LESLEY TAYLOR Trip the light fantastic
Dark mornings and evenings getting you down? Don’t despair, there are plenty of ways to bring back the light, says interior designer
WE might have passed the shortest day of the winter, but for most of us, the sky will still be dark when we set out in the morning and dark when we get back – that is a lot of darkness for anyone to deal with.
If you want to inject some brightness in to your life, it could be time to start thinking about your home’s lighting.
And the great news is there are solutions for every home; with budgets to suit all pockets. GET GREEN-FINGERED
BEFORE thinking about installing skylights or re-wiring your home to create a new lighting scheme, another relatively cheap trick is to do a little bit of gardening.
If your home and garden are surrounded by towering trees, especially if they are close to windows and doors, give them a really good trim. Not only will your garden look better but your newlytrimmed trees won’t block light from getting into the home.
Use a similar process on the inside of the home by removing clutter and unnecessary trinkets from window frames.
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Lesley Taylor is the author of 10 interior design books and has appeared on a range of network TV shows, including This Morning, giving inspirational advice on home styling. For more information on her work, head to lesleytaylor.co.uk