Beyond the wall lamps in your living room, adding table and floor lamps to the space allows you to create your own unique style and look, along with making the room a comfortable and inviting place to be. Lighting often gets overlooked when you’re styling rooms in your home, but choosing from the plethora of available should be an essential part of designing a space. There are so many exciting about at the moment, but beyond that, the right lighting really does have the potential to determine the atmosphere of a room.
lighting doesn’t need to just be practical, it can be fun and playful, as well as the focal point of a room. But before you start thinking about what styles you want to incorporate; you need to know what job your lighting is there to do. Tara Brien and Julie Croll from explain the three distinct types of lighting to look at.
'Task lighting is localized say for reading or working and needs to reduce glare, whilst being bright enough to prevent eye strain. Anglepoise and floor reading lights are ideal. Ambient lighting is all about creating an overall glow to a room for mood.
This can be varied with floor and table lamps, also providing enough light to move around safely. They don't have to match, just be similar in style.' 'Accent lighting is for adding drama and drawing the eye to an element in the room, whether a large plant or painting and could take the form of picture lights, or angled table/floor lamp.
' So with these different tasks in mind, here's what.
