Let there be light...

SMART lighting props can enhance furniture, colours and fabrics, while getting the balance right between light that is functional and light that enhances your décor is fundamental.

The use of lighting can contribute twofold to your home’s colour scheme as it determines the context of walls, fabrics and furnishing. The interior design view suggests that darker colours can make a room feel smaller, while lighter ones do the opposite. Soft lighting controls the effect of wall colours.

So by using blurred lighting you can create warmth and relaxation that distracts from the room’s overall dimensions. In short, the illusion of space will be controlled by light reflecting off the walls.

Directional lighting is another clever use of space and interior which when combined elevates a home to new heights. By directing lights at certain features – for example, rotating lights from the ceiling can be pointed at doorways, a vase, or a painting. This gives specific elements within a room prominence.

By installing recessed lighting in floors or ceilings is another way of creating vertical beams of light, as opposed to a flat glow from what we commonly refer to in our sitting rooms as the ‘big light’. Vertical lightings are also stylish and decorative.

Having friends round for a dinner evening naturally requires a different lighting tone than say an ordinary family lunch. But it’s nice to have this option of transforming your home’s atmosphere at the flick of a switch. So be sure to source an electrician with a creative and decorative side to their work.