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Interior lighting can significantly impact the functionality and aesthetic appeal of your home or business. We offer a wide range of indoor lighting fixtures for you to choose from to suit any design style and atmosphere. All lights come with LED bulbs to offer years of reliable illumination.
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How to Layer Lighting Inside the Home
As mentioned, layered lighting is incredibly important in a design scheme. It ensures that the space is balanced, visually interesting and functional. Instead of having only one overhead fixture, you can spread many light sources around the room to beautify it.
Layered lighting consists of three main elements: ambient, task and accent lighting. Ambient light provides the main glow in a room, while task lighting gives focused illumination for different activities. Accent lighting puts the finishing touches on the space through highlighting, while also being able to set a mood.
Common ambient lighting sources are ceiling lights or brighter wall sconces. This will provide an even, uniform illumination that you can then supplement with task lighting.
Most commonly, task light comes in the forms of table lamps, reading lights and floor lamps. Add in the final accent layer by using spotlights, picture lights or wall washing sconces in your home lighting.
How to Choose the Right Lighting for Your Interior Space
When planning out your internal lighting, it is important that you consider precisely what you want out of your space. Each room in the home will have its own function, and therefore unique requirements to make the most out of it.
- Living rooms need warm, inviting illumination that for conversation and relaxation
- Kitchens need practical illumination that is bright and focused
- Bedrooms should have softer tones and reading lights to create a tranquil area
- Bathrooms benefit from brighter lights with IP ratings to protect it from the moisture in the room
You will also need to consider what the best colour temperature is for each room. Consider how you will use the space, and the atmosphere you want it to have. For more energetic spaces, such as bathrooms and home offices, cool lighting is ideal. For calmer, more relaxing areas, like bathrooms and living rooms, warmer lighting is best.
The lumen counts, or brightness, of each room will vary. Rooms that are mostly for completing tasks will require brighter lighting with a higher lumen count. Rooms like bedrooms will work better with lower brightnesses.
Current Interior Lighting Trends
Trends for LED interior lights change with the seasons. This year, there is a focus on aesthetic lighting above all.
Natural Materials
One of the biggest trends right now is the use of natural materials. Think woven pendant shades, sculptural wooden sconces, and jute-wrapped table lamps. They add an earthy warmth and texture that seems to bring the outdoors inside.
Artistic Statement Lighting
With modern interior lighting, you have a nice opportunity for you to turn your lighting into art. For example, you can choose contemporary interior lighting that is oversized or has a unique shape, making a statement in your space.
Vintage Decor
Retro lighting has come back around, but this time with a modern twist. In this sort of space, antique brass, ribbed glass and Murano-style fixtures are popular. Vintage inspired table lamps and wall lights bring in retro character for modern homes.
Smart Lighting
Bring your lighting scheme into the modern age by connecting it to a smart hub. By setting your indoor light fixtures to smart controls, you can customise the lighting and turn certain fixtures on and off according to your preferences.
Interior Lighting Regulations
Lighting codes and regulations are a must-know when it comes to installing a new lighting scheme in the home. Staying compliant with UK codes is not only safe for you, but it is better for the environment. Some of the most important codes are as follows:
Energy Efficiency Rules (Part L)
To adhere, simply use energy efficient LED lighting and set them on separate switches.
Bathroom Lighting Safety (IP Ratings)
Be mindful of the IP ratings you include in your bathroom, choosing the appropriate level of protection for the spot where you install it. Take note of bathroom zones and use the correct IP rated indoor LED lights accordingly.
New Energy Labels
Pay attention to the way lights are labeled. You will see a spectrum from A to G, with A being the most efficient type of lighting and G being the least efficient. Shoot for lights between A and C for best results on a budget.
Renovation and Rewiring
If you are doing serious work on your circuitry, you’ll need to get a qualified electrician to handle the job. They can follow the code and ensure they are safely and correctly installed.
How to Create Mood with Interior Lighting
When it comes to creating an atmospheric, moody space in the home, the best way to do so is to use indoor accent lighting. Accent lighting is one of the three layers of light, alongside task and ambient light interior fixtures. When used on their own, they can serve as the perfect mood lighting.
Turning your residential indoor lighting into mood lighting is easy to do if you know how to approach it. Simply setting them on a dimmer switch can make a massive difference, letting you turn the lights down when you’re ready to set the mood.
You can also choose softness in terms of both the glow the light gives off and the fixture itself. Choose warm white lighting and soft diffusing elements like frosted glass, silk or linen shades.
By being intentional with the way you place your interior lights for home mood lighting, you can get creative with your use of lights and shadow. Place lights near reflective surfaces and mirrors to gently spread light around, and try cutout lampshades to create more artistic looking shadows.
Common Interior Lighting Mistakes
When it comes to house lights indoor fixtures, there are some mistakes that many amateur lighting designers often make. Get ahead of those by knowing just what to avoid.
- NOT PLANNING. Neglecting to create a plan for your lighting design can leave you with undesirable results. By taking time to plan the placement of the fixtures, how you will run the wires and what controls you will have, you can be sure the end result matches your vision.
- IGNORING THE ARCHITECTURE. Your home’s lighting should work with the house, not against it. When installing decorative lights indoor fixtures, pay attention to any beams, odd window placement, alcoves and the ceiling height. Place them so the lights won’t be obstructed by any of those.
- FOCUSING ONLY ON STYLE. While it is tempting to focus purely on aesthetics, it is important that you are also considering practical things like brightness, energy efficiency and colour temperature.
- NOT LAYERING LIGHTING. By not having interior ambient lighting, task lighting and accent lighting in your design scheme, you will have an unbalanced looking room. Be sure you are implementing layered lighting in each room of the house for best results.
How Lighting Can Transform the Spaces in Your Home
Interior lighting is about more than just illuminating the home. It is also one of the most effective tools you have for interior design. Indoor lighting works best when it is layered and even, providing ample illumination in a way that is gentle on the eyes.
With properly placed lighting, you can influence the overall perception of the space itself. Lighting can make smaller rooms feel larger or spacious rooms feel more cosy.
For small rooms, you can use uplighters to give a sense of height to the room, for example. Rooms with lower ceilings can benefit from recessed lighting to spread illumination throughout the room without cluttering up the limited vertical space.
If you have an open plan home, lighting can zone out the different areas while still making it feel cohesive and whole. Lighting can define the various sections without the need for physical walls and other barriers. Pendants over dining tables, recessed lights in living spaces and task lights in kitchens all help separate it out.
What Is the Best CCT for Home Interior Lighting?
CCT, or colour correlated temperature, is a way to discuss the perceived temperature of a light. This simply means how warm or cool toned the lights look. Colour temperatures are measured on a scale of Kelvin units ranging from 1,000 to 10,000K. Toward the top of the list are the cooler light colours, while the warmer ones sit at the bottom.
For indoor LED lights, most designers would recommend you use warm white lighting between 2,700 and 3,300K. This gives a comfortable warmth to the space that is relaxing while still being bright enough to clearly see by.
Some people like to have cooler lighting in certain areas of the home, like the bathrooms and kitchens. Choosing more neutral or cool white light in the range of 4,000K to 5,000K are recommended in this case.
Can You Install Interior LED Lighting Yourself?
There are some elements of inside lighting that may be safe to install yourself, but most of the time, it is best to leave installation to qualified electricians. If you are installing simple plug-in fittings or LED strip lights, these are fine to install yourself, as are battery powered indoor lamps.
For more involved fixtures that deal with the mains powers,call in a professional. This includes adding bathroom lighting that have special IP requirements, ceiling mounted downlights, or lights that need fittings replaced or rewired.
If you still wish to install the lights yourself, keep the following tips in mind:
- always turn the power off before you begin work
- wear safety gloves and use insulated tools
- don’t cover up your fittings with insulation
- test the setup before finalizing the work
Interior lighting plays a massive role in the look and feel of your space. By layering accent, ambient and task lighting with proper lumen levels and colour temperatures, you can transform the way your space looks. Above, we have explored different types of interior lighting. We have also answered a few common questions about lighting while offering tips on how to incorporate it into your home.