Choosing the right lighting for your home
27 February 2009There are many different options for lighting a house, but most of them involve a lot of work. For example, installing track lighting, fluorescent lighting, recessed lighting, or any other similar options is difficult. Unless you are good with your hands and have the money and time to invest, you want to avoid it.
After all, what looks worse than a hacked together lighting job?
Still, having lighting in the ceiling has some advantages over desk lamps and floor lamps. It doesn’t take any floor space, it can not get knocked over accidentally, and it is permanent. In addition to this, you aren’t really aware of it. It just lights up the room without being particularly noticed. It has a nice ambient effect which is good for people who like seamless, consistent lighting.
Our personal favorite option, however, is to use hand carved floor lamps to decorate the room, with table lamps placed strategically around the room where focal points of lighting is needed. It actually started out of necessity. We were renting a house, and our main sitting room had no lighting installed in the ceiling. We didn’t really want to do renovations, and it would be difficult to get the landlord’s permission. In addition to that, why bother improving the house? After
all, We would be gone in a year anyway. We make major improvements only to get no credit for it. That is why we decided on floor lamps. Using just desk lamps seemed like kind of a mediocre solution for that house. A floor light takes a little bit of room in the corner, but all in all it is almost like it isn’t there.
This doesn’t mean you can’t use the lighting to great effect. We have always preferred natural limed floor lamps. We love the shabby chic look of them. The give of a soft glow to the room even when not lit that is warm, yet surprisingly neutral. The effect is both artistic and practical. I can’t think of a better solution for lighting a house.
Of course, other people prefer something more artistic. If this is what you are going for, I have always thought that nothing beats >mensa lamps. Mensa floor lamps create a lot of light, yet they have the most low-profile and simplistic appearance possible. They have a beautiful antique aesthetic that many people find very attractive. The light is what it has to be, and nothing more. If this is what you are going for, take a look at our lamp stands range within our shop.
