subject: Accent Home Lighting And Lighting The Event [print this page] People are becoming more and more aware of how lighting can really affect their home and the mood it gives. Home lighting is not as simple as throwing up a few ceiling lights anymore a lot more needs to be taken into consideration because we now know that a well lit home equals a happier and well balanced atmosphere. Accent home lighting means that lights are positioned and placed in certain areas and directions to give light to specific areas within the room and the house. This home lighting technique is great for highlighting areas that will increase the look of the room and minimalise the areas that do not look as good.
Accent home lighting can include many different types of lighting for example picture lights can be classed as accent lighting because they highlight a particular piece of art or a sculpture. Plant lights make great accent home lighting because they reflect beautifully on the leaves of the plants and showing greenery in your home makes it appear fresh, modern, and stylish. Many factors come into accent home lighting such as what areas you wish to highlight, the direction of the lighting fixture and the effect of the light on the area, and the distance of the light away from the piece which again affects the light and how this looks on the room in its entirety.
Accent lighting is also good to highlight darker areas to open up your rooms to make them appear larger and more spacious. A brilliant way opening up your rooms even further is to reflect the light using mirrors, this can double the look of a room easily and stylishly.
A key aspect to remember when it comes to accent home lighting is to not over do it, you can't use accent lighting all over the house as your main type of lighting because this defeats the purpose. Accent home lighting is exactly that it is only meant to accentuate certain areas within your home to bring out its greatness. Stick to lighting your home with main lights and then add accent lighting the results will astound you.
Lighting The Event
No matter what the event the most important factor to consider and plan is the lighting. Most often the lighting gets left to the last minute or is forgotten about completely because other items take precedent such as the guest list, invitations, decorations, music and so on. Of course these other factors are important for the event but the lighting of the event makes such a massive difference to the event as a whole and the lighting actually affects other factors as well. For example if the lighting is considered and taken into account in the beginning this will help you with all the decorations as the light will affect everything in the room or the area.
The first aspect to take into consideration when it comes to lighting is the type of event you are having and the time of day the event will take place. The type of event is important as this will tell you if you need bright task intensive lighting or soft mood lighting, and the time of day because if during the evening the amount of lighting will be very different to that of an event during the day. Some events will cross over from day time to evening time such as a party, especially in the summer, or a wedding where it lasts the majority of the day. If this is the case then two different lighting aspects need to be taken into account, for example extra lights can be added for the evening and less lights on during the day.
Lighting is important to the event because it sets the scene of the entire occasion; if the lighting is too harsh the guest will feel uncomfortable and awkward and may even leave if the light hurts their eyes. If the lighting is too soft for the type of event such as a childrens party then accidents can happen. Take a while and think about the perfect type of lighting for your event before getting started it will make the world of difference.
