Notes on Light

One page, one question.

Ceiling height, sloped roofs, what the dimming zones actually do — the questions that come up on nearly every call, answered once so you can read them instead of waiting on an email.

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Notes on LightThe Studio

The name changed because the company did

Haus of Interiors was bought, rebuilt and renamed. Jack Yeager acquired the business, cut the catalogue down to a handful of pieces he was willing to stand behind, opened a studio in Midtown Miami where you can see them lit, and put a new name on the door....

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Notes on LightSizing

What light works for your room

Measure from the floor, not the ceiling. The number that matters is the distance from the floor to the bottom of the fixture, and about seven feet works in most rooms — high enough that nobody walks into it, low enough that the light lands where people actually...

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Notes on LightThe Studio

I never set out to make light

I never set out to make light. I set out to fix a room. A few years ago I renovated a condo in Miami. I'd spent my career in business — buying companies, turning them around, software, the unglamorous work of making things run. Before that I grew...

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Notes on LightThe Studio

Why we make so few things

We make a short list, on purpose. Three families of pieces, finished to one standard, and nothing on the floor we wouldn't put in our own home. That's the whole idea — and it's worth saying why. A short range makes the choice easy. Lighting is one of...

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Still not sure?

These pages answer the questions we get most often, but most sizing decisions get settled faster on the phone. Send a photo of the room with the ceiling height, or call the studio — Jack usually picks up.

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