If you’re ready for a change in your home’s interior decor, look no further than indoor lighting. This year, Mother Nature is influencing what’s on-trend. As concern for the environment grows and life continues to move at an incredibly fast pace, people are looking to create a calming atmosphere at home. Lighting trends are soft-glowing simple but elegant designs using sustainable and minimalist light fixtures.
Eco-Friendly Materials
Lighting fixtures made with eco-friendly materials such as bamboo, rattan, seagrass, and jute support sustainability in calming colors. Examples include hanging lights with rope, pendant light fixtures made with rattan, and table lamps made from bamboo.
Additionally, LED lights and dimmer switches each support an eco-friendly lifestyle. Plus, they’re kind to your wallet. LED light bulbs use less energy, and dimmer switches allow you to use as much light as you want.
Layered Lighting
Layered lighting means having different types of lighting throughout the room. An example would be natural sunlight coming through the window. Next to the window is a table with pendant lights hanging over it. Near the table is the living room with a floor lamp in the corner, a table lamp near the sofa, and a ceiling light in the center. All of these different lights give you options whenever you need additional lighting.
Minimalist Design
Minimalism invokes calm by being simple in design. Some ways to be minimalist with lighting include a basic table lamp, a simple wall sconce instead of a floor lamp to take up less space, and a plain, ordinary (but beautiful) ceiling light. Another way to include unobtrusive lighting in a room is by lighting underneath something. Under-the-cabinet lights in the kitchen, bookshelf lighting, and floor lights will add lighting without additional design elements. Furthermore, for additional light overhead, recessed lighting provides what you need without added fixtures.
Simple Elegance
Light fixtures made of metal offer simple but elegant designs. Metal lasts for a long time, making it very sustainable. Consider basic gold dome pendant lights, a wall sconce with a metal base, a table lamp with a basic contemporary design, or a simple but elegant chandelier with engraved leaves.
Soft Backlighting
When you don’t want a lot of light but still need enough to light up the space around you, consider backlighting. Uplighting, downlighting, and floor lights are beautiful and elegant ways to have just the right amount of light when you need calm. Examples would be uplighting underneath wall art, floor light along the stairs, or downlighting over the entertainment center.
Lighting Can Change the Entire Atmosphere of Your Home
Lighting can be as basic or as dramatic as you want. It only takes finding the right lighting fixtures and the best location for each light in a room. Simple lighting can completely change the look and feel of a home. If you’re ready to spruce up your home with indoor lighting, call our certified professional electricians at Money Electric in Conway, AR.