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Ideas for Home Decorating
With Light
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Discover the beauty of decorating your home with light, from
sunlight to decorative lighting.
Home decorating with light takes illumination beyond
functionality. By focusing on atmosphere, color and
position, you can turn natural and artificial light into
interior decorating tools. Each element of light then
becomes an integral part of your interior decor,
highlighting where needed, glossing over flaws elsewhere. In
effect, light can make a room look larger or smaller, taller
or shorter, inviting or functional. Follow these simple
guidelines to make the most of interior decorating with
light.
Home Decorating with Light Architecture
Good home decorating makes the best of a room's
architecture, and light is one way to create illusions that
the room's architecture is better than it is.
When a room is too large, pools of light can divide it into
visually smaller areas. The trick to this interior
decorating tip is to leave a space between the halos of
light. Thus, the eye of the observer will take in each light
spot as an individual location.
Conversely, if a room is too small, even illumination will
make it seem larger. The trick to this interior decorating
tip is to set your light fixtures low, so the halos reach to
the ceiling but do not touch it.
Thus the room will look wider than taller, and hence bigger.
By the same logic, a room that is too tall should also have
low lights, while a room that is too high should have the
opposite interior decorating light pattern.
Home Decorating with Light Positioning
When decorating your home with light, consider the position
of your light elements. Begin by regulating the amount of
natural light you permit to flow in through your windows or
French doors.
Use blinds and curtains to mellow out these strong light
points. Then create interior decorating focal points by
positioning light fixtures at key places in each room.
Strong light in one corner will highlight it from the rest.
Choose one strong point for each room, then supplement it
with milder points all around. And be sure to illuminate all
corners, even if dimly, to avoid pockets of morbid darkness.
Home Decorating with Light Hues
Decorating your home with light depends greatly on the color
of the light. White light is cold and precise. Amber light
is warm and soothing. Smart interior decorating takes the
best of both worlds, utilizing each as needed.
For atmosphere and beauty, amber light bulbs or shades are
best, as they will glaze over flaws and dirt, while granting
a room a welcoming aura. Small light fixtures with white
shades or neon bulbs can then supplement the room's
illumination, to be turned on when strong light is needed.
An excellent interior decorating trick is to use low voltage
bulbs. This way, you can keep the decorative light fixtures
on at all times, to create pools of light in the room's
decor.
Home Decorating with Mood Setting Light
Candlelight is an excellent mood setting light, while the
candles themselves are excellent interior decorating
elements.
Creating a
Victorian chandelier candelabra is one way to combine
the two in a striking manner. The important rule to
remember, however, is that candle illumination should only
supplement your interior decorating light.
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