Andy wrote:
Bear with me, I have never done anything in the home repair area really.
But I want to redo the lighting in my old studio apartment, because the
lights are basically as old and cheap as you can get. Additionally I want
to hang a ceiling fan/light, and maybe do some home automation stuff if it
isn't too expensive.

I just want to tell someone my requirements, and have them help choose the
lights and also choose people to install them. It's probably about 4 lights
plus the ceiling one.

How would I go about finding someone to help me with this? After looking on
the internet a bit, I saw that lampsplus.com offers a free consultation. Is
this a reasonable way to go? Anyone have any experience with this?

I'm in Palo Alto, CA if that matters.

Andy



Visit a lighting store that has lots of displays. Haven't been in the
market for much, but when we bought a chandelier the shop had lots of
different samples of fixtures and installations. Bring some pix of your
apartment - a sales person worth their salt could give good suggestions.
They could probably steer you to a good installer as well.

A lot has to do with your life style - work areas, mood or display
lighting, etc. You can do a lot with a dimmer switch )