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Christmas is an important time in many homes, with guests coming round for dinner and celebrations, the hallway is an immediate visual aspect when people enter. Do you feel like your hallway is too dark? Do you find that guests pass through it too quickly? Well, there are some effective ways for you to deck your hall this winter with the help of Lighting Direct.
A Wash of Light
There are some fantastic products that Lighting Direct has to offer to help make your hallway stand out this Christmas. If your hall is quite narrow, long and dark then an effective technique is to break up the symmetry by creating some contrast.
This can be achieved by using recessed down lights to create a wall wash on one side and put some recessed floor washers on the other side. Lighting Direct has a wide selection of different wall washers, including a huge range of angled down lights, in a variety of beam widths. An angled down lighter can be positioned on the ceiling, a short distance from the wall (35-55cm), to give a great quality wash of light. Avoid central down lights as they tend to not break up the space at all, while wall up lighters are designed to throw light upwards to bathe the wall above them in light. Corner up lighters create a wall-wash effect in corners of rooms, and look stunning situated behind plants. If you have enough room then a table lamp can provide a soft glow that introduces another layer of light to the hallway.
Let there be light
Our fantastic range of modern, contemporary and stylish table lamps are guaranteed to add some sparkle to any home; you can choose from ultra-modern touch lamps to more traditionally designed fittings. We also offer lamps that can provide a great selection of fabrics, materials and colours to ensure that there is one to suit all tastes and styles. Some of our table lamps belong to a style range with matching products, so you can create a harmonised look by choosing products from the same style.
Another great tip is to light the far end of the hall, or the landing above, this helps to draw the eye into the house, making it feel bigger.
Time to Reflect
The use of mirrors on one side can also achieve this, and reflect the lights at the same time. Dimmers can help in a hallway to create drama for evenings; but also, if you have rooms on either side that have been dimmed for a relaxing atmosphere, a glaringly bright hall can be a real shock.
Lighting Direct has a wide range of dimmable LED lights to offer. The Megaman Dimmable Technology allows you to replace your current light bulbs, which is being used on a dimmer, with a low energy replacement and therefore saving you money on your energy bills.
Lighting Direct has many fantastic products available to really deck your hall this season.
