Lighting
Get bright ideas and electric inspiration for optimal lighting—both indoors and outdoors.
How to Make a DIY Solar Lantern
A solar lantern is the perfect way to add a little ambiance without the hassle of expensive hard-wired lighting. Follow these directions to learn how to make your own DIY solar lantern for less than $15.
How To Wirelessly Connect Multiple Light Switches in Your Home
Ask This Old House master electrician Heath Eastman helps a homeowner connect four separate switches to control six lights in the same room.
How To Control Smart Lighting
Ask This Old House home technology expert Ross Trethewey tests out some new smart lighting configurations.
How to Insulate Around Recessed LED Fixtures
Scott Caron offers advice on how to keep your home energy-efficient when using recessed lights
How to Install a Gas Lantern
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey travels to St. Louis to install a gas lantern on an original 1890s home in a historic neighborhood.
Home Lighting Essentials
There’s a lot more to know about lighting, particularly for an aging population whose eyes need brighter and better directed light as time passes. In fact, for a large project, hiring a lighting designer is a smart move. Read on for more tips on home lighting.
How to Install an Antique Light Switch in Your Home
Ask This Old House master electrician Heath Eastman replaces a standard toggle switch with a reproduction antique push button switch.
How to Install a Dining Room Chandelier
In this DIY Smarts, Heath Eastman installs a chandelier in a homeowner’s dining room.
Early American Lighting | North Shore Farmhouse
Up in Rupert, Vermont, homeowner Bill shows off handcrafted reproductions of period light fixtures
Velux Sun Tunnel Skylights
Sun tunnels are a cost-effective, energy-efficient, and simple-to-install alternative to skylights. Learn whether they're the right fit to bring more natural light to your home.
Are Smart Bulbs the Answer to Your Sleep Problems?
Artificial light has a negative impact on sleeping habits. Here's a solution that might help
How To Switch Basement Lighting
Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron shows how to simplify your basement lighting system with one switch.
How to Wire for a New Ceiling Light
Ask This Old House electrician Scott Caron installs a new switch and ceiling fixture for a homeowner
5 Creative Design Ideas for Outdoor Lighting
Achieve a magical look in your yard with these nightscaping suggestions
Ask This Old House Know-How: DIY Dimmers
Master Electrician Scott Caron demonstrates how to upgrade to a wireless dimming system to easily adjust lighting schemes throughout the home by remote control
How To Install Undercabinet LED Lighting
Make your kitchen more functional and attractive with easy-to-install LED lights. This guide will walk you through the process step by step.
How To Add Overhead Lighting to a Bedroom
Need to brighten up a dark bedroom? Our guide walks you through adding new overhead lighting to enhance your room's atmosphere.
How To Install Cable Lighting in 6 Simple to Follow Steps
Watch as Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron replaces a track lighting setup with cable lighting in a new baby’s nursery.
How To Install a Motorized Light Lift in Your Home
Light lifts make dusting and changing bulbs for high-mounted fixtures safer and easier. Learn how to install one from a master electrician.
How To Install Surface-Mounted Downlights
Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron helps a homeowner improve his living room with surface-mounted downlights.
How To Install Ultra-Thin Exterior Lighting in 4 Simple Steps
Watch Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron install ultra-thin recessed LED lights on a garage to replace a broken floodlight.
Articulating Library Lights
Use hardworking sconces to illuminate a reading nook, sink wall, fireplace mantel, or any other place you want to brighten in style
How to Install Under-Cabinet Lighting and Power
Watch as electrician Scott Caron helps a homeowner upgrade her kitchen cabinets with new LED lights and electrical outlets.
Adding the Perfect Mood Lighting to Your Deck: A Guide
Use energy-efficient LEDs to cast a warm glow on the deck, stairs, and trees, and you can extend the party (safely) into the night.
How To Understand the Lighting Facts Label
Scott Caron, master electrician for Ask This Old House, helps you decipher the information on a lightbulb label.
How To Install Fiesta String Lights
Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron helps a homeowner install fiesta string lights to get the party started in Texas.
Everything You Need to Know to Install an Overhead Light
An overhead light fixture can transform a dark room. Follow along as expert Scott Caron helps a homeowner install a dining room chandelier.
How To Install an Antique Light Fixture With Simple to Follow Steps
Watch as Scott Caron, master electrician for Ask This Old House, installs an antique light fixture in a historic St. Paul, MN, home.
How To Install a Wall Sconce and Recessed Lights
This Old House master electrician Scott Caron installs an outdoor wall sconce and recessed lights at an old church that's now a house.
How To Replace a Post Light
Swap out your old post light for a new one and add an astronomical timer by following our guide and watching our video featuring Scott Caron.
Ask Kevin: Tips on New Lightbulb Options
This Old House host Kevin O'Connor explains what to look for when choosing energy-efficient lightbulbs
How To Use LED Lighting To Make Your Home Shine
Electrician Scott Caron shares new technologies and applications for how to use LED lighting all around your house.