Lighting your home or residence in a rational, decorative, and pleasant way is the best you can do to enjoy your own space to the fullest. And that’s because decorating is much more than filling a space with furniture and accessories. It’s learning how to play with color, illuminate environments and adapt each element to your way of being and understanding things.

The lighting of the house is a detail that can radically change the aesthetics and the atmosphere. There are different types of light and each one responds to a particular need.

Here in this entry, we’re gonna tell you some ways to light your home to fully enjoy your time in the house.

How to choose the best type of light for your home

The office or workspace

For an office, the most appropriate lights are the neutral ones directly and from above, so you will feel better in your work and your eyes will be able to relax without having to make overexertion. The best light for reading is natural, so choosing a luminaire that resembles it will be the most appropriate.

A neutral white light lamp (link) is recommended, around 4000K, which is the most similar to sunlight in the central stage of the cycle. At a minimum, the light source must have 400 Lumens, regardless of its technology.

Spotlights for the hall

It is the first thing that everyone who comes to your house sees, so it should always look presentable, the first impression is what counts and although it is not a living area that requires a lot of light, it should be well lit. A point of light on the ceiling, either through a lamp or several spotlights, will suffice.

A modern kitchen to create the best moments

The kitchen is one of the spaces that need very good lighting to work well. A detail that is seen more every day, for aesthetics but also for the ease of adding to any design, are the lights under cabinets.

A strip of LED lights in the lower part of the cabinets illuminates the kitchen sink and counter. It is easy to install, we only have to decide the intensity and light temperature.

Some include a dining space, so the lighting must be planned on two fronts. There is nothing more beautiful than inspiring comfort and intimacy, where everyone feels comfortable.

It is recommended for dining rooms inside into other environments, low lamps at table height with a warm color temperature, this guarantees that the tablespace is abstracted from the rest of the room. You can choose to put a spotlight or two on the ceiling and a lamp on the dining table.

In the bedroom, soft light for relaxation

In our restroom, soft and direct light is convenient that favors rest, place a point of light on each side of the bed, to read or for when you get up at night

.You have several options: table lamps (link), wall lights or a point of light hanging from the ceiling over the bedside tables the luminaires with warm light 3000K (yellow) whose intensity can be graduated to carry out activities such as reading or watching television, before going to sleep will help you disconnect and slow down the activity since the eye associates that color temperature with the night.

However, although it invites you to relax, the light must be sufficient so as not to strain your eyes while reading.

For the children’s room opt for general lighting (link), and a spot light for the study area. A gooseneck or table lamp is the most practical.

The perfect light for the living room

It is the place where numerous activities are carried out, where we spend more time alone and in company, rest, watch television, have dinner, receive our friends. The children play there or even do their homework. For this reason, the lighting in the living room must be flexible, in order to be able to adapt it to each circumstance.

Start by structuring the room into several different zones. You can install a ceiling lamp (like this one) in the center and complete the lighting with other light sources, such as recessed spotlights with an intensity regulator to be able to decide the brightness you need, or a floor lamp next to the sofa, one desktop lamp on a side table are good options.

It is advisable to have different options and turn on one or the other according to your needs, you can combine warm and low light for relaxed moments and leave white and direct light for moments of greater activity.

A well-lit bathroom

A detail that we love in the bathrooms apart from the space is the bathroom vanity lighting and with a general light, which has an intensity regulator, to be able to choose a dim light, whenever we want to relax it is incredible, it is also very useful if we have children at home and we must leave a light on at night.

For the mirror area, it is important to have it illuminated, a direct, powerful light is required so that we can clean ourselves, comb our hair, and put on makeup every morning without having to worry about something going wrong.

Wall sconces, one on each side of the mirror, are another option to consider.

Light up the shelves

In most houses, shelves add a lot of styles thanks to the objects they house such as photos, collections, memories of our trips, or even artistic pieces. What is more beautiful than those elements that we like so much are illuminated?

In addition to highlighting what we store on shelves or bookcases, there is no doubt that lighting them creates a beautiful feeling, the spaces seem larger and no matter how deep the shelves are, nothing is lost there.

For this effect, a good idea is to use under cabinet lights or strip lights. In case you want to highlight something more like a picture, consider these ones.

Light the closet or dressing room

It is one of the spaces with the most disorder due to the low functionality of its design, internal lighting is important because in this way the dressing room can be used 100%.

It is also a great idea if we have an open dressing room, without doors, the lights can be the decorative touch that this part of your house is missing.

Consider lamps or down lights. For example Pendant lights are a good option, if you install it close to your mirror it will give lighting for you to dress up.

Summary

Each corner of your home needs a particular type of light, but when done right. A great lighting in your house would do wonders for your life, not only making it easier to work, spend time with family but give security for your loved ones and make them feel at home.

We currently have LED lighting that is capable of protecting the planet by reducing energy consumption and, in addition, can offer a light adapted to the needs of the body.

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