighting that you should consider: general lighting, accent lighting, and task lighting.

General Lighting- You want to make sure that you have properly illuminated the entire space. This could be in the form of recessed lighting, chandeliers, etc.

Accent Lighting- In order to create drama and personality to the space you will need to accent certain areas with light. This could take the form of sconces, tables lamps, etc.

Task lighting- This type of lighting is necessary when illuminating specific items or things. Task lighting is also there to highlight different areas and often showcase certain items. For example, you may want to run strip lighting on the underside of your wine rack to spotlight certain bottles, etc.

Another VERY important element in lighting your wine cellar is what type of light you select. The most important thing to consider is how much heat they give off. Zenon and LED lighting have become very popular choices for wine cellars because they give off very little heat and last a very long time. In the past people steered clear of these types of lights because they would give off cold, white, sterile light, but these days they have come a very long way in creating light that gives off a warmer incandescent look.

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These wine cellars look amazingly great because of the lightings. Thanks for sharing your thought on lighting a wine cellar. In order to remember all the bottles in the cellar using software would be better option.

Posted by: Account Deleted | 05/28/2011 at 01:47 AM