Smart Tips on Planning Your Home Interior with LED Lights

”Darkness cannot drive out the darkness, only light can do that”.

Lightings make or break the image of a home, but the use of smart lighting isn’t enough at all, you need to ensure that different lighting is installed for every room inside, at unique placement, spacing, layout with illustrations choosing a LED Color Temperature and a lot more precision & creative imagination goes into it. LED Home Interior Lighting brings an element of vibrancy and cheerfulness instantly turning a drab and washed out home into a warm and inviting place. You can chose the LED light colors and the size/design of them, but the technical aspect of lighting as to where & how to install them definitely requires the help of an interior decorator or a person with in-depth knowledge of home aesthetics, so don’t think the task of home LED lighting is as easy as it looks.

Let’s start off with a couple of tips on how we can organize and chose LED Lighting for a perfect Home.

Drawing Room

Drawing room/Living room is most loved part of the house and seeks out more attention by guests. It is the main place where more number of people gather than any other places of the house. LED lights should be used to create ambient light environment to make it look lively and warm for outsiders on first sight. Planner should also consider dimmable lights in this premise. Any glare or strong shadow should be eliminated as it would be disturbing or irritating and also create heat waves.

Kitchen

Kitchen should be illuminated entirely with wide angle lights to view cleanness and for ease of tasks. Platform and sink should have more lighting. Under cabinet lighting can also be used in kitchen. Narrow beam lights can be used to highlight Kitchen Island, pantries of counter areas.

Dining

Dining room requires ambient lighting with little more focus on table.  Hanging or pendant type of lights are more suitable for that. It will make your dining space look beautiful and functional. Make sure to hand pendant light at correct height so that it does not loom precariously low over the dining table. Also some people opt for small fancy chandeliers with low LED lights to create a magical atmosphere.

Bedrooms

Bedroom doesn’t need heavy lighting. You can use accent lighting to highlight photo frames or art pieces. There should be provision for reading light and floor light in bedroom. Using cool-light shade eye-strain can be prevented during reading. Small stylish LED lamps on the bedside tables are mostly preferred too!

Bathrooms

Bathroom requires more lights for cleaning purpose. Modern bathrooms are even costlier than bedroom, so good lighting should be provided to illuminate its beauty. Light on top or both side of mirror can serve good purpose.

Entries & stairs

You can make home entry more welcoming with effective lighting strategies. This area should have medium lighting. Direct RCC or surface mount light can be used to save false ceiling cost.

LED Lighting Placement Tips

• Intelligent placement of LED Lights can do a lot good for you, It can be energy saving as well as create the right flicker in whole room.
• Led light placed in corner of the room is major wastage of the lights. This type of arrangement can’t give you benefits of power savings of LED lighting. So if possible, avoid led down light placement in the corners of your room. Probably a bit towards the inside edge is the right placement.
• There must not be any lights inside the running diameter of fan blades. It will create flicker in whole room and that light will be useless. So, keeping standard distance between down lights and ceiling fan is recommended.
• Choose lower power LED lights instead of higher power to fulfill you lumens requirements. It will provide good distribution in whole room with same power. Using ideal spacing between down lights and correct power LED will help you get proper illumination.
• As the height of ceiling increases, you need more powerful LED lights to illuminate your room. So consider the ceiling height.

Choosing the suitable LED Color Temperature

Choosing led color temperature is a personal preference, but one should know about some basic facts. Warm white gives low efficiency, while cool white provides more lighting efficiency.

High CRI comes in warm and neutral white, while high CRI is rare in cool white lighting.

Cool white

 It gives more bright lights. So it should be used for tasks such as reading, manufacturing, working, offices. It should be used where color rendering is not so important.

Neutral white

 It is most natural color that is closer to sunlight. It should be used where color rendering is most important.

Warm white

 It is used at leisure area. It can provide more color rendering and relax feelings.

Also make sure that whatever color lights you chose for your home they should complement your home decor and keep the overall room temperature low and cool.

There is so much more that we can do with home lighting, talk about which home lighting brands are the best, what lighting furniture/fixture ads more value to home and smart & cheap lighting ideas to brighten up your home. And we intend to tell you all about that in our “Home Lighting Series”. Stay tuned for more interesting blogs and keep reading it in our “Real Book” section of the website in Home Decoration segment. Also subscribe Apex Group on our official YouTube page to be the first one to watch the latest real estate videos & news.

Stay Connected and Stay Updated with Apex Group, converting Dreams into Reality!