How to make your interior lighting


How to make your interior lighting

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Let's face it, when we want to change the layout or decoration of our house or apartment, we do not all have the time or money to seek professional designers advice. Nevertheless, there are simple rules to allow you to achieve beautiful lighting without spending more. If in doubt, it is always best to consult an electrician or professional designer to make complex lighting adjustments that require calculations and require knowledge of electrical experts. But in the end, you will have the last word to get the lighting system you want.

Here are some steps you can take yourself to turn your home into a well-lit space that you'll be happy to join at the end of the day.

1. Design lighting via a plan

Each piece is different, so establishing a unique lighting plan for each of them is essential. One of the easiest ways to do this is to draw a simple plan of your room that shows the location of all your furniture and that signals pre-existing lighting as well as current arrivals. Evaluate the space you have and think of the kind of activity that fits each specific area of ​​the room and the amount of light you will need. There are also simple mobile apps to create a plan of your room in minutes.

2. Think of basic lighting as a priority

The think of about the architectural features of each room and if you want to highlight some of them, choose a spot source with a small scattering angle of less than 60 °. If you want to think in terms of efficiency, do not forget to only place lights where you really need them.

3. Create a balance

When designing your lighting plan, make sure that you think about creating a balance and linear lighting transitions from one room to another. We all know that it is really unpleasant to go from the inside of a building with a comfortable brightness outside where the sun shines so much that you have to squint. Our eyes need time to get used to the different intensities of light and seamless transitions will be much more comfortable for you and your guests. Another way to create this balance is to use layered lighting.

4. Light up vertical surfaces

Most lighting designs and plans tend to focus on lighting horizontal surfaces. However, you must also be careful about how you illuminate and highlight vertical surfaces. Whether you want to illuminate a piece of art or just the wall itself, the highlighting of vertical surfaces will give an impression of brightness and space in the room. Track lighting, recessed lighting and cornice lighting (using strings of light or LED strings) are some of the best ways to illuminate the vertical surfaces of your apartment.

5. Choosing the right bulbs

It is important to choose your bulbs according to the lighting but also the desired rendering. The color temperature, the lighting angle and the luminous flux are the 3 essential criteria: too yellow lighting is often unsuitable for the kitchen or bathroom. Conversely, too white lighting in a living room can be uncomfortable.

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