Tips For Effective Home Lighting

When it comes to lights in the home it is so easy to make mistakes

. Without making an initial plan, houses often end up with badly designed lighting systems with plugs in the wrong places, and no lights where you need them. If you follow these simple tips however you will find that you have a well lit home.

Tip 1

Consider dimmer switches. These are a great way to light a room. Some rooms in the house are multi-functional. The kitchen for example can be not only the place of food preparation but also the place where family meals and entertaining take place. Task lighting is essential therefore as well as mood lighting. The same is true of the bathroom where relaxing in the bath is as important as having enough light to brush your teeth in the morning. Dimmer switches provide rooms with bright light and atmospheric light so wherever possible use dimmer switches.

Tip 2

Use accent lighting to highlight features. Often overlooked, accent lighting can actually really make a difference to the look of a room. When certain pictures or features are highlighted the look and feel of the room can change dramatically from a traditional room to an exciting or interesting place. If you have a few ideas on what might look good highlighted you can have a bit of a play around. Use spot lights underneath sculptures or statues or use lights above certain pictures. By experimenting a little bit you can find a lighting scheme that really works.

Tip 3

Use mirrors to create more size and light. This is a very handy trick - using mirrors to provide more light and make the room appear larger. Mirrors reflect the light around the room so if you have a dark room with little natural light then this is the perfect solution. If you have never tried doing this with mirrors you should have a go because it can make a real difference.

Tip 4

Remove any strip lighting. Nothing creates a bad atmosphere in a room more than strip lighting does. It is just too bright and unattractive. There are plenty of other types of bright lighting that can be used if you need good task lighting. Spot lights are a great way to bring bright light into a room. Strip lights can even cause headaches, especially in children so it is important that they are removed and discarded.

Tip 5

Save money with energy saving bulbs. The home is one of the biggest contributors to global warming, so by exchanging all traditional filament bulbs in the home with LED's or other energy saving bulbs you will be doing your bit for the environment. More than that however you will also be saving yourself money in the process as your electricity bills will reduce. Filament bulbs are not efficient at producing light, using a large amount of electricity and producing heat. LED's and energy saving bulbs do not produce as much heat and much less electricity is used.

Tip 6

Make a plan. Have you ever heard the expression "failing to plan is planning to fail?" Never is this truer than when it comes to lighting. Make a plan of sockets and lights and what will be going where. That way you will have the right lights hooked up to the right light switches and the whole lighting scheme will just "flow" right.

There are a lot of ways you can get your home lighting right. Have fun with it if you can, experimenting with floor lamps, table lamps and accent lighting. You can purchase a variety of lamp shades to match your interiors and use different types of lighting to highlight different things around the home.

by: Kathryn Dawson

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