Dress up Your Bedroom with Lighting

The bedroom is no longer just a place to sleep and relax. It has become a room that is used for many purposes. TV’s have become permanent fixtures and many people are using their bedrooms as an office.

Planning is very important and the first thing you should take into consideration is the ambient lighting. Recessed lighting works well for overall lighting. You may need to vary the illumination. Dimmers can be used for this. You can choose whether you will have a bright task light or a calmer soft light for relaxing, when using one of these devices. When you are watching TV you can turn down the light to a minimum.

The sides of the bedroom are utilized for different work and need various task lighting. A corner of the room or the bed is commonly used for reading. This makes table lamps a necessity. Installing them on both sides of the bed allows flexibility, as one partner may want to read and the other one can sleep. Angle lamps attached to the bed post can be slid up and down, this allows for better illumination.

Floor lamps can be good if you have a corner of the room reserved for reading. You can relax in your favorite chair, enjoy a good book and have a nice bright lamp to read by. Floor lamps should be 10″ behind the shoulder and 47″ high for optimum reading illumination.

Your office space will often be a table against a wall of your bedroom. A desk lamp will be required as a task light for a computer or office area. Two good alternatives for getting a bright light are a regular office lamp or an angle poise light.

To add more interest to your bedroom, accent lighting is excellent. You can illuminate niches, ornaments and art work with these types of fixtures. One of the best lighting you can use for this purpose is LED light bars. The reason for this choice is the fact that these fixtures will give direct bright light. Highlighting will heighten the interest and personality in your bedroom.

Using different colors and styles of shades for table lamps can be very decorative. Create interest and enhance your decor with chic lamp shades. Make a unique feel to a room by using oriental style lamps. With pastel shades you can create a softer radiance and have a more laid back feel to the room.

When you accent your ceiling with track lighting you can make it look higher. It will provide a useful night light and create a soft relaxing radiance. Lights can be turned up or down to produce different illumination effects.