Lighting plays an important role in the final design of your home. Whether you have carefully chosen the right colors, furniture, and accessories, or whether your furniture has sentimental value and is not all completely related to each other – you will find that smart lighting fixtures will highlight the areas of the design that are important to you, will add a soft and romantic or bright and inviting look to any space, and will be a design addition in their own right. We have prepared for you a list of questions that are important to ask before you choose lighting fixtures for your home – for the sake of functionality, and no less important – the final look. So how do you choose lighting for your home ? Here are some important tips:
#1 How do you see each room at the end of the process?
Our first piece of advice involves a comprehensive assessment of your needs in each room. You should know whether you are interested in lighting fixtures with a design presence or those that are ceiling-mounted . It is advisable to know how bright you want the space to be at the end of the process (will one light fixture be enough? Do you want to combine ceiling-mounted lighting and hanging lighting fixtures such as chandeliers or designed lighting , or perhaps also standing lighting fixtures?) and it is important to take into account the size of the space and the natural lighting in it - for example, in a room with a low ceiling or a relatively small space, it is generally recommended to choose ceiling-mounted lighting fixtures and in any case not ones that will take up a significant amount of space.
#2 – Characteristics of each lighting fixture
Here are some technical characteristics that are important for you to know about lighting fixtures:
- Type of bulb – We generally recommend choosing LED bulbs , which are energy-efficient and reduce your electricity bill, even though their purchase price is slightly higher.
- The color of the light – you can choose white light or yellow light. White light is clean and aesthetic, and is usually suitable for study rooms, kitchens, and the like. In contrast, yellow light is more natural and has something happy, more inviting about it, and is usually the common choice for guest spaces (such as living rooms) and bedrooms. The choice is of course based on your taste.
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Light distribution – The light distribution depends on both the type of bulb in your light fixture and the light fixture itself. Some light fixtures have a wide spread of light, and some have a focused spread of light (such as spotlights ). Focused lighting is great when you want to create a spot beam of light, for example over an island or dining table in the kitchen, towards a piece of art or aesthetic object you want to highlight, or generally around the room (usually with recessed lighting in cornices, or when lowering a plaster ceiling, etc.).
- The aesthetic addition of lighting fixtures – here, the choice is personal and you choose according to the design language of the home, your personal taste and the color palette of the home design. Today, you will find an endless variety of lighting fixtures – you can choose the one whose aesthetics speak to you. It can be in a sparkling or square and Bauhaus look, in combination with several lighting fixtures or a single lighting fixture, in a “larger than life” look or one that will leave the spotlight to other elements in the space – all, according to your personal taste.
Another important tip for installing perfect lighting fixtures for your home
When designing spaces, such as bedrooms, living rooms or kitchens, we usually don't settle for a single light fixture. We combine focused, soft and intimate lighting with central and dramatic lighting, and provide multiple lighting points to achieve different atmospheres as needed. Our recommendation is to think comprehensively about lighting design, not to compromise on installing lighting fixtures according to electrical points (but rather to plan the electrical points according to your lighting design), and to maintain flexibility in operation, with independent lighting fixtures with a switch, so that you can turn each light fixture on and off independently.
The design of your lighting fixtures – in the kitchen, living room, bathroom, and bedrooms – will significantly affect both the appearance of the rooms and their ease of use, during the hours of darkness. The vast variety of lighting fixtures will allow you to adapt the artificial lighting in the room to your needs, in almost every respect. Take your time, choose carefully, and you will discover that the lighting in each room is significant to the overall feel, appearance, and ease of use.
