No matter how great your furniture is or how long you’ve spent designing the layout of your home, if the lighting isn’t right, you’re just not going to be able to make the most of it. In fact, with poor lighting, you might even find that your home looks gloomy and unpleasant, and any money and time you’ve put into your interior design will be wasted.
It’s clear that making the right lighting choices is crucial if you want your home to be the best it can be. With that in mind, here are some useful tips about how lighting can make or break your design so you can ensure your home is always perfect.
You Can Highlight Features
Think of any museum or gallery and the exhibits you’ll find there. Something they all have in common, no matter what they might be, is that they are lit properly. They will all have their own lighting so that they can be highlighted, meaning that those who come to see them can see them fully. The same idea can be used in your home; when you light your rooms correctly, you can highlight the most important areas.
In a bathroom, for example, you’ll need to highlight the area by the mirror so that you can see yourself more clearly. In a kitchen, it’s the food prep area that’s most important. Your bedroom might need the bed itself highlighted, for example. Maybe you’re proud of your new sliding barn doors in the living room, and you choose to highlight them. Think about what you want to see most easily and ensure you have lighting that allows for that.
You Can Scale The Room
Often the biggest problem when it comes to interior design is the amount of room we have to work with. Unless we live in a very big house or it’s entirely open plan, it’s likely there will be some restrictions on the placement of your furniture and other items. Having the right lighting means you can make a small space look bigger, even when it’s not.
Conversely, perhaps you actually do have a large space to work with, but it’s too big and never feels cozy and comfortable. In that case, rather than installing additional walls, you can utilize lighting to break up the room and make it feel compartmentalized. In either case, you’ll be able to design the area in the way you want to and make your home feel lovely when you have the right lighting.
You Can Set The Mood
Lighting can do so much to a home, and one of the most important things it can do is to set the mood. If you want a light, bright, modern home, lighting will help you achieve that. If you want a cozy cottage feel, lighting can help there too. Even better, with modern lighting, you can change the tone and color to suit whatever mood it is you want either through installing dimmer switches or by getting smart bulbs that you can change through an app.
No matter what you want to achieve with your home, lighting will allow for it to happen and will give you a place to live in which you feel truly comfortable.
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