Innovative Tips for Lighting Your Home

Bangalore : Lighting is one of the key elements to present a great ambiance, look and feel to your home. Lighting can make a huge divergence in the environment of your home. The proper use of Lighting allows you to perform tasks very easily and makes you feel safe and comfortable. Each room in your home has a specific unique extensive and accent lighting needs. Here are some tips and ideas to choose the perfect lighting for your home. A good lighting plan can create a romantic atmosphere with a sense of calm.        

Living Room: Living room is a comfortable place for relaxation for the whole family. This versatile space is where people tend to meet for long stretches of time and engage in an array of activities like watching TV, eating, reading or playing with family and friends. For those purposes when you design your living room, you should feel it as a hub of your life.

• Use under cabinet lightening for showcasing objects because it provides accent lightening.  
• Portable lamps, table lamps, floor lamps with a variety of styles can deliver ambient and accent lightening as giving you the flexibility to move the light where you want. Use some downward glow and some shine upward. Place down glowing lamps and allow for reading in as many seats.
• Light three or four corners focusing one of those lights on an object like art, plant or a chair.   
•  If you have an overhead fixture, place it on a dimmer.           

Dining Room: To draw people’s attention, make the table as a dazzling spot in the room. Use a formal chandelier or a pendant over the table; choose the one that will not date your space. Give the space a mere glow by placing a pair of small table lamps on a sideboard or matching scones on the wall above.

Kitchen: Kitchen requires ambient lighting, under counter lights can provide great task lighting without shadows. A best quality ceiling fixture or recessed or track lightening will be very useful. Note the wattage will vary according to wall color and reflecting values. Adequate range of lighting can be installed above the sink.

Bedroom: Bedroom needs a cozy and insular atmosphere. Place reading lamps and scones by the bed but don’t point out directly. If you have track fixtures or recessed, angle them toward the dressing table and away from the bed. On a low table, place an intimate lamp with a colored low wattage bulb to ape candle light.

Bathroom: The best choice for applying makeup is side lights, for small mirrors place small pendants on either side and for large mirrors add a dimmer to your vanity light. The lighting at the mirror should be free from the shadows and glaring light. An overhead light fully illuminates the room and helps fill in any shadows on your face. Use several recessed down lights or decorative surface mounted fixtures for areas above100 square feet.