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Aug 05, 2016

Get this Look 2: Backlit Bathroom Mirror

Welcome to the second installment of Get This Look with Inspired LED! This week we’ll be analyzing a simple, yet creative way to add LED lighting to the bathroom… Whether for a high-end restaurant or a residential remodel, bathrooms are a great place to utilize LED accent lighting. Not only do lights help to set the mood in this area of the home, but when used around a mirror, they serve a particularly functional purpose. Done properly, mirror accent lighting can not only help your bathroom to look amazing, but they can help to make you feel amazing about the way you…

Jul 29, 2016

Get This Look: The “Floating” Shelf

If you’ve recently spent time browsing through a model home, window shopping at a mall, or eating in a high-end restaurant, you may have noticed some unique accent lighting displays. As LEDs become more readily available on the market, they are also becoming more commonly specified in new builds and architectural designs. In the hands of an experienced interior decorator, LEDs can create some stunning visual displays of light and shadow. In this segment, we reveal some of the secrets of how our LED products can be used to create some of these dramatic, eye-catching looks, beginning with the “floating” shelf. One of our most…

Jul 26, 2016

Outdoor Lighting Project: Gazebo

Long summer days have led to warm summer nights, the perfect time to make the most of your favorite outdoor spaces! And whether that ends up being your deck, patio, pool, fire pit, gazebo, or outdoor kitchen, LED lighting is the perfect way to enhance your time outdoors. Recently, Inspired LED helped one of our customers add a little light to their backyard . We love seeing the end results of completed home projects, so let’s explore this brand new gazebo featuring Inspired LED lighting! Design and Installation Phase For this project, the homeowner wanted to light various areas of the gazebo, including the handrails around the outer…

Jul 22, 2016

Inspired LED 101: How to Solder LED Strips

Inspired LED flexible strips are a versatile option for any indoor accent or task-lighting application. Low profile, and (of course) low-voltage, these handy little strips are the perfect way to add a little extra light wherever you need it most. To make installation as simple as possible, we offer our customers the convenience of both pre-soldered “plug & play” connectors or simple solderless connectors for DIY field work. However, we recognize that there are certain circumstances where desire or necessity may require some good, old-fashioned soldering. When this is the case, we recommend the following techniques for soldering cables and connectors to Inspired LED…

Jul 08, 2016

Kitchen Update : Spexarth Design Project #2

Spexarth Design, based outside of Wichita Kansas, is a contracting & remodeling group specializing in a variety of services from carpentry work, drywall, and tile, to paint, architecture, and interior design. For the past year, they have been putting the finishing touches on their projects using Inspired LED lighting systems, with some fantastic results. This summer, our friends at Spexarth kicked things off with another stunning kitchen remodel, featuring some elegant upgrades, and of course, some LED lights. Let’s take a moment to see what they’ve been up to, and admire the results of their hard work! Before Spexarth Design’s clients began with a simple…

Jul 01, 2016

DIY Project Tutorial: LED Car Lighting

While LED lighting is most commonly used around the house, under cabinets or lighting up commercial displays, there are many other creative and unique places where these handy little lights can find themselves at home! One of the less common, but more impressive areas where our LEDs have been utilized is as accent lighting on vehicles. Interior car lighting can provide a functional element in the ability to find things late at night. If you’re an avid camper or frequent road trip adventurer, it can serve as a way to perform tasks a bit more easily than you might under the dim…

Jun 21, 2016

Accessory of the Week: New & Improved USB Switch

Since their introduction to the market several years ago, Inspired LED’s TV backlight kits have been a favorite among our customers as a simple but highly effective use for LEDs. Now, these popular kits are better than ever with the addition of our newly redesigned USB switch! This week, we examine what makes this brand new accessory such a great addition to the Inspired LED product line. The frequent and sometimes dramatic variation in picture brightness from your television screen can cause visual fatigue in an otherwise dark room. A TV Backlight Kit from Inspired LED provides adequate bias light…

May 06, 2016

DIY Project Tutorial: Glowing Shelf Light

Over the past few years, LEDs have become increasingly common thanks to their energy-efficiency, versatility, and ease of install. From retail signs to kitchen cabinets, bathroom toe-kicks to bar countertops, LEDs have helped give rise to the concept of light decorating in the modern world, transforming the simple and functional into something spectacular. One of the decorating trends which has recently helped to make LED lights so popular, both in homes and in commercial settings, is the illuminated acrylic shelf. Whether it is for a series of small accents on your entertainment center, or a glowing sales counter for retail…

Apr 07, 2016

Pairing Wine with LEDs

Everyone knows that aging is an important factor in creating a fine wine. It is a delicate chemical process which continues long after the bottle has left the winery, on through its time in storage, up until the moment the cork is pulled. Not surprisingly, a wine which is properly stored will age and maintain its flavor much better than those which have not been well cared for. In order to preserve the integrity of a wine, it is recommended that the bottles be kept in fairly precise conditions. According to experts, wine should never be exposed to excessive amounts of light,…

Mar 18, 2016

5 Ways to Brighten Up Your Home This Spring

The snow is melting, birds are singing, and the air is laced with sunlight. The return of spring is upon us at last! At Inspired LED, this is one of our favorite times of year, the season of all things bright and colorful, a time to throw open the windows and shake off the cobwebs. While lighting is, of course, our specialty, there are lots of ways to brighten up your home this spring! Join us as we explore these five simple ways to make the most of springtime around your home… Step one to a bright and happy home…

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