Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Tips for an Effective Interior Lighting Plan


Lighting is one of the fundamental factors that play a pivotal role in uplifting the flow of ambience and space of your interior design. If you apply the perfect illumination tip in your home, you can make the most glam space out of it. By implementing these tips can you can create an effective lighting plan in your interiors.

Decide a lighting plan: When you are starting to work on your lighting scheme from scratch, make sure that you a have a lighting plan that addresses every concern. Think about the key aspects of your room, activities that take place in that area, architectural boundaries and the places you wish to highlight.

The lighting plan should also focus on the interior style, scale, output, colour and other aspects before jumping into the designs segment. Planning in advance helps to avoid hasty decisions and reduces stress.


Layer your lighting: If you wish to add aesthetic appeal, and make your space more appealing, focus on a layered approach of lighting. The lighting plan must incorporate the overall illumination of the interior. There needs to be a layer of lighting that depends on the shape and size of a room.

     Ambient lighting helps to bring general illumination in an area.
     Accent lighting is meant for highlighting the depths, dimension and characteristics.
     Task lighting provides lighting to carry out a specific activity.

All three layers of lighting need to be present in the room to make it appear bright and spacious.

Select the bulb carefully: The bulbs you are preferring for lighting your interiors should be selected with precision. It cannot be just any random pick, as it affects the lighting of an area. These are some of the factors that require to be adequately evaluated:

     See the brightness you want to inject in space. (in terms of wattage)
     Consider the energy efficiency of the light bulb if it is used frequently.
     What atmosphere you are willing to achieve in terms of lighting temperature.
     Will it be used to make a design or focal statement.

Look for the purpose of lighting: Give consideration to the lighting needs of different rooms. The task in each room varies accordingly, so you have to decide your lighting schemes. A kitchen where cooking activities are carried out will require more intense lighting that can have a combination of recessed and pendant lights.

In a study room, you will require flexible and directional lighting for your reading activities. Likewise, bathrooms can go with a combination of downlights and sidelights.

Use accent lights to highlight: Lightings are an excellent way to give focus to different decor elements like an architectural piece or a feature wall. Best corporate interiors in Kolkata also achieves symmetry in the interiors through lighting schemes like two wall-mounted scones arranged on either side of the wall art, statement mirror or fireplace to bring the subtle warmth and elegance in a space.

Most importantly focus on the interiors of your home, so that the lighting intensity and choices fit as per plan. Top Commercial Interior Designers in Kolkata can help you consequently for making your lighting project effective.