Creating the right atmosphere in your home depends on choosing just the right elements for your rooms. Accent lighting is one way to create a mood in a room by illuminating design choices in the room or just to set the tone. This type of lighting is not chosen to illuminate for work or reading, but only to create a feeling of warmth in the room.
Lighting in a home is chosen based on its use. For instance, if you are lighting a room where work will be performed such as a kitchen, the lighting must be able to illuminate the work. These lights are brighter than the lights that are used in a family room or bedroom. To create an atmosphere in a room, you should plan to have a variety of lights in the room so that the level of lighting is under your control.
For instance, when you need brighter lights for work or reading, the light level can be turned up in the room. For an evening of quiet conversation or television viewing, the lights can be dimmed. You may have to experiment a little to find the perfect places to put lamps and lighting fixtures. Try a lamp in a specific area of the room and live with it for a while to determine how it affects the atmosphere in a room.
Accent lights are more of a decorative touch than they illuminate a room. The light that focuses on a particular painting is an accent light. Accent lights can focus illumination on the wall without being focused on art work to create a decorative touch to your room.
When you are designing a room, light is just as important as colour to the room. The textures that you use along with colours and light all combine to create a feeling in the room. A room can feel larger if the dark corners are illuminated and a large room can feel warm and cosy if the lighting is warm and dimmed.
Select fixtures for your walls that fit in with the décor of the room. There are many varieties of sconces and fixtures that can be installed in your home to coordinate with the other decorative touches in your home. Choose modern fixtures for a contemporary room or antique fixtures when your room has an old world style.
Choosing the correct lighting for a room is more complicated than you might think. It takes time to create the right feeling in a room. Determine what you want to accomplish with your lighting before you install fixtures and place them in a room. Layer the lighting so that you can increase or decrease the level of light in a room. The level of light that you choose for an evening at home with the family may be different than the way you will light the room for a party with friends.
A well appointed room has the right touches of colour and textures along with the perfect lighting to illuminate it all.
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