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5 Fun Lighting Ideas For Children’s Bedrooms

5 Fun Lighting Ideas For Children’s Bedrooms

When it comes to decorating a child's room there are lots of different aspects to think about and lighting should be one of them. While colours, toys, and furniture might be the things you think about first, fun lighting can really transform the space and make it a place your child will love

Lumens By Room

When it comes to lighting your house, the options can seem vast. Do you need bright light to make everything stand out, or is a softer light better? What about your bedroom – which lumen is best for creating a cosy atmosphere, but will still ensure you can navigate your way around easily?p

New Home Owner Glossary Of Lighting

New Home Owner Glossary Of Lighting

Congratulations on buying your first home! However, once you are free from the rental cycle the doors are opened to a new wave of responsibilities. Replacing things such as the boiler, broken appliances and even light bulbs are now down to you, without a landlord or maintenance team to jump to the

Interior Design Trends: Industrial With Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Interior Design Trends: Industrial With Fluorescent Light Bulbs

We've talked before about how fluorescent lights can be used to create a modern look in homes and public spaces. But, with the industrial interior design trend growing in popularity, we thought we'd take a closer look at how fluorescent lights can be used to make any room on trend.

BLT Direct Highlights The Lighting Trends To Look Out For In 2017

BLT Direct Highlights The Lighting Trends To Look Out For In 2017

Like fashion, the world of interiors is part of a trend-led wheel that is constantly turning, with each New Year bringing subtle changes to the aesthetic preferences and behaviour of the market. Lighting is a large and integral part of the interior design industry, adding the finishing touch to an

Where Can I Use A GU10 Lightbulb?

Where Can I Use A GU10 Lightbulb?

The GU10 light bulb has become a phenomenon in the lighting industry. Extremely energy efficient and inherently useful, these little beams of light adorn houses, businesses and public spaces in equal measure. But if you're a novice in the lighting world, new to GU10s or simply confused

Halogen Spotlights Soon To Be Phased Out – GU10 LED Bulbs Provide The Alternative

Halogen Spotlights Soon To Be Phased Out – GU10 LED Bulbs Provide The Alternative

Last September it was announced that halogen light bulbs were to follow on from incandescent lightbulb styles as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/01/halogen-spotlights-to-be-phased-out-across-europe">it was revealeda> that they are soon to become phased out across Europe

4 Lighting Fixtures You Didn’t Know Needed G9 LED Bulbs

4 Lighting Fixtures You Didn’t Know Needed G9 LED Bulbs

Knowing which light bulb to use around the home can be confusing at the best of times, and although we may have an idea of the shape or size that a light bulb must be to replace those that have burnt out, knowing the name or style of them is another matter altogether. Here, we focus on the G9 and

3 Great Uses For GU10 LED Bulbs

3 Great Uses For GU10 LED Bulbs

GU10 light bulbs are a focused, spotlight style of light bulb. Conventionally, they are available as a halogen lighting solution however, due to the recent EU ban on halogen light bulbs, many lighting fittings and fixtures that use these light bulbs will need to be replaced with GU10 LED bulbs. If

LEDs cut down energy bills this Christmas

LEDs cut down energy bills this Christmas

Switching old bulbs to LEDs this Christmas could cut out nasty festive fuel bill surprises says lighting expert, BLT Direct. The festive season wouldn't be complete with beautiful decorations and impressive lighting displays, but a combination of leaving lights on for longer than normal and

How to use light bulbs to make your home feel cosy during winter

How to use light bulbs to make your home feel cosy during winter

While the summer months encourage us to head outdoors on an evening, during winter many people tend to hibernate, making their homes as cosy as possible as the long, chilly nights draw in. If you too are wanting to turn your house into a tranquil den, here's how to do so with the use of ligh

Energy Saving Calculator Infographic

Energy Saving Calculator Infographic

Almost every household would like to streamline their monthly out goings if possible. Usually, people cut down on unnecessary spends such as luxury food and central heating when finding ways to tighten the budget but practical costs such as lighting is never considered. Every home needs lighting i

Christmas Lights Around The World

Christmas Lights Around The World

Christmas is almost here which can only mean one thing – our streets are soon to be brightened as homes are decked out with flashing Santas, shimmering stars and a whole host of other multi-coloured festive lights! Whether you join in the fun or not, this tradition is one that can't be

Lighting Expert Urges Homeowners To Take Security Seriously This Winter

Lighting Expert Urges Homeowners To Take Security Seriously This Winter

The clocks have gone back, the cold snap has arrived and the shops are full of festive goodies. Although the build up to Christmas is one of the most exciting times of the year, it is important that homeowners do not take their eye off the ball when it comes to security, according to BLT Direct

Contemporary Uses Of Fluorescent light

Contemporary Uses Of Fluorescent light

We come across fluorescent light every day and it is a common lighting solution used in many industrial applications. Spaces such as car parks, office buildings, supermarkets and many other public places often use these powerful sources of light to ensure that they are kept bright and illuminat

Make it a bright Christmas with BLT Direct

Make it a bright Christmas with BLT Direct

Lighting has formed an integral part of any Christmas decoration theme or display, ever since Edward Johnson wired coloured bulbs together and arranged them over a Christmas tree in the late 1800s.

Hygge Junkies Can Breathe Safely With LED Candle Bulbs

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Hygge Junkies Can Breathe Safely With LED Candle Bulbs

The Danish influence continues to dictate our lifestyle and design trends here in the UK. While the summer has seen us follow its example of clean lines and minimal styles, as we head into winter the sense of ‘Hygge' is becoming popular throughout the nation.

Seven incredible creative projects using LED light bulbs

Seven incredible creative projects using LED light bulbs

Once upon a time, lightbulbs were seen as a dull necessity. Something you needed to illuminate your way through life when it was dark. However nowadays, lightbulbs have become fashion accessories in their own right.

Your guide to classy Christmas lighting outdoors

Your guide to classy Christmas lighting outdoors

With summer officially over and even Halloween and bonfire night now out of the way, all that's left now is the ‘big one'. The lead up to Christmas wouldn't be the same without the festoons of lights and impressive displays seen everywhere from the high street to suburba

The clocks are going back – have you checked your lighting?

The clocks are going back – have you checked your lighting?

Those hanging on to the last remaining moments of British summer time are given a harsh jolt back to reality this weekend, as the clocks are to fall back on Sunday October 30 at 2am, marking the official end to the summer period and the beginning of the winter hibernation. While we have already

BLT Direct provide cafés with authentic retro lighting with large range of ‘edison’ style light bulbs

BLT Direct provide cafés with authentic retro lighting with large range of ‘edison’ style light bulbs

An ‘industrial' style of décor is currently enjoying popularity amongst many hospitality venues including cafes, bars, restaurants and nightclubs, with the incandescent lightbulb being a much sought after interior accessory needed to complete this stylised look. BLT Direct is

Choosing The Right Lightbulb for Each Room

Choosing The Right Lightbulb for Each Room

When it comes to lightbulbs, there's a lot more than meets the eye. It's not simply a case of nipping to the shop and buying the first bulb you find. There's all sorts of things to consider; is it a bayonet or screw fitting for instance? Do you want an LED bulb or incandescent

Christmas Lights; A History with BLT Direct

Christmas Lights; A History with BLT Direct

BLT Direct is one of the UK's leading retailers in decorative, sparkling Christmas lights, but have you ever wondered how the idea of fairy lights become a long standing holiday tradition? Way back...

Leading lighting provider encourages UK population to consider simple money saving techniques as interest rates plummet

When the Bank of England reduced its interest rates to the record low of 0.5% in August, the whole country was taken aback. Bringing back memories of the 2008 recession, it left many wondering what the next 12 months has in store for the economy.

Leading lighting retailer urges homeowners to make the most of their homes amidst uncertain housing market

Leading lighting retailer urges homeowners to make the most of their homes amidst uncertain housing market

It's been almost three months since the Referendum and the country's historic decision to leave the European Union. Since then, the country has been in an unbalanced state, with many industries waiting with bathed breath about what the future would hold. And none more so than the pr