Light up your dream abode!

Lighting is one of important aspects when it comes to home décor. A poor lighting can turn a beautiful room with well-balanced colours, floors and walls into a lifeless one. Proper interior lighting not only enhances the other aspects of the room but also gives an overall ambiance and pleasant look if done in the right way.

And when it comes to lighting, nothing can beat natural light. It is important to look after the lighting aspect during the planning of the structure. Opting for oversized windows and skylights are a good way to get natural light. Sometimes the need of light also depends on the position of your room. The room facing the north may get less sunlight when compared to the room facing the south. If the house faces the east, then light will be available in the morning hours and if it faces west then it will have most light during the evening hours.

So once knowing on how much natural light you need, and then you can go for additional lighting to style your room.

Types of artificial lighting:

Accent lighting: This type of lighting provides interest to a room and is extremely effective to display paintings or to accentuate plants. Accent lighting is perfect when you want to showcase a piece of art or a special piece of furniture or other item. Since light draws the eye, it will bring attention to the features in your room that you wish to highlight. Halogen spotlights and opaquely shaded table lamps both provide accent lighting.

Task lighting: This kind of lighting is used to highlight an area of daily activities like in kitchens, bathrooms, reading rooms. Effective task lighting prevents eyes strain and helps with the performance of vital activities. For example in reading rooms, it helps to avoid eyestrain when reading or working, while in the kitchen it ensures that tasks can be carried out safely. Task lighting sources should be unobtrusive and shielded to prevent glare. Task lighting can be effectively combined with accent lighting to produce lovely effects.

Recessed lighting: This type of lighting is suggested when you need more amount of light in the room throughout the day. It offers a clean, streamlined look in a home. It provides abundant light without taking up of a lot of space or interfering with other aspects of the room.

Mood Lighting: Mood lighting uses different tones and colours of light, as well as different levels of brightness, with the aim of creating atmosphere in a room. In many cases it uses soft, warm lights to induce a feeling of calm and relaxation, but at the opposite end of the spectrum it can also be used to provide a lively and invigorating effect.

Lamps and hanging light features: hanging lamps or chandeliers not only provide light but add beauty to the room if they are properly selected depending on the colour patterns of floors and walls of the room.

While decorating one also needs to look into the energy and cost saving aspects of this lighting. The lights you choose must focus on important areas but reduce over lighting. Try to remove extra and irrelevant lights from your home which will also save energy in a great way.