10 inspiring lighting designs to decorate your home

Kayla Gulec Kayla Gulec
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Interior decorators have a multitude of tips and trick up their sleeves when it comes to creating amazing design schemes, and one of these tools is often overlooked because homeowners don't realise the opportunities it offers to transform a room. The tool we're talking about today is lighting and it has the power to make or break your space. The correct lighting will turn any ordinary house into what we call a home and will allow your own personality to shine right through. Without good lighting, the effect of all of our other well thought-out decorations such as colorful accessories, modern furnishings, or interesting textures are all lost. So the right lighting is how we can best honour our decorators for all of their hard work.

So today, we've gathered together 10 inspiring lighting designs that will beautifully and properly illuminate all of your decor while also adding a bit of decoration to the rooms themselves. Once you're done with this list, you'll be well on your way to having a brighter, more alluring interior.

1. The eye-catcher

Light fixtures options aren't always about ambient lighting. In fact, more often than not, the lighting we add to a room is accent lighting. This uniquely shaped orange floor lamp provides delicate illumination and sets the mood for a relaxed evening.

2. Towards the ceiling

Feature lighting is the most important type of lighting your room can have. It's literally what lights up the room and what makes everything noticeable. One large ceiling light could do the trick, but for larger rooms, install spot lights in the ceiling as well. This will ensure that no corner goes unlit.

3. Hidden lights

Hidden lights impact aesthetics more prominently and elegantly than those that are right in front of us. These lights that are behind these cupboards could illuminate whatever accessories you might want to place on your shelves, or provide delicate accent lighting without accentuating decor items at all.

4. Bedroom lighting

In the bedroom, the most prominent area is at the head of the bed, and there are a number of ways you can decorate this space with lights. Choose a row of small spot lights or get a little more elegant and add a delicate, dangling chandelier.

5. Highlighting your personality

Your room's design should feature accessories that show your personal interests. And what better way to highlight those interests than by placing overhead lights on them? Now your personality is on display for all of your guests to marvel at.

6. Purposeful

Aside from feature and accent lighting, you also need to be aware of task lighting, or the lights we use for specific purposes, such as reading a book or working on various documents. A simple table lamp atop your work desk intelligently and clearly lights up the space and completes that modern look you were going for.

7. Aesthetic touch in the kitchen

The best way to decorate the kitchen is by including as much light sources as possible (without making it feel like a tanning salon, of course). Lighting here is especially important because we all want to be able to clearly see what we're preparing and eating. This kitchen employs a large hanging light encased in a disco ball-like shade while also using task lighting under the cupboards to light up work surfaces for cooking.

8. The ideal distribution

When you want to go without main feature lighting, make sure you distribute your smaller lamps evenly throughout the room. A few small but well-placed hanging lights and wall sconces will adequately replace one large chandelier and will also provide softer, more mood-making light.

9. Candles for romance

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You'd be right to think that lamps and chandeliers aren't the only sources of light you can have in a room. You can add candles to your bedroom, dining room, or lounge for a romantic vibe. Just make sure they're all inside glass containers so you don't have to worry about possible fire hazards.

10. A unique vision

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Let's finish this article at the entrance. The entryway into your home is a place that needs to be just as stylish as the rest of your home, and this can easily be achieved with the right lighting. Spotlights at the door and LED string lights that run along the moulding of the ceiling make your guests feel like they're stepping into a bright and cheerful home, and that is definitely something you don't want to miss out on.

If these lighting tips didn't do the trick, you might want to check out these great ideas for indirect lighting.

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