The right pieces of lighting for your home's interior are a great way to add purpose and prettiness to your living area. Light can create a guiding glow while also creating a warm and inviting ambiance. It can make a statement as well as highlight a much-used area. When designing the lighting scheme for their homes, homeowners oftentimes find themselves at crossroads and are not sure of what kind of lighting will fit best in their different rooms.
The truth of the matter is, there are so m any different styles of contemporary designer lighting, all unique in their own way and all offering different types of illumination. Generally, there are two rules of thumb to follow when choosing the lighting for your home. Get a mix of light sources at different levels so that you can create a flattering ambiance, and make sure to get the right task lighting for whatever you do in that space – be that getting dressed, reading, sautéing, etc.
Living Room
Out of the four corners in your living room, your best bet is to light three of them. When doing so, focus one of those lights on an object, be that a plant, an artwork, or a striking chair. For the best effect, combine floor lamps and table lamps – get some with a downward glow and some that shine upward. Use your down glowing lamps to create as many reading spots as possible. If you have an overhead fixture, put it on a dimmer so that you can control the light intensity easier.
Dining Room
Make the table the brightest spot in your dining room so that it can draw people in. To do so, use a pendant or a chandelier above the table and limit the total wattage to 100. As for the rest of the spots in the dining room, use indirect lighting as it's relaxing and flattering. To give this room a subtle glow, add a pair of small table lamps on a sideboard or matching sconces on the wall above.
Bedroom
When choosing contemporary designer lighting for your bedroom, aim for a cosy ambiance. To achieve that, your best bet is placing reading lamps or sconces by the bed, however, make sure they are not pointed directly at it. If you have track or recessed fixtures, angle them away from the bed and point them toward the dressing area. On a low table, put a small, intimate lamp with a tinted low-wattage bulb to mimic candlelight and make a more romantic ambiance.
