7 Considerations for Lighting in Your Home
Lighting in a home is one of the most important considerations when decorating. Light, natural and electrical, affects every room. Presumably, you’d quite like to see your home’s best features when the sun goes down. So, what do you consider when showing off your castle?
1) Warm or Cool Lighting?
Do you prefer a warm, orange light, or a cool blue? What styles have you looked at? A drum pendant light? Chandelier? Traditionally, warmer light is favoured in family rooms. Cool light feels a bit more clinical, so is naturally more at home in areas like the kitchen.
2) Spacing
Don’t put lights too close to each other. You’ll end up with one overly bright spot and dark corners. Spotlighting fixtures compensate for being close by having each bulb pointing in a different direction. Also a different array of lighting such as decorative lighting to consider, though you could make your lighting part of the decoration with linear suspension lighting and other statement light pieces.
3) Lamps in Corners
How many is up to you, though three is a recommended maximum. One lamp and you’ve got a wonderful corner to curl up with a book. Two lamps and you’ve framed the TV, luring your vision to it like it is the holy grail. Three lamps and your room is effortlessly inviting with a better spread of light than one overhead bulb.
4) Mix it Up
Mixing it up can mean the bulbs, the surrounding you put them in, or their placement within a room. For instance, you could have a chandelier in your hallway but strip lighting in your kitchen. Remember, chandeliers don’t have to be elaborate displays from Buckingham Palace. Sites like the Electrical Wholesaler provide more understated approaches to the style. How you frame light impacts how much space it illuminates.
Light doesn’t always have to be from the ceiling or high on the wall. Strip lighting can be used if you feel that style is right for your home. As it lines areas, people commonly use it for staircases.
If you choose to mix the bulbs, know that LEDs are a lot more energy efficient. Who wouldn’t like lower electricity bills?
5) Dimmer Switch
If you’re feeling fancy, why not take charge of electricity? The power of the bulbs you choose don’t have to be what you’re stuck with all the time. Not quite dark enough for to turn the lights on but you can’t see so clearly? No problem.
6) Mirrors
This is related to space because it creates the illusion there is more. Of course, you also need to consider where to place one. A mirror directly reflecting nothing but a lightbulb will be detrimental to the room and anyone trying to check their reflection before leaving the house.
7) A Jar Full of LEDs
Just a little decorative feature. If you’ve got children, you can fool them into thinking you’ve caught fairies in a jam jar. Instead of dressing up a Christmas tree, spice up a bookshelf. This isn’t limited to a particular time if year, either.
