Bedside Pendant Lights

Lighting needs vary from room to room, depending on factors such as use and functionality. When it comes to a calm and relaxing area such as the bedroom, getting the lighting right is crucial.

Proper illumination in the bedroom can provide gentle light for reading and performing tasks as well as getting relaxed enough for sleep. It can also help you get your sleep cycle in check and promote a better night’s sleep.

Bedside pendant lights are a modern alternative to traditional bedside table or reading lamps. With hanging bedside lights, you can enjoy plenty of illumination while saving space on your bedside tables. Hanging bedside lamps can also enhance the look of your bedroom and give it a stronger personality.

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Bedside Pendant Lighting

While bedside table lamps are a common way to light the bedroom, bedside ceiling lights take it one step further. Bedside drop lights add elegance to your bedroom and enhance its style, giving it more personality than a standard bedside lantern. Read on to learn more about bedroom pendant light fixtures and how to choose the best one for your bedroom.

What Are Bedside Pendant Lights

Bedside pendants are hanging bedside table lights that hang from the ceiling. They are specifically made to be installed next to a bed. These lights make a great alternative to traditional bedside lamps, especially when you opt for modern bedside pendant lights with a unique style.

Alongside looking stylish, pendant lights over night stands bring with them many benefits and advantages. Perhaps the most popular one is the way they save space on your nightstand. This allows you more room to place other important essentials, like your phone or books.

Bedroom pendant light fixtures by the bed also serve as nice illumination for reading while also creating a general ambiance in the bedroom. Matching pendant lights with décor is a fun design challenge for homeowners as well.

From modern mini pendants to statement lights, there are many styles to choose from. Choosing the best bedside table pendant lights for your space comes down to preference, but there are a few things to keep in mind when shopping for them.

What Height Should Hanging Bedside Pendants Be?

In general, bedroom lighting should be easy on the eyes, since bedrooms are a place of rest and relaxation. The same can be said for bedside lighting. Consider the following five tips when selecting your hanging bedside lamps.

  • EYE LEVEL LIGHTING – Be sure that you hang the bedside pendant lights so that the bottom of the shade is slightly below eye level or right at eye level when you are lying or sitting in bed. This will provide functional lighting that does not cause a glare.
  • HEIGHT OF BEDSIDE TABLE – Think about how tall your bedside table is when figuring out the hanging height for your hanging bedside lights. If you have a taller table, you may need to adjust the light accordingly.
  • CEILING HEIGHT – You should also consider the height of the ceiling when planning your bedroom lighting ideas. If you have higher ceilings, it may be a good idea to get a pendant light with a longer cord so that you can lower it down to the best height.
  • STRIKE A GOOD BALANCE – Be sure that the pendant lights balance the overall décor in the bedroom. This means ensuring they are neither too high where they seem disconnected from the ceiling nor too low where they get in the way.

Why Use LED Lights For Bedside Pendant Lights

Whether you are choosing standard or mini hanging lights for bedside tables, the bulb that you use is important. LED bulbs are becoming the norm as of late due to their many benefits. These include:

  • ENERGY EFFICIENT – LED lights consume less energy while outputting just as much, if not more, light than traditional bulbs. This will not only lessen your environmental footprint, but it can also save on energy bills.
  • LONG LIFE – LED bulbs last as much as 25 times longer than traditional bulbs, so you won’t have to constantly replace them.
  • LOWER COST – Since you will have lower energy bills and less of a need for new bulbs, LED lights can save you money both in the short and long term.
  • VERSATILITY – With their many colour temperatures and lumen levels to choose from, you can customize the appearance of the light down to your specific preferences.
  • DIMMABLE – Some LED bulbs are compatible with dimmer switches, so you can manually adjust the level of light you need as the night goes on.
  • LOWER HEAT – LED lights output very little in the way of heat when you compare them to traditional bulbs. This makes them particularly safe, especially in the bedroom where the light bulb is closer to you.

LPL165-BK hanging bedside LED pendant light

 

How To Create Layered Lighting in the Bedroom with Hanging Pendant Bedside Lights

Layered lighting schemes consist of three main factors: task, ambient and accent lighting. A common way to incorporate layered lighting into the bedroom is to zone out the room and light it for its different purposes.

For a balanced, layered lighting scheme in the bedroom, consider the following tips:

  1. Task Lighting
  • Provide focused lighting for tasks such as reading by using bedside pendant lights, adjustable table lamps or wall mounted reading lights.
  • Position task lighting in reading nooks, near seating areas or anywhere else in the room you may need to perform tasks. This includes writing desks and dressing tables.
  1. Ambient Lighting
  • Ambient lighting provides the general illumination for the room and tends to come in the form of ceiling mounted fixtures. This could be pendant lights, surface mounted lights or recessed lighting.
  • Choose lights with dimmability to help you stay in control of the brightness in the room.
  1. Accent Lighting
  • Accent lighting allows you to highlight certain areas of the room, such as decorative or architectural elements. Doing so can help create a focal point. Add visual interest to the bedroom with track lighting, wall sconces or LED strip lights behind furniture, along shelves or anywhere else you want to add some depth.
  • Install accent lightings to draw the eye to focal points, artwork or other elements you want to highlight.

You should also pay attention to the natural lighting in the room and work that into the lighting design during the day.

Wattage indicates the brightness of traditional light bulbs. For bedside reading lights and pendant bedside lights, it is generally recommended that you have anywhere between five to 10 watts of power.

You can determine your specific needs by considering:

  • HOW BRIGHT YOU WANT THE LIGHT – If you prefer having brighter lights, you will need higher wattages to achieve this. Lower wattage lights provide a dimmer glow.
  • SHADE AND LIGHTING ANGLE – The material and design of any potential shades on your pendant light can influence the distribution of light. If the shade is open or even has a wide opening, low wattage lights are good. If the shade has a closed or narrow design, you may need higher wattage bulbs to compensate.

Colour temperature is a way to classify a light’s warm or cool tones. These temperatures exist on a scale that is measured in Kelvin units. The lower end of the spectrum houses the warmer colours, while the higher end is where you’ll find the cooler ones.

Different areas in the home and even different zones in a room can call for certain lighting temperatures. When it comes to bedroom lighting, it is generally recommended that you use warm white to soft white lighting. This ranges between 2700k and 3500k.

This colour temperature range strikes a nice balance between cool and warm tones while still being relaxing. These colour temperatures also are clear enough to allow you to easily see the book you are reading thanks to their comfortable brightness levels.

Bedrooms are a place of rest and relaxation first and foremost. The lighting in the bedroom should reflect that. Having good lighting in the bedroom can help you perform tasks such as reading without straining your eyes to do so.

Quality LED lighting can also help you enjoy a better night’s sleep. The light that is output by LED bulbs is said to better help your body regulate its circadian rhythm. This can help get you on a healthy sleep routine that leaves you feeling more rested the next day.

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