Lighting plays a very important role in your home. However, when it comes to the bedroom, you can often be presented with new challenges.
Throughout the daytime, you might perhaps prefer your bedroom to be well lit and much brighter, yet when it comes to the evening, you might want to transform the room into a haven of sleep.
With so much to think about in terms of decor, size and brightness along with the vast array of different styles to choose from, this can make knowing how to light up your bedroom rather tricky.
Here is a quick guide which should help make the decision much easier when it comes to selecting the right lighting for your bedroom.
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| Bedroom Lighting |
Calculate the size of your bedroom
The first thing that you need to ensure before doing else is to take measurements of the bedroom. It could also be useful to draw up a quick floor plan of the room and dot where the various pieces of furniture are.
This will help you to plan what size of light will be most suitable for your room. Furthermore, it also means that if you are struggling to choose the right lighting for your room, you could go to a lighting showroom and ask their opinion as to which lighting could work well.
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How high are your ceilings?
In relation to size, another thing that you must remember to take into consideration when noting the measurements of your bedroom is the height of the room.
A light that is too big for a low ceiling could make the room appear smaller than it is, therefore, it’s important that you ensure that any lighting you use is in proportion to the overall size of the bedroom.
Oberoi Brothers Luxury Lighting suggest that if the ceiling is higher than 8ft, then this is a much better height to be contemplating a light that hangs down, or perhaps a multi-level pendant which can hang further down.
Yet, if the bedroom ceiling is lower than 8ft, ‘your best bet is often to consider semi-flush or flush options, offering an option which better fits the space and doesn’t intrude on valuable head height.’
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Function
Another lighting consideration that you need to make early on is to decide the exact purpose of the lighting. This is important as it will play a part in determining what types of lighting or lighting accessories that you go for.
By opting for a lighter coloured shade coupled with a low-watt bulb, this will help to ensure that the room’s lighting is not too harsh.
The article goes on to discuss other lighting functions for your room including task lighting. For example, if your bedroom is also used as an office, then you might have to think about the inclusion of a lamp; anglepoise lamps with adjustable stems prove to be particularly popular for desks. A floor lamp, in contrast, can be great for putting on make-up.
Don’t just rely on one light source
In House Beautiful’s blog looking at common lighting mistakes, they explain that we can often be too reliant on using one light source, more often than not this being the ceiling light.
The key to achieving the perfect lighting for your bedroom is to use different layers of lighting. By this, the inclusion of bedside lamps, overhead lamps and floor lamps at contrasting heights, along with the overhead ceiling light creates a much warmer and more intimate ambience.
Every bedroom differs from its size to its décor, which means that what style of lighting looks great in one room might not look quite as effective in another room. However, with these top tips in mind, this should certainly point you in the right direction to choosing the right lighting for your bedroom.
July 14, 2016
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