To make your home a pleasant place to spend quality time, its lighting is very important. For this, we suggest following these 10 tips to make it a success.
In these 10 tips to light your home, we will give you tips and tricks so that you know how to place the lamps in your home, so that the light is adequate and also decorates the room. In addition, to obtain a unique decor, you must associate it with cool and smart products that you can discover on zevessa : a site that offers everyday products, stylish, fun and innovative.
The tips we are going to give you are about the type of light; the amount of light and the distribution of light, because each room in your house requires a certain amount of light.
To begin, let's first talk about natural light.
1. Natural light
Yes, it is true that we have unique and cheap lamps, but your home should receive as much natural light as possible. Natural light is important because the human body gets used to being more relaxed or active depending on the light it perceives.
So trying to make the light as natural as possible is a priority.
Using light-colored walls is usually very useful so that the light illuminates the room. At least the area that will receive the most light could have a decoration in light tones so that the light is reflected throughout the room, thus increasing the natural light. These can be furniture, sofas or walls in white or beige tones.
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The windows in your home are large enough for light to enter every room. But so that excess light does not bother you, put thin, light-colored curtains on the windows that receive more light during the day. You can place another slightly thicker curtain for relaxing moments when you want less light.
2. Main ceiling lighting
In every room of your house, there should be at least one ceiling light. Including the hallway and walkways, two areas we almost always forget.
Why do I need a main light in every room?
Very simple, because you need to have a switch that fills the room with light for times of the day when natural light does not work or rooms where natural light does not reach.
A ceiling light or a ceiling strip are perfect options to install in the center of the room. Depending on the shape and size of the room, you can know the type of lamp you need. For example, placing a pendant light in a bathroom is a bad option, compared to a ceiling where it will be much more compact and functional.
Below we'll discuss a bit about the different lamp options depending on the room:
Types of ceiling lighting
Our ceiling lamps have decorative, elegant and infinite shapes and colors. They combine with any room and are perfect to give a different decorative touch to the room.
Ceiling strips work very well in living rooms and dining rooms because they allow you to direct the light where you need it, which helps to distribute the light better. A normal pendant light is synonymous with a ceiling light, but in this case we mean lamps with a long length of cable that seem to float in the room.
Another variation of ceiling lights are chandeliers of a certain classic retro style and even very decorative. Like pendant lights, their function is to illuminate and even decorate even when they are off.
3. Auxiliary lamps
In addition to the ceiling light, you will need additional lighting depending on the square meters of each room.
The trick to good lighting in any room would be to place "just in case" lamps. This is lighting that, once turned off, does not use electricity and since you are only going to turn it on from time to time, it will not be too much of an expense.
Another point that goes in favor of such an installation is that there are floor lamps; table lamps and sconces that decorate when they are turned off. This is one more reason to think about buying lamps for additional lighting.
Remember that, although you usually use a ceiling light to illuminate the living room, there are times when you are having dinner or reading the newspaper and you need extra light. For these moments, auxiliary lights or installing dimmable LED lamps would be the solution. Some of our LED lamps can be dimmed in light intensity and even color, making them very versatile and essential for everyday use.
4. Amount of light needed for each room
Each room in your home requires a different level of light. This light depends mainly on your tastes, if you read correctly, the light of each room is something subjective, it is not a fixed value. Each room has more square or rectangular dimensions and it is then the taste of each one to have a more or less powerful light that comes into play.
This is the main reason why you need our advice. In general, the illuminance of a room can be measured in "lux". A lux is a measurement that relates lumens to square meters. Lumens are the intensity or power of light, a value that LED bulbs and LED lamps integrate.
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How many lamps are needed per room?
The rule of three you need to do to know if a lamp will be bright enough is:
Lux (Lx) = Lumens / Square meters
For example, for a 20 square meter room that requires 100 lux to be well lit, you then do:
100 Luxes = Lumens / 20 m2. The result will allow you to decide what to do.
However, what you absolutely need to know is the lumens of the lamp to be placed.
Lumens = 100 lux X 20 m 2 = 2000 lumens.
If the lamp/bulb provides 2000 lumens and distributes the light evenly, we can say that it is a suitable light for a room of 20 m2. Of course, this amount of lumens can be distributed between several light points, not only obtained with the main light.
Additionally, this measurement of the amount of light needed for each room takes into account an open space without furniture. Typically, between sofas, cabinets and other decorative elements, our rooms are a little smaller, so take this into account when making your estimates.
Lumens Every Room Needs
Depending on the room, a greater or lesser amount of lumens is needed. In this table you will see some approximate luxury values that lighting experts consider adequate light:
- Salons: 100 – 300 Luxes.
- Dining rooms: 200 - 300 Luxes
- Children's rooms: 150 - 200 Luxes.
- Bathrooms: 150 Luxes
- Corridors: 100 - 200 Lux.
- Entrance areas, hall: 150 Luxes.
- Study areas, offices: 400 - 500 Luxes.
Luxes high power is for a specific area such as light to be seen properly in the mirror or light on the study table, it is not the light the whole room needs. Usually it will be a space of 1m2 or less.
The above values are all approximate values that a room would need to be adequately lit. There are people who prefer more or less lighting, so they can take these values as guidelines.
As you have seen most rooms have two values, in principle the ideal would be that you have several light points and that each one provides light between the lowest value and the highest value. In this way you will have the necessary light at all times, for example in the children's room, a low ambient light is necessary to be in the room, but to play, color or do homework it is better to have more light in the room.
5. Light up your home with warm light
The color temperature mimics the light offered by the sun at different times of the day. From sunrise to sunset in reddish colors, through to the most neutral tones during the central hours of the day.
As we often see, the sun changes the color temperature we perceive throughout the day, from sunrise to sunset. And as you progress, the colors are perceived differently.
Color temperature of the sun throughout the day
The light from your lamps can be divided into three shades or colors. Each "color" affects our mood, feeling of fatigue, concentration. In general, it directly affects our vital functions.
It is therefore very important to know how to choose the light according to the room. We distinguish a warm and welcoming light, a neutral light similar to that of the sun, a cold light for moments of concentration.
Why is it necessary to use warm light to illuminate my house instead of cold light?
Cold light is used in places such as offices, bank branches, waiting rooms, clothing stores or medical consultations, among others. These places have one thing in common, the light needed to see objects must be clear and cold so that people who work do not feel a feeling of fatigue.
The cool light mimics sunlight in the middle of the day and creates an effect on people that keeps them focused and concentrated. None of this is what you want when you come home.
When you come home, all you want is to forget about work and disconnect. You can achieve this only with a relaxed atmosphere designed for rest, for this you need warm light.
Between warm light and neutral light, what type of light is best for my home?
The first thing is to keep in mind that in your home you usually spend more time in the morning and towards the afternoon / evening. At this time the sunlight is warm, so in your home you will have to mix these tones with the ambient lighting in a warm color.
In the living room and bedroom, the light should be mainly warm or neutral, never cold. We often want the living room to be cozy and invite relaxation and rest.
The kitchen and bathroom can have neutral and even cool light . These are rooms where you want good light to be concentrated. Of course, keep in mind that cool light almost always fits better in white rooms.
In the hall or passage areas, the light can be neutral or warm, depending on taste or the arrangement of the rooms in relation to each other. In case of separation, you have no problem.
In study or office spaces the main light should be neutral even if it is an area in which some type of work is carried out. For example, writing papers, working with a computer or reading, are tasks that are best carried out with a neutral and cold light.
In case of distributing open spaces in your home, think that the important thing is that the lighting of one room does not conflict or is very different from that of another. Just in case at some point you have both lights on at the same time, which is not recommended because the light is not pleasant if it has two very different color temperatures and you are in the middle.
Tips for Always Having the Right Color Temperature When Lighting Your Home
The best trick to always get the right light temperature is to use lamps with an integrated LED, especially those that have the possibility to change the color temperature. Originally, LED light gave a cold light, but now there are LEDs with different color temperatures. There are now models that have a regulator to change the color temperature of the light.
6. Brighten up dark areas
It seems obvious, but we almost always forget that the nooks and crannies of our home are often poorly lit and make the decoration less perfect.
Eliminate areas with unnecessary shadow costs, this can be easily achieved with auxiliary lighting. In general, corners such as the living room or bedroom can have less bright areas, which is normally not a problem, but at certain specific times it can bother us.
It is not only a nuisance if you have to change places because you do not have light, but because the decoration of that part of the room will go unnoticed, as if it were not there. Whether you have a closet, photos, paintings or a bookcase; you will have to combine different types of accent lighting and floor lamps.
Don't forget the advice we gave you in point three about accent lamps!
7. Install specific light points for reading or studying
What we always forget when planning lighting are those little moments in everyday life, which may only happen on weekends or once every two weeks, those moments of reading, working from home and studying.
These moments are usually done with a warm or neutral ambient light in the room, whether in the living room, office or bedroom. As we have already mentioned, warm light is relaxing, it tends to cause fatigue and in the end even drowsiness.
Have you ever noticed that you fall asleep while studying? Maybe it's because of your lighting! Or because you don't really like studying, but back to the lamps.
Neutral or cold light helps improve concentration. Such light can be provided by a flexo or a side table lamp. With cold light, a more powerful light is obtained so as not to tire the eyes.
Take a look at our flexos. Most of them allow you to regulate the light in intensity and color temperature for moments of greater or lesser concentration.
8. Place the lamp you need, not the one that decorates the whole room
Lamps are a complement to the decoration, they are not "The decoration", that is, you can like a decoration with a two-meter long floor lamp or fall in love with a ceiling lamp that you saw in a hotel room. But if you want to place them in your home, you must first think about the square meters you have and then the utility that you are going to give to the large lamps.
Remember that a single lamp in the room does not give enough light at any time of the day. Before deciding to place an XL lamp, consider placing two or more lamps that illuminate with the necessary light and decorate.
9. Install lamps in a style that matches the decor
Lamps tend to have characteristics that make them unique, but at the same time, the materials and shapes in which they are made belong to one of the decorative styles. The different styles in which we classify our lamps are as follows:
- Modern style lamps;
- Classic style lamps;
- Retro-vintage design lamps;
- Rustic lamps;
- Industrial influenced lamps;
- Designer lamps.
Each style of lamp fits perfectly into the rooms decorated following the guidelines of each decorative style. First think about the style of the room depending on whether some colors or others predominate, then think about the materials that are more protagonists such as wood, metal, glass and finally take into account your own style when decorating.
Remember that the lamp completes the decor. A classic room with little decoration can become a modern room with two or three lamps that decorate it.
You can check out our models of modern lamps for the living room to get inspired by some models and different possibilities with which you can decorate your living room or dining room.
10. Combine lamps from the same collection or family
The trump card of interior design: if a room has a ceiling lamp with a white lampshade and you place a white floor lamp, even if they are not even similar in shape or design, it will create a decorative harmony. This harmony is what makes a room seem well or badly decorated, it is like a little trick if you are not very clear about the lamps you want to place.
Choose lamps that combine by color or material with the other lamps in the room. In this way, you will have adequate lighting, as well as a magazine decoration. Always remember that there are lamps from the same family or collection. In other words, there is a collection of ceiling lamps, wall lamps, floor lamps, table lamps and others that have the same characteristics, colors and materials. They usually have the same name and come from the same manufacturer.
Lamp collections to decorate and illuminate
Some easy examples to see could be the lamps that belong to the same collection. In our lamp collections you have several types of lamps to place the light in different areas. In addition, in some cases they have different color finishes, but they always belong to the same collection.
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