In this episode I'm excited to be joined by my ex-colleague and good friend Brittany Lynch. She's currently a senior lighting designer at Clanton & Associates in Boulder, Colorado. 

Having lived in many small homes over the years she brings her experience and design knowledge in giving some great tips on how you can use lighting in creative and unique ways to help small spaces feel brighter and more open.

We talked about:

• What to do when there is no existing lighting or light switch in your entry
• Creative ways to illuminate small living rooms and make them feel bigger
• What to do when you don't have tables but want a lamp to read.
• Using task lighting and indirect lighting in small offices and kitchens to help you see without eye strain.
• And much more!

If you'd like to reach out to Brittany to learn more about the work she does at Clanton & Associates her email is brittany@clantonassociates.com

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I'm joined by realtor Rebecca Holley, a founder of Spaces Real Estate in Boulder, Colorado to discuss home lighting from both a buyers and sellers perspective. Rebecca has sold over 500 homes, worked with her husband in his contracting business, and moved 11 times herself in the past 16 years so she knows a thing or two about what to look out for when it comes to lighting your home.

We talked about:

• How home design and lighting have changed in the past 5 or 10 years and what's popular right now.
• What are buyer expectations when looking at different types of homes including custom, new build subdivisions and existing homes?
• Common lighting mistakes that could inhibit a home from selling? 
• Simple and low cost lighting changes a homeowner can make when staging a house to sell.

If you're in the Boulder area and looking to buy or sell your home you can find out more about Rebecca's company at https://yourspaces.com/

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In this episode Dr Shelley James of Age of Light Innovations Group discusses how, during lock-down in 2020, her nieces and godchildren's health and happiness was affected by a life indoors, and was inspired to do something about it.

She knew that lighting makes a huge difference in our lives, and especially for growing brains. We talked about the Luna project she developed and how it covered different ways lighting impacts a growing brain and simple things you can do to improve your child's health and wellbeing, including:

• Understanding your body clock (and how it's different in teenagers) and how to give it a boost with lighting at different times of day
• How going outside more could reduce the chance of your child needing to wear glasses even if you do.
• Using natural, bright light to trigger 'happy hormones'.
• Avoiding headaches that could be caused by your lights.

Shelley is a lumenologist. She's an international expert on light and well-being and a passionate advocate for public engagement with science. She recently appeared on the award-winning BBC series Revolutions: Ideas that Changed the World. 

You can find out more about the Age of Light Innovations Group and the Luna project on their website and YouTube Channel: https://www.ageoflightinnovations.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjADxWl0AJOxywwu6-abeKg

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