Well-chosen lighting can stimulate productive activities and can create an intimate and relaxing atmosphere. The variety of ceiling lights is not limited to traditional center chandeliers.
In addition to lighting, light can solve other problems: visually adjust the space of a room, masking flaws and emphasizing advantages, hide minor defects and distract strangers from personal objects. This is possible with the help of spotlights with adjustable angle of rotation.
Downstream luminaires can be recessed or overhead, strictly directed or diffused light. With their help, even a boring interior can be transformed beyond recognition and sparkle with new colors. Guests will wonder for a long time: have you changed the wallpaper, curtains or furniture? And you just hung up a new chandelier.
How to choose a lamp by style
Do you know the meaning of eclecticism in the interior, a bold combination of the deliberately incongruous? It would seem that everything is simple:
The classic style assumes an elegant lamp with crystal pendants,
Provence is characterized by the grace of subtle curves of artistic forging in chandeliers,
In hi-tech, futuristic, chrome, rod, string lamps are appropriate
The strict and laconic forms of the spots will emphasize the restraint of minimalism,
Luxurious baroque or rococo stucco molding will not do without an abundance of gold decor on a chandelier with many lamps imitating candles.
But intuitively, if you have a design taste, you can pick up directly opposite, eclectic solutions. And in hi-tech, a country-style lamp with wicker elements can "settle", and minimalism will become cozier and warmer with an ornate chandelier.
How to choose a lamp for a room
The unwritten rules for choosing lighting differ depending on the functional belonging of a particular room.
Hallway: This room rarely has natural light and therefore requires bright light sources. If the hallway is square, then you can position the lamp in the center, modular lamps or spots are appropriate for elongated hallways, arlight ceiling lamps will look good . It will not be superfluous to install point sources of directional light on the sides of the mirror. Consider options for automatically turning on lamps (they are equipped with relays that are sensitive to human heat).
Kitchen: the hostesses approach the kitchen design with special care. Ceiling lights can be single or grouped (for example, along a bar or island). Additional lighting is also installed in the form of built-in spots along the working surface: they can be either round or square.
Living room: For the optimal choice of lighting, the size of the living room, its shape and the height of the ceilings matter. For a spacious living room with a high ceiling, choose a large chandelier with downward light. With low ceilings, it is better to install the luminaire in a flat shape, with lighting diffusing from the top - it will visually make the ceilings higher. If the living room has an elongated shape, it is better to replace the central chandelier with two.
Bedroom: Soft diffused light will adjust for the upcoming rest. In modern interiors, the central placement of the chandelier is replaced by two suspended low ceiling lamps above the bedside tables and built-in spots along the wall with TV.
Children's: Pay attention to the assortment of children's models with beautiful shades in the form of balls, flowers, figures. Your little one will love the ceiling light on the rod. Use lamps with soft off / on light.
Bathroom: Consider elongated models of waterproof luminaires. Their placement along the perimeter of the bathroom will visually make the room more spacious.