When I was in Germany last year, I realized that the Germans kind of celebrate fall by decorating their homes. I'm always listening to Danes talk about how depressing the fall is because the days get shorter, it always rains, that the weather is boring, and so on. Why not change that and bring the colors of fall inside.
I think that the colors in the fall are exciting. There are a lot of nuances of green, brown, orange, and yellow, which are all warm colors. I think that a forest in its fall colors is very beautiful.
Last year I bought window decorations, and this year I purchased things that I can put on my dining table. I also couldn't stop myself from buying some lighting and a garland. I love the result.
Finally, I've found a lamp for my dining room that I like. I'm getting more and more thrilled about the Philips Hue products. This time I've fallen for the lamp called Ensis.
My problem with lamps over the dining table is that they often send light into the eyes of the people around the table. I'm aware that it's done so that the lamp also lights up the room, but it is rather annoying when you are sensitive to light.
My old dining table lamp had that problem. Furthermore, it used halogen light bulbs, so it was hungry for electricity. The lamp was also the only light source in the room, and it was frequently used as the light in the evening when I had visitors. That was not cheap.
Originally I wanted to buy a Hue strip and place it so that it would light upwards, thereby create indirect lighting, but when I saw the Ensis lamp, I changed my mind. The Ensis lamp is perfect because it has two separate light sources - one sends the light upwards while the other sends the light downwards. That's why I can adjust color and brightness individually, and I can use the uplight as room lighting when I have visitors. It is perfect.
It's great that the car's headlights get better and better - if you are sitting behind those great lights. If you, like me, are a little sensitive to light and you are the oncoming driver, then it's not great when the lights are the source of oncoming glare. Even low beams can be annoying. A couple of years ago, I bought a pair of night driving glasses with yellow glasses. I was a bit skeptical about whether or not they would work, but they did. My problem now is that the glasses broke and I can't get the same glasses, so I have to look for new ones.
When I search for new driving glasses, there are a lot of ads about how bad it is to drive with yellow glasses. The yellow glass blocks some of the light, which isn't great when driving at night. I turn to my optometrist to find out what her opinion is about the subject.
It turns out that the recommended clear glasses are very expensive. Additionally, she isn't sure they would work for me because if they let too much light through, they wouldn't help me. Unfortunately, it is not possible to try the glasses before buying them. Therefore, I start looking for new driving glasses with yellow glasses.
I've bought a new pair of glasses, and I'm looking forward to trying them out. I hope they are a success.
Wow, it takes a lot of planning to put up motion sensors for my outdoor lighting. I started by finding out how to create timers. That was an easy task, and I could program it as I wanted. The next step in the process was to figure out if I could get the motion sensors to work together. That was also possible.
I created a drawing of my house and the coverage of the sensors so that I could find out how many sensors I needed to purchase. It wasn't an easy task to balance how many sensors to buy, coverage when walking around the house, and coverage when someone approaches the house. Furthermore, the sensors can only work together in pairs. The result was the purchase of 7 motion sensors.
The coverage of the sensors depends on how high the motion sensor is placed. Therefore, I started putting up the motion sensors temporarily with double-sided adhesive. While testing, I figured out that if I programmed the sensors to work together, then I couldn't get the lighting to work as I wanted. I want my outdoor lighting to be dimmed at night. When the motion sensors are activated, I want them to turn on lights on full power. After a certain amount of time, I want them to dim the lights. When the sensors are working together in pairs, the only option after activation is to turn off the lights, and that's not how I want it to work.
I returned to the drawing board to have a look at the consequences of no sensors working together. It took some time, but now the solution is finished. I would have preferred more options in regards to the sensors being able to work together.
X is a light bulb - the shaded areas is a sensors coverage
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