Do you love the benefits you’ve received from your traditional ceiling fan, like increased air circulation or more cost savings per month– but feel ready for an upgrade? A remote controlled ceiling fan, just might do the trick in helping you reap all of the rewards one can offer. When it comes to home design, a ceiling fan can be at the center …
The Best Life Hack for Beating Bedtime Battles
Are you tired of the bedtime battle? You know, the daily conflict that occurs between you and your children to get them to sleep? Perhaps your child is anti-bedtime and creates a skirmish to get to the bedroom, but then deals ok with it. Or, maybe your child is the type to leave their bed several times to tell you they can’t sleep, before wearing …
Read This Before Installing Smart Lights
Imagine getting in bed and then realizing you forgot to turn off the light, but rather than getting up, you use a simple voice command, and all the lights go off. Or imagine you just finished watching a movie and the whole room is dark, but instead of hunting in the dark to find a light switch (and running your knee into your coffee table), you …
5 Ways to Use LED Strip Lights for a Safer Home
What’s the big deal with LED strip lights anyway? Let’s be honest. Sometimes we can get so caught up in the beauty and aesthetics of our home lighting fixtures that we forget to add into our design the practical purposes of light. Not only does light allow us to see things clearly, but it also provides protection from the dangers hiding in the …
This Is Probably Keeping You & Your Kids Awake At Night
Everyone wants their kids to get better sleep because if your kids are sleeping better, you are too. But sometimes, we may be doing things like scrolling through our phones or using a sleeping light, that are keeping us from sleeping better and we don’t even realize it. Turn Your Sleeping Light Off and Your Reading Light On Check out …
Astronauts In Space Couldn’t Sleep, Here’s How It Impacts You
Lighting affects life on Earth and in space. Come aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and see how lighting affects human performance. Earth applications and improvements can be drawn from this innovative advancement. The ISS orbits Earth approximately every 90 minutes; therefore, everyone onboard experiences sixteen sunrise and …
How the Benefits of Light Can Decrease Depression
Did you know: The light in your house could be the cause of your depression symptoms?Have you ever noticed yourself feeling a little bluer during the winter months? If so, you may have experienced Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is quite common in most people. SAD is a specific type of depression that is affected by the changing weather or …
4 Ways to Avoid Headaches in Your Home
Have you ever asked yourself ‘why do I have a headache’ when you’ve been in the house all day? It could be caused by external or internal factors including physical health deficiencies, bright light, loud noises, or allergens and strong odors. At Hånsen Lighting, we spend a lot of time in-store helping you choose the perfect lighting for your …
5 Tips to Improve Your Relationship With Light
What is your relationship with light? Does your brain first think of the sun radiating light and heat? How it naturally influences the details of how life comes to be? The role it plays in biology, impacting the life cycle? Or does your mind automatically go to a lightbulb that radiates artificial light 24 hours, if needed?Have you ever …
5 Lighting Design Rules: Keepin’ it Lit!
Whether you're interested in designing a new space or upgrading your current one, there are some very important lighting design ideas to keep in mind. Lighting can be the make or break of a beautiful, efficient, and functional space that you will either want to spend all your time in or be dying to get out of. If you follow these simple …