Use Right Lighting for Fabulous Interior Colors

Whether you have moved to a new house or you want a change of your house, you may need first to look at a lot of photos of beautifully decorated homes to get some inspiration for your home decoration. If you need some ideas for gorgeous interior colors of your house, read on here to see how decorative lights and natural light can create the exact colors you love.

Color just changes in a room at different times of the whole day or in different seasons, say, this room with walls painted in gray. We can see some differences from different angles and placement. The natural light just changes in this room and different decorative lights, when we turn them on, may just change its look.

We can alter the color through lighting easily. If we choose the lights, such as halogen lights with temperature about 2,700 Kelvin, we can warm up the color of a room. For cooling down its color, we can use lights such as fluorescent ones with temperature about 4,000 Kelvin. We can also make the artificial lighting most close to natural light when they come with temperature between 5,000 to 6,000 Kelvin.



Then how to choose the light bulbs for the right color of our room?

There are too many light bulbs available in the market. We can choose the light with watts we need. But sometimes, watts can be hardly a good standard to define the output of a light because different lighting technologies apply different amounts of power to create the same light. We can turn to the kelvin rating if we want to see how warm or cool the light is. For warm light, choose the incandescent light bulbs which are most usually around 2,700 Kelvin.

Of course, some of the old incandescent lights which may heat our house rather than illuminate it are outlawed by the government. Those lights are gradually replaced by new efficient lights such as LED lights for they only convert 10% of electricity into light. But incandescent light is still available but in a more efficient package.



After we choose the lights of right kelvin ratings, we need to know how to best use the light because the way we use our light makes some effect on the colors of the room. For example, for the room with gold leaf walls, we can use bright LED lights for warm glow. Never mind to spend $20 on an LED light, it can last long and lost the least to illuminate our rooms. We can also choose those lights whose color can be adjusted with fixtures.



Take a look at the lighting of this bathroom. It is a great lighting option. The incandescent recessed lighting and LED lights together with the fluorescent light tubes placed behind the mirrors not only realize the maximum energy efficiency, but also make the color of the room right.



Still, never forget to make the best use of natural light. For right color of a room, we need to well control the natural light that enters a room. For large windows in the room, we can use some nice fiberglass panels which can flood a room with light without the glare.

Practical Lighting Ideas for Home Areas

We love to use home lighting for illuminating dark areas and creating bright focal points at home or even for warm atmosphere. But for family members of different ages and for different functions of the rooms, we may love the balanced lighting, which is ambient and may not exert any negative impact on us. We may feel happy to do different tasks under the right lighting in different rooms. Here are some practical lighting ideas for different rooms.



Entrance Lighting

Usually, we see natural light penetrate the entrance areas and this area is often not used for activities, except the step into home. We need to make sure there is enough lighting in this area when it gets dark or when it is in the evening. We can use wall sconces for ambient lighting or use ceiling light fixture for general lighting. For a warm welcoming atmosphere, just create a color contrast between the light fixture and furniture. The entrance is an access to living room. We can use various lights.



For example, the recessed lighting for illuminating the ceiling, the skylight for inviting natural light at daytime, the cabinet lighting for removing dark spots, down lights for accenting some special areas or even lamps for general warm lighting.



Hallway Lighting

Hall lighting is also very important, which does not need to be very bright or luxurious, but has to be warm and special. We often do not choose to use pot lights or light tunnel in a ceiling at the hallway areas. We can use some surface mounted light fixtures. For balanced lighting and reducing dark spots, we need to control the number and placement of the lights. We can also use the recessed lights as night lighting and this is very necessary for family members to walk through the hallway to the bathrooms at night. Anyway, the lighting at the hallway should not create any glare.



Task Lighting

Most often, we associate the task lighting with kitchen areas. Kitchen needs task lighting for enough brightness to well perform task. But other rooms such as crafts rooms needs such lighting and we can use pendant lights, under cabinet light as the task lighting. Of course, we need to allow for more windows in such areas that involve a lot of tasks, especially at daytime because we can make the best use of natural light.



Closet Lighting

Most of us do not use closet lighting. But for the elderly or when we age, we will find the closet lighting necessary and useful. We can easily find the items in the closet when there is light. We can use LED lights which are efficient and will not create too much heat after long time use.

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.

DIY Decorative String Lights for Home Decor

We often associate string lights with Christmas or especially holidays in winter. LED string lights seem bring us warmth besides the basic decoration. Have you ever thought about using the string lights as decoration in the rooms, in the garden or at some parties? It will be totally different if we use decorative string lights in May or September. 

Well, if the lights are added with a bit artistic and creative concept, they will just look great and whimsical. Take a look at some innovative ways of home decoration with string lights, especially DIY decorative string lights to make your room full of festival or romantic and fresh atmosphere. 

Accent Trees with String Lights
Maybe most of you will accent your Christmas tree with a lot of string lights during Christmas Day. But once the Christmas day is over, we still need to live happily and sometimes we need the festival vibe. Don’t tuck away the lights after the holiday. Just take them out and wind the copper wire with LED string lights around the trees in your garden to lighten up the dark night and make the whole garden vivid. Easy! 

Fill Bottle with LED Lights
There must be a lot of wine bottles at your home. Never throw them away. Reuse them in a creative way. You may be amazed by the warm and cozy atmosphere oozing from the bottle filled with led lights. That’s also easy. Just prepare some string lights and recycled wine bottle. It will instantly give you mood lighting. If you love the pub atmosphere yet do not have any interest in too much drink, this DIY will sound great. 

DIY Cloud Lights
It is really amazing scene to see the floating cloud lights hung in the rooms, reception hall or even at a ceremony. If you find your room monotonous in decoration, this lighting scheme is not a bad option. It’s super easy to realize this. What you need to prepare are paper lanterns, hot clue gun, cotton batting, string lights. Try to pull at the cotton batting and makes it look a bit like fluffy cloud. Hot glue it to the outside of the paper lantern. Lighten up the candles and stick them inside. Accent them with some string lights for additional brightness or some color change. Then just hang it in the place you wish. 

DIY Lighting in Bedroom
Add a bit touch of romance to your bedroom with the twinkling led string lights. It’s very easy and cost efficient to do this. Get a piece of fabric at the head of the bed so as to arrange the twinkle lights on them. The LED string lights consume less electricity and can work for many hours. Just choose the number of lights based on your preference in the brightness. Hang some of your pictures that can bring you a lot of memory with the clothes pins on the lights for better illumination. That’s easy but it will just make a big difference in the room lighting decor. 

Will you still use the string lights till the Christmas Day? Why not DIY the lights to make your home decor special all the year round?