Accent lighting ideas to make your living spaces look cool

Types of Accent Lighting

1. Picture Lights

Have a beautiful masterpiece picture on the living room wall? Accent lights for the living room can create arresting vignettes.

8. Uplights Accent Lights

Uplights direct light from the ground or a pedestal upwards. They are used to dramatic effect in gardens and as exterior lighting, on the compound wall.

How Do I Plan for Accent Lighting?
 

1. Identify unique features or impactful artwork

Accent lights can work miraculously in highlighting unique features and décor elements of your home such as a fancy architectural design, priceless artwork, or precious family photos. Highlighting these elements can be achieved using various accent like fixtures like wall sconces. Recall, lamps & accent lighting is supposed to introduce a hint of character to your house - not finish it. To ensure that the light doesn’t overpower and diminish your target piece, always remember to position your indoor accent lighting far enough above the intended focal point.

2. Find a blank canvas

One can easily miss the hallway area while considering the interior accent lighting  scheme. This leads to a somewhat dull and boring space in your house. Your hallways act as a blank canvas and you can use a sequence of wall sconces to enhance the beauty of the space. This strategy also works for all walls which are missing that particular something.

3. Consider the mood

All types of accent lighting in the house should be used to complement the ambience. For example, living rooms should feel cushy and relaxing, whereas home theaters are comfy and dramatic. The difference between ‘relaxing’ and ‘dramatic’ will make a massive difference in how you use accent lighting in this plan. Hence, considering the right levels of light, accent light fixtures, and their positions to set the tone of each room is pivotal.

4. Illuminate and Size up your space

It is a well known fact that different accent lighting ideas can be used to make a room appear bigger? If your house has low ceilings or a crowded space, it's definitely worth it to give it a chance with ceiling accent lighting. A wall light that illuminates the surface upwards and downwards can be used to overstate the elevation of a room. You also want to illuminate any dim corners, and ensure to employ low-profile, or recessed accent lighting ideas when doing so. This will lead your space looking sized up and spacious.

5. Play with colors

Accent lights are not only visual and optical. If one uses interior accent lighting

In a bold or diversified manner, lamps and accent lighting can add a better lively and vibrant feel to your space. It is always advisable to experiment with accent lights of different colors if you fancy.

Tips and Tricks for Accent Lights

• You can use unique accent lamps on floors to light up a dark corner, or install recessed lighting in the ceiling to create a soft glow.
• Cooler LED accent lights like blue and white will give off a brighter light, while warmer colors like yellow and orange will be more subtle.
• By dimming ambient tasks and accent lighting, you can create a softer and more inviting atmosphere.

Get the Perfect Accent Lighting with the Experts

At Asian Paints Beautiful Homes, we specialize in interior design and the lighting schemes for homes. We work closely with you to understand your taste and the particulars of your home to ensure that your new lighting scheme is fitted flawlessly. From the perfect meter accent lighting to the cozy bedroom accent lighting, we ace in all.

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