Lamps are the best way to turn your living room into something magical. To get the most out of your room's appearance, you need to know how to use your well-considered lighting properly. Our living room is the room where we spend most of our time, but it can be quite difficult to navigate through the room if we want to illuminate it.
Since the living room serves multiple purposes, we always have to start the project by asking ourselves some questions first. First ask yourself and determine: What is happening here?
For each activity you need a certain type of light and different illuminance levels. A well-lit living room generally consists of three types of lighting:
These lighting schemes are used for different purposes at different times of the day. The key is knowing exactly how to mix and use them.
General
There are several houses that do not have ceiling fittings in their living rooms. There are also many homes that have plenty of natural light during the day, so you may not need ceiling lights at all.
However, if you put a faucet in your living room, you can bring a chandelier or a central pendant to create a center and to zonate the room. Similarly, you can use angled spotlights or pot lights to create even ceiling lighting.
However, if you do not have overall lighting, an arc-shaped, large floor lamp is sufficient. If you watch a lot of TV in your living room, you should be careful when choosing ambient lights, as some of them tend to blind you on TV.
Bright ceiling lights in front of or above a television can be very distracting. Therefore, make sure that all ceiling lights are dimmable. You can even use floor lamps or offset wall lights instead.
Workplace lighting
Work lighting is particularly useful if you spend a lot of time reading in your living room, the natural light in the room is weak, and especially if you work hard there. A floor lamp strategically placed between two armchairs also serves as work lighting and fulfills all the tasks that you do there.
Accent lighting
Floor lamps and Table lamp sets At low levels, you have a magical power to transform your living room into a cozy, cozy place, especially in the late evenings and at night. When placing accent lights in your living room, place them evenly throughout the room. Place them particularly strategically on the walls to create a warm, even glow that bounces off the walls.
You can give your creativity freedom with accent lighting. Use group candles or even fairy lights that are considered accent lighting.
How to mount lamps in your living room
Floor lamps are not very complicated and time-consuming to install. Here are some tips to guide you through the project:
- First attach the upper lamppost to the middle lamppost.
- Next you need to grab the middle lamp pole and attach it to the lower lamppost.
- Attach the bottom of the lamppost to the base of the lamp.
- If you want to fix the lampshade, you have to press the light bulb with the protective ring onto the light bulb plug.
- Then press the lampshade protection ring into the lampshade holder ring. Use the retaining ring to place the lampshade.
- Install the light bulb in the connector.
Place your floor lamp in the living room
While there really is no hard and fast rule as to where to place your floor lamp in the living room, you just have to keep in mind that this is the room with the most traffic flow in the house. Therefore, you need to place your lamp in a position that is far away. In this way, nobody accidentally collides with your beloved lamp and can possibly damage it.
Here are some ways you can strategically place your lamps:
- Place tables and shelves in the corners of your living room and put your lamps on them to get some light shining inside.
- Wall lights are best when casting wall shadows. Both sides of your fireplace are the best place to mount them.
- Place the lamp on the side of your chair for reading. The bottom of the lampshade must be at eye level to protect you from eye strain.
- You have to place your floor lamp next to or behind your TV. This helps reduce glare and soften the contrast.
When you think of work lighting, it is easy to position floor lamps. However, if a floor lamp or LED floor lamp If part of your accent lighting plan, you don't have to limit yourself to placements. You can define a cozy room with a floor lamp or combine it with a large houseplant to create a dramatic flair.
With accent lighting, you strive for a cozy atmosphere and dramatic shadow effects. You can even place floor burners next to a statement window or under an ornate ceiling.
Floor lamps are the most versatile and easiest to integrate in almost any room. Since you want to keep up with the style trends in your living room the most, floor lamps are the best choice as they can be easily moved and moved during renovation.
So if you want a super-fast and easy conversion of your living room into something warm, inviting and cozy, get a floor lamp and watch the magic.
