What’s the most significant yet straightforward décor tool to enhance the look and feel of your home? The right lighting and lamps
What’s the most significant yet straightforward décor tool to enhance the look and feel of your home? The right lighting and lamps!
Designer Sarah Ellison says to The Zoe Report, “I’m a big fan of using 'up lighting' rather than unflattering 'down light' so any chance I get to use the light from lamps as opposed to down lighting from the ceiling I take.” The truth is that many people solely focus on overhead lights for their “flick-of-a-switch” ease then call it a decorating day, yet it’s niche lighting pieces and lamps that can thoughtfully transform a room with their visual scale, flattering up light and innumerable practical benefits. In this post, we’re showing you how to embrace lighting in every single area of your home for function, feature styling and a pleasant atmosphere so you can get your glow on with statement floor lamps, bedside and reading lights, and candles, too.
The first step in revamping your home lighting is making sure there’s continuity with your existing furniture. The key aspects to consider are your interior colour palette, if the lighting will be adjacent to a statement piece or anchoring a space, and whether you intend the lamp to be used throughout your home or in just one room. For a cohesive design approach, go for a sophisticated lamp with clean, narrow lines like the Vancouver Antique Black & Glass Floor Lamp or a timeless exposed bulb table lamp ‒ we adore this Velours Palm Lamp for an understated modern touch in any home.
Vancouver Antique Black & Glass Floor Lamp
Velours Palm
The investment in specialty lighting can also make an unforeseen difference to how you approach your floor plan and furniture layout. With the placement of a table lamp, you can brighten up your entryway to create a more welcoming feel or turn an unused corner of your living room into a covetable reading nook. Don’t think of lighting as ‘re-doing’ your entire home, instead take the perspective of lighting as useful accessories that diversify your home and help you nurture your lifestyle. Consider two different sized lamps from the Cody Matted Black range that can be paired together for a chic feature that subtly reinforces your interior theme or deliver effortless character when used separately as a floor lamp and a desk lamp. This cool range comes in black and gold options for a truly striking look.
Cody Matted Gold Table & Floor Lamps
Cody Matted Black Floor Lamp
Cody Matted Black Table Lamp
One of our favourite tricks for interior design is using gorgeous lighting and lamps with colour, fabrics and mirrors for all kinds of high-impact texture. This approach to styling achieves cosiness through warm reflections and cultivates serene ambience due to the light making rooms feel more open. Balanced styling will help light up the room gently rather than blindingly so try a mirror like the York that you position behind a lamp rather than as the focal point. Then, finish the space with soft furnishings and rugs in reflective fabrics. For comfort, try a satin printed fabric like the Juniper Navy Cushion and the luminous velvet Halo Antique Gold Throw. The overall effect makes any room more calming and somewhere you can properly relax in peace especially if you pick up even more light with the woven details of the Abstract Beige Rug that works as art as well.
York Mirror
Juniper Navy Cushion
Halo Antique Gold Throw
Abstract Beige Rug
Making your final choice of lighting and lamps is all about curating for your routine as well as the change of seasons. Think about how you use each area of your home, how lights affect this, what you would really like to change, and how the light changes in each room over the seasons. Your key takeaway here is how to improve both the space and your experience of it. This is because careless lighting can ruin your mood or make it even worse, say, on shorter days in the depth of Winter. Then, look at investing in pieces that work year-round. Try a classic floor style like the Cody in gold that’s suitable for every room in your home with the matte metallic finish working as a core neutral. If you’re short on space, bring in light with Pillar Candles on the table and a set of the Giardino Gold Lanterns for a whimsical yet radiant centrepiece. With all light, whether it’s fixtures or fairy lights or hero pieces like the contemporary Round Gold Floor Lamp, understated golden tones are perfect year-round and they also tie in with festive décor from autumn’s falling leaves through to the shift to all things Christmas.
Cody Matted Gold Floor Lamp
Candle Pillar Mustard
Giardino Gold Lanterns
Round Gold Floor Lamp
Our ultimate tip for all lighting is to double-check your lightbulbs to ensure they give the right light and even consider dimmable options for overhead lights to transition from day to night. This is often a missed opportunity to update and make existing pieces workable as well as fresh. Once you’ve found the right globes for your lighting, you’ll be amazed at the airiness and renewed sparkle they can give to any space.
Now, illuminate your home with EZ Living Interiors full lighting range of lamps, floor lamps and candles!
