• Home
  • Blog
  • Resource Library
  • Craft Supplies
  • Free Primitive Patterns
  • About
  • Contact Us

Prim Mart

Home Decorating - Gardening - Lifestyle

  • The Home
    • Decor & Design
    • Cleaning & Organizing
    • Buying and Selling Homes
    • Electrical & Energy Use
    • Heating & Cooling
    • Home Appliances
    • Pest Control
    • Plumbing
    • Roof Maintenance
    • Security
    • Tools & Equipment
  • Outdoor Living
    • Gardening
    • Landscaping
    • Lawn Care
    • Patio Decorating
  • Art & Crafts
    • Craft Tutorials
  • Food
  • Lifestyle
    • Family
      • Parenting
      • Pets
      • Senior Living
    • Beauty & Fashion
    • Finances
    • Education
    • Fun
    • Legal Matters
    • Technology
    • Car Care & More
    • Celebrations & Holidays
    • Safety
    • Shopping
    • Travel
  • Wellness
    • Dental Health
    • Diet & Fitness
    • Holistic Health
    • Mental Wellness
    • Physical Health
    • Self Improvement
  • Work & Business
    • Business Tips
    • Business Marketing
    • Office Design
    • Building Upkeep
    • Career Training
    • Work at Home
Home » The Home » Decor & Design » A Guide to Picking the Right Lighting Fixtures for Your Home

Decor & Design · July 23, 2020

A Guide to Picking the Right Lighting Fixtures for Your Home

A Guide to Picking the Right Lighting Fixtures for Your Home

Lighting can make a difference in how you experience a room or living space. Like most people, your light fixtures are the last thing on your mind when thinking of your interior decoration. Now, that’s okay if you are planning to set up a functional living space.

However, if you are looking to create a home with high aesthetic value, you should take a long hard look at your lighting plan. This might sound cliché, but good lighting is everything. If you are looking for the right lighting fixtures to take your interior design to another level, here are three great tips for setting you.

Know your Options

One common mistake most people make when picking lighting fixtures is to assume that one type of installation will work for the entire room. Experts such as the folks at Wofi lights or a lighting shop local to you, will tell you this couldn’t be further from the truth. In reality, your lighting fixtures provide the best aesthetic value when used in layers.

There are three layers of indoor fixtures you need to consider when setting up your room, and in the ideal situation, each room should include all three:

General Lighting

Also called ambient light, the general lighting fixtures covers most of the living space and ensures you can move around safely. These are the fixtures you’ll usually find mounted on the wall or installed as track lighting.

Accent Lighting

As the name implies, these fixtures illuminate a focal point in the room, such as a painting or your lovely piano. These sorts of accessories are common and often come with dimmers to increase the intensity depending on the occasion.

Task Lighting

You need these lights for specific functions e.g., reading. They could be your desk lamps or the pendant light fixtures that you find suspended over the dining table or kitchen island.

The Room Needs to Dictate the Lighting Fixtures

Once you decide if you are using one or all three lighting layers, you need to determine where you’ll be placing the light fixtures in the rooms. This decision depends on your personal preference, but there are standard layouts that work all the time.

The Living Room

If this living space has a main seating section, use a large overhead lighting fixture to create a central spot. You can also use floor lamps to light up shadowy corners. They also make for high aesthetic appeal. If you have a large furniture item, you can consider getting a table lamp.

The Dining Room

The dining space is always the easiest place to light. Your central lighting fixture here should be a large, overhead light or pendant hanging over the dining table. It could even be a chandelier if it suits the room. For a bit of extra light, you can place upright lamps in dark corners.

The Kitchen

Kitchen lighting can be complicated, but you can’t get it wrong with overhead pendant fixtures in the focal areas. You can also put under-cabinet lights and a hanging pendant if you have a kitchen island.

The Bedroom

Bedrooms are like your dining space – easy to light up. All you need are a couple of overhead light fixtures and table lamps for the dresser and bedside tables.

Decide on the Size of your Fixtures

Regarding size, this only concerns your statement pieces. Those are the large chandeliers or pendants you are probably installing in the dining room and living room. You need to consider the size of the room you need to light up and ensure that the lighting fixture size doesn’t look out of place.

As the famous saying goes, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. You need to ensure that the fixtures don’t look out of place compared to the rest of your living space.

Spread the love

Posted In: Decor & Design

TedsWoodworking Plans and Projects

You’ll Also Love

Primitive DIY How to Decorate with Primitive DécorPrimitive DIY: How to Decorate with Primitive Décor
4 Ways to Improve Your Interior Design
Elegant Sleeper Sofas for Your HomeElegant Sleeper Sofas for Your Home
Next Post >

8 Best Uses of Used Coffee Grounds

Search

Hello There!

Welcome to Prim Mart! I'm Katharine, a mom, wife, and blogger with a passion for all things related to homemaking and enjoying life. Prim Mart was founded in 2001 and has grown from just a craft blog to an online lifestyle magazine filled with helpful and creative articles for you!

Join Our Newsletter

Archives

Popular Posts

AntiqueFarmHouse

Categories

Woodworking Designs Plans and Projects

Copyright © 2023 Prim Mart · Theme by 17th Avenue

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Read More

Accept Decline Cookie Settings
I consent to the use of following cookies:
Cookie Declaration About Cookies
Necessary (0) Marketing (0) Analytics (0) Preferences (0) Unclassified (0)
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
We do not use cookies of this type.
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
We do not use cookies of this type.
Analytics cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
We do not use cookies of this type.
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
We do not use cookies of this type.
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
We do not use cookies of this type.
Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user's experience more efficient. The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission. This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.
Cookie Settings