The Importance of Lighting in Your Home

The lighting of a home is something that many people fail to consider, and yet it has a massive impact on the appearance and the feel of the room. The placement, type, and brightness are all integral aspects of making a room enjoyable to spend time in. These things will depend on the availability of natural light, the size of the room, the selection of furniture, and its overall purpose.

When the right lighting is achieved, it can transform a room, combining style and functionality to make the interior design of your home everything it can be. Lighting is often an affordable way to give a space a fresh perspective and lease of life.

Colour Transformation

One of the best things about investing in lighting solutions for your home is the array of colours you can incorporate with ease. Lighting can be used to add or subtract from the existing colours of a room. Darker colours can make a room feel more cozy, while light colours can make a room seem more spacious. The illusion is intensified by reflecting light from surfaces and walls.

Most rooms have a light hung in the entrance of the room (or sometimes off-center, which can be frustrating). This provides illumination itself. However, there are other options to consider. Directional lighting, such as a track light (a lighting fixture on the ceiling with lights that you can move into different directions) can soften the wall colours. Other types of lights, such as recessed can lighting, has a downward and soft glow, which brightens the floors instead od of the walls.

As well as working with the colours of a room, you can also purchase coloured lights. Coloured lightning lighting has powerful subconscious effects. For example, a blue light encourages calm, trust, and faith, whilst orange light creates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere that encourages productivity.

You could always add something eyecatching to your interiors to make a real colour impact. Neon signs are really popular for adding a pop of colour and fun. If you have a home bar why not choose a neon bar sign like these made by Neon Mama?

If you are looking for ways to transform your home with lighting, then Moleta Munro Furniture has a great selection of lighting that will work in a range of alternative styled homes. It is nice to add lighting that can be a feature in itself whilst adding to colour transformation. It creates an ambiance.

Directional Lighting

The lighting in a room either illuminates the entire space or specific elements. Track lighting, for example, hands hangs from a ceiling and can be used to illuminate specific areas such as a piece of art, an entryway, a kitchen island, or a vase of flowers.

Lamps are also a great addition to most rooms. Not only can they make a room look edgy and stylish, but they can also illuminate dark corners. If room energy is something that is important to you, then minimizing dark corners is essential. According to traditional Feng Shui, dark corners disrupt the flow of energy and cause it to become stagnant. The key is to brighten them, without the corner becoming too bright.

Some picture frames or mirrors also have built-in lighting, which can highlight specific areas and create a variety of degrees of light that you can use to suit an occasion. Another unique idea is lighting that is built into floors or ceiling, some of which can form vertical beams of light instead of a glow from one centralized point.

Functionality

Perhaps the most important aspect to consider when looking for ways to improve the lighting in your home is its functionality. There is no point in investing in different lighting solutions if they are never used, or they do not serve the purpose of improving the way you feel or spend time in your home. If it isn’t serving a purpose, then it is only wasting electricity.

Having the ability to create different levels of lighting depending on your mood is important, especially in rooms where you spend time relaxing, such as in your bedroom and lounge. Having the ability to lower the light as you settle down for the evening encourages calm and improves sleep. In fact, levels of light have a profound impact on sleep.

There are some places in your home where the functionality of light is more important. Other functionalities include:

• Chandeliers in large open entryways or doorways, because of their centralized placement and illumination of the space.
• Wall lights add size and length to an entryway or common space.
• A lamp in the bedroom or lounge to create lower levels of light in the evenings.
•  Task-specific lighting for desks and workspaces.
• A lot of light in the kitchen or dining room, or wherever it is that people spend the most time during the day. Natural light is best, although sometimes this can be difficult. However, there are ways that you can increase natural light.

Conclusion

Man-made and natural light help to create an illusion of more space. If a room has insufficient lighting, then it will feel cramped. Corner lamps and handing lights can have a big impact on the overall feel and style of a room. Consider coloured lights and having the ability to have varying degrees of lights to suit your mood.