<h2 style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font color="#990000">Skylights Add Beauty and Functionality</font></font></h2><p><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt; font-size: 10pt">If you’re looking for a way to incorporate additional light and beauty into your home, a skylight might be the perfect choice as your next home improvement project. Skylights can add a distinctive and stylish look to a room, in addition to bathing it with plenty of natural sunlight. If you’re looking for a way to decrease your usage of artificial lights in your home, a skylight can definitely help. </span></p><p><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt; font-size: 10pt">Skylights are also the preferred option for those who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, commonly referred to as "SAD," since they can increase the amount of natural sunlight entering a home, even during the winter season. These natural sources of sunlight can also make it easier to grow healthy plants in your home. If you’ve been thinking about adding a skylight to one or more rooms in your home, here are some tips to help you make the right decision.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt; font-size: 10pt"></span></p><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt; font-size: 10pt"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Effective Locations for Skylights</strong></p><strong></strong>   <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Basically speaking, as long as the room’s ceiling is located directly under the roof, it should be possible to install a skylight. Of course, before you jump right in and cut a hole in your roof, you should consult with an expert. It’s important to take the overall structure of your home into consideration, since cutting through some beams could compromise the stability of your home. An expert will also be able to advise you as to which rooms may be most suitable for skylight installation.</p>   <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Skylights can add a beautiful look to bedrooms, family rooms, kitchens or bathrooms. If privacy is a consideration, there are specially designed blinds and glass panes that make it difficult if not impossible to look into your home from the outside. A specially designed blind will also make it easy to block some of the sunlight during the time of day when it is a bit too intense. Glass with UV blocking protection will help protect your carpet, hardwood floor or upholstery fabric from fading due to the direct sunlight. </p>   <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Special Uses for Skylights</strong></p><strong></strong>   <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">In addition to simply providing a decorative look and plenty of natural sunlight, there are some rooms of your home where a skylight can provide extra functionality. If you have a garden room or indoor patio that includes plenty of live plants, the addition of one or more skylights can greatly increase the health of your plants. By adding a skylight, you can often eliminate the need for expensive plant light systems. Additionally, adding a skylight to a garden room or indoor patio can greatly increase your enjoyment of the room. Because you’ll be able to see the sky, it will make the room seem even more connected to nature and the great outdoors.</p>   <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">In some cases, it might even be possible to add a skylight to a first floor room in a two-story home. While this is definitely a job for seasoned professionals, there are skylights designed to reflect the light through a specially constructed reflective tunnel. Of course, the overall structure of your home would determine if this kind of skylight would work for you.</p>   <p><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt; font-size: 10pt">Jessica Ackerman, author and staff designer at WallDecorandHomeAccents.com, specializes in <a href="http://www.walldecorandhomeaccents.com/trees-flowers-art-decor.html" target="_blank">tree wall sculptures</a> and <a href="http://www.walldecorandhomeaccents.com/wrirwade.html" target="_blank">wrought iron decor</a>.</span></p></span><p><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt; font-size: 10pt"></span></p>