Home Lighting Tips: Make Lighting Function Well & Look Nice at Home

What is the great home lighting in your mind? When you choose lights for home decoration, do you just focus on the aesthetics of those cool lighting fixtures? Never forget the utilitarian aspects of our lights.

For the great home lighting, usually, the function of the lights in interior space is more important than the aesthetics of the light fixture, if we can hardly realize the fact that our lights look nice and function well. It is more pleasant to live in a room which is well illuminated, whether we have to cook dinners, read books or just entertain ourselves in the rooms. We need a well lit rooms instead of dark one. Here are some great advice for the lighting in the main living areas like bedroom, kitchen or bathroom.

Proper Use of Dimmers & Mood Enhancing Lighting

For rooms such as bedrooms, living rooms or even children rooms which can be seen as a extension of our living spaces, we need to install some mood enhancing lights and dimmers as well, for warm atmosphere. We can bring a Christmas light tree into a kids room to make them feel happy every day. We can use cove lights in the kitchen for soft glow between dinner time. Use dimmers for better control of lighting and still for setting a romantic mood.

Try to layer the lighting with task light fixtures

Check out the living areas that involve plenty of work, such as kitchens, home office or bathroom to see whether they have enough task lighting. We often install a lot of overhead lights in these rooms, but we still need to make sure such rooms have enough task lights, which are the directed lighting used to highlight a specific area. We need to use the overhead lighting for general lighting and still the task lights for focus so that we can well do the tasks such as reading, making dinner or washing without any shadow. Besides, task lights just help us reduce eye stain.

Use Track Lights for Flexibility

Track lighting seems out of time after 1980s. But actually, lights will never go out as long as we use them with some creative ideas. Now track lighting becomes versatile and can look great. They just bring more decoration flexibility to the lighting. We can install them along a wall for accenting the art or we can make them the center of a room for ambient glow.

Add a Lighting Fixture for Drama

Most often, a beautiful and delicate chandelier or pendant light can offer an excellent focal point in a space. We can use a nice chandelier or pendant light for drama, just as we see the lighting effect in the bar. The light can help set a mood and create attractive atmosphere. Choose one such light for decoration, for a finishing touch to the whole light decor.

Decoration Ideas for Wedding Ceremony on Limited Budget

Most of us love to attend a wedding which is beautifully decorated, whether it is in a big church, in a rustic garden or at a sandy beach. Decorations of a wedding ceremony can always make a lasting impression. A romantic wedding ceremony full of warm atmosphere does not have to cost a fortune. Sometimes, less tends to be more and we can save more dollars if we try to decorate it with some creative ideas. Read further for decorating the ceremony on a limited budget.

Make Best Use of Christmas Lights

If the wedding ceremony is arranged in the evening, it is really a great idea to hang some Christmas lights. For archway in the wedding ceremony, Christmas string lights are a must for they can create splendid glow and just ignite warm atmosphere in the ceremony. Hang some holiday lights in the trees if the wedding is held outside. Light up the LED Christmas light trees that come into full blossom and create a flourishing feeling. It can save us more if we can make the best use of the Christmas lights which might be otherwise tucked away in some corners at home after Christmas season.

Use Candles to Replace Too Many Flowers

We can see a lot of flowers of various colors arranged for wedding ceremony. But usually, the fresh flowers are just expensive, and the wedding flower arrangement may need too many flowers. Why not use candles, which are much affordable and can even create ideally romantic effect. Place some candles at the altar or use the candles to line the aisle for warm soft glow. For safe ceremony, make sure the candles are fireproof or just make sure they will not cause any fire hazards.

Decorate Wedding With Soft Tulle

Tulle is often flexible decoration and we can make out a lot of fun things out of the tulle. One typical decoration of tulle is to create a canopy effect. Drape the tulle down from the center of the ceiling to the corners of the altar or stage and that is really amazing decorations. For even better decoration effect, just make some bows out of the tulle on the back of the chairs.

Let a DIY Theme Guide Us

Set a theme for your wedding ceremony, say, DIY theme throughout. Try to DIY most of the decorations for the wedding. We may just DIY a few elements but they can just make a big impact on the whole impression of the ceremony.

Use ‘Branch’ as Theme of Your Home Decoration

What is your home decoration theme? Or you just decorate your home without any special theme? I just find the beauty of branch and want to share some branch inspired home decoration ideas. The branch design of the home furniture or decorative items just take the visual cues from the elements of natural world and bring us rustic beauty or fresh life to our home.

Natural Twig Branch Light

How amazing is this twig branch LED light? Made of dried natural willow shaped twig branch accented by 16 LED lights, the branch light just creates a warm and soft glow and brings a romantic feeling at night. We can create a lighted centerpiece with the branch or use the branch light as decorative light at night.



Branch Chandelier

The branch chandelier with natural tree curves looks vivid as if it is a real one. In the winter when everything looks depressed or even gets covered by snow, it is really stunning to see such vivid scenery that takes the look of the natural world.



Tree Shaped Chair

This tree shaped chair is more aesthetically pleasing. The branch design just makes us feel as if we sit under a real tree outside. The tree shaped chair is actually multi-functional, for we can hang coats, handbags or other objects on the backs of the chair or on its branches. The chair is functional and decorative as well.



Tree Shaped Shelf

If you have such a tree shaped shelf with so naturally looking branches, will you be spurred to read more books? I suppose so. The tree shaped bookcase is astonishing and it can elegantly store and display the books.



Log Dock

It is really innovative dock for iPod. It is a dock carved out from alder wood, with holes in the branch creating a speaker. It is eco friendly accessory for modern device.



Tree Branch Candelabra

It is really nice candelabra that just combines natural charm with soft warm light to make indoor atmosphere more charming and cozier.



Tree-Shaped Cups

The cups just take the look of trees and they are really adorable cups. There are even colored birds resting on the branches and the scene is really amazing.

Nature is full of surprise. If we know how to make the best of the natural world, our life can be full of surprise.

How Do You Use Christmas Lights for Home Decor After Christmas Season?

Where are your Christmas lights after the Christmas season? Are they tucked in a corner somewhere and will be taken out until next Christmas season? As a staple for holiday decoration, Christmas lights, whether hung on the house, wrapped around the tree, placed inside room or outside in the garden, can create a cozy atmosphere and more importantly, the lights can be great decorations for home and for special occasions.



If you have already stored your Christmas lights somewhere, just take them out and use them for home decor.



Make the best use of the white mini lights which we embellish home during Christmas season. DIY an illuminated curtain of the mini lights to bring out a new look of our boring old window. The soft glow will just make a luminous gathering area during evening and that adds a touch of visual beauty.

If the Christmas tree you used during Christmas eve is an artificial one that is illuminated by LED lights just like the one here, use it when there is a party or just for daily garden decoration. The LED Christmas light tree with blossom just makes the garden alive even when it is still winter now.

Use the Christmas lights to make a twinkling light porch canopy and that will make the home full of festival atmosphere, and create am ambiance that is warm and welcoming. Just imagine, when you walk into a room with light canopy, you will feel the warmth instantly. The lights can warm every guest. The LED lights are energy efficient and will not create burn on your electricity bill. Just use the lights for illumination and decoration.



DIY fairy light globe with Christmas lights. LED Christmas lights, which are used to wrapped around the trees can be used in various ways.



Recycle the wire hanging basket frames with chains removed. Wrap Christmas fairy lights around the sphere in different directions and finally DIY such fairy light globe with the LED lights.



Hang it outside in the garden or inside as a hanging light for home decor.

Have you ever thought of such idea that Christmas mini lights can be used to replace the candles used for dinners? Candle can make a dinner time full of allurement, but sometimes they are dangerous. The Christmas string lights under the burlap table runner is a really magical alternative which costs almost nothing. It’s easy, functional, pretty and safer than candles. The lights just bring the right touch of enchantment to the table.

Tips on Light Decoration for Kids Rooms

What will you prioritize when you design the lighting for your kids room? Since children spend a lot of time in their rooms, the right lighting is necessary. Lighting not only needs to be bright enough, and avoid feeling of loneliness or intriguing the fear of dark, but also needs to create a pleasant environment for kids to grow optimistic, enthusiastic or creative. Lights for kids room need to be functional, efficient and comfortable. Here are some tips on creating proper lighting for kids room.

For the lighting of kids room, we need first to consider that the lighting system is safe enough. A lot of lights may generate too much heat after prolonged lighting. Avoid halogen lights and choose energy efficient lights such as LED lights. LED lights now come in various types and they are very ideal choice as functional light and decorative lights as well. Keep the lights which are connected to electricity out of the reach of the children.

For affordable and ideal lighting that involves creativity, we can actually try some do-it-yourself lighting. Inspire the kids to paint some nice pictures and then add some decorative lights such as LED holiday lights. The lights can create a glowing fairyland.

Sometimes, kids need to feel safe at night. If so, keep a room well lit through the night. Choose the lights with proper brightness and light it up to make kids enjoy sweet dreams.

Besides the light fixtures, we also need to make best use of natural light, especially at daytime. As for the best use of natural lighting, here are some tips.

For the proper kids room design, it is necessary to choose the large windows and usually, south facing windows or south east facing windows are nice choice who allows kids to enjoy the soft natural sunlight in the morning. West facing windows just allows enough sunshine in the afternoon and that is especially necessary in winter. But we need to use window shades to reduce the heat of the strong light. If the window faces north, extra lighting is needed .

Add a colorful chandelier made of soft materials and that would be less harmful for young eyes.

Choose spotlights which will give out soft light and that is just what the kids need.



Christmas light tree in the kids room can make them feel festival atmosphere everyday and that just brings kids happiness.

Nightlights of not strong illumination near kids beds for creating safe atmosphere at nights.

For kids to write or read, desk lamp bulbs of 60 Watt are just enough.

Tips on How to Cozy Up Home Even After Christmas

Christmas is over, yet the winter is still there. We still find comfort inside our own home. When you walk into the house, you just expect to feel hugged, don't you? It's necessary to give our home a decoration or keep the coziness alive even after the Christmas season. For the chillier winter months, some softer materials, comfy layers, warm colored furniture or accessories, decorative lights that give out cozy glow are usually what we crave, for they can easily keep our home cozier, even on a budget. Here are some great ideas to cozy up our home after Christmas.

Christmas decorative tree light for interior & exterior decoration



Imagine having a LED Christmas tree light illuminated in the room that transforms our interior space into an enchanted & sparkling area. That's exactly what this incredible holiday decorative light can do. After Christmas, we can still let the light on for coziness inside. After all, the decorative light is not just for Christmas. It is LED light, so it is energy efficient. The general light bulbs at home can hardly offer us more than the basic lighting. Add such a decorative light for warm glow.



In the winter, the trees in the garden just wither and almost everything outside brings us a feeling of depression. Place such Christmas lights inside the garden, for living up the plants and for bringing the neighbors cozy feeling in the cold weather at night.



Textured textiles for warmth to our space

In the winter, we need to change the chairs or other furniture of metal or plastic with those faux fur, linen materials, which may bring us warmth. When we find the leather sofa or wood bench a bit cold, add some comfy and soft down filled pillows on top, which will just allow us to lounge all day.



Introduce some warm tones to the furniture for a quick coziness. The cranberry tone, which is a bit like lipstick may just warm all the other colors of the rooms. We can change the furniture of the hues that are pleasant to eyes.

Natural elements for vitality to house

Nature in the winter seems not attractive, and the pumpkins of Halloween, Christmas trees of Christmas season may all be gone. Nature can still be lovely if we bring it home. Add some natural elements home and create organic beauty with branches, logs or pine cones that just ignite vitality indoors.

 

Cozy bed for leisurely time

Winter is time that we may cancel many outdoor activities and most of our spare time may be spent indoors, except the working time. Get a cozy bed like this one to indulge yourself into cozy bed time.

Light Decoration: Use Branch Lights for Natural Beauty

When we combine tree branches or twigs with technology, the lighting can be rustic, organic and versatile. Most often, we love to use the lights made from metal or other materials. They are lights of modern style. When it comes to twig or branch lights, they just bring a natural beauty that metal lights lack.



Twigs and branches are omnipresent in nature, branch lights can easily go with any style of interior or even exterior.

 

This is a nice combination of modern style and retro style. The twig lamp light makes the best use of natural elements. Actually, we can DIY such lamp with the materials of lots of sticks and lampshade. It is a light and also a perfect decoration for home.

In the winter when most of the trees get withered, it is a bit depressing. Gather some natural twigs and light them up, and just give them life. This LED natural twig branch light is just the choice if you do not want to collect some branches. The dried natural willow shaped twig branches are accented by some LED lights. When we turn the light on, the warm glow just creates a more romantic and sweet atmosphere.



This is really gorgeous twig and branch light fixture, which looks like branches on fire. It is perfect decorative light for an eclectic living room and just brings extra warmth.



Twig lights come in various styles and designs. There are twig chandeliers which can be used on different occasions. This twig chandelier is so pretty and rustic. The branch chandelier is a nice alternative to the traditional crystal chandelier that makes for a more rustic look and brings natural elements into any space.



It is really nice decorative light for the interior of any room and still works in the kitchen and dining area, the living room, or the bedroom.



Branch chandeliers can also be used for party decoration or wedding celebration. The branch chandeliers can not only create a unique feeling but also leaves the guests a deep impression.



Branch lights come in various styles. Sometimes, when we add an exquisite branch light to our interior lighting, the whole space can be enhanced.



This is a really cool idea of bringing the outside indoors. The twig light just cast shadows on the wall and ceiling, which just reminds me of camping outside with faint light.



Twig lights can be magic and functional if you use them as follows. Use them as room dividers. The tree branches with twinkling lights just add to the cozy atmosphere and always bring a bit of magic home.

Spruce Up Bedroom’s Look With Unique Lights for Coziness

If your home furnishings are getting boring, it is really necessary to breathe new life into the rooms. A small change sometimes can make a big difference. Illuminate the bedroom with unique lights, from LED decorative lights to pendant lights, for cozy atmosphere.

We can create our own cozy hideaway from the world with some simple changes to the lights used in the bedroom. The color, design or style of the lights can all make a big impact on how we feel in the bedroom. Here are some tips on light decoration for bedroom, which will help bring changes to the rooms.



Fairy Lights

Where are your fairy lights after Christmas season? Most of us may just tuck away the holiday lights. Fairy lights are not just decorative lights for Christmas. They are a great way of covering up the blank wall space and inspire warm mood, especially if your room is not well decorated.



LED Bonsai Tree Light

When you want to read a book before going to bed, such a warm LED bonsai light with warm glow can make the reading environment more pleasant. This LED lights will not create much heat after prolonged illumination. It is even great light decoration which can be illuminated overnight.



Christmas Tree Light for Room Decoration

The LED Christmas birch tree light is a decorative light for Christmas, and also light for adding extra warmth and festival vibe. The twinkling light can enhance the whole decoration of the bedroom. This birch tree light brings the beauty of nature to the bedroom.



Romantic String Lights for Bedroom Decor

The string lights are great ways for winter season, especially when it is very cold outside. Everyone expects to be back home and sleep in the bedroom with warm atmosphere. Try to decorate the bedroom with the warm string lights.



Ceiling Lights for Modern Bedroom

If you want your bedroom to be of modern style, use some white ceiling lights.



Layers of light decoration for bedroom