If your home feels boxy and small, you may want to reconsider the lights you have in your home before undertaking any large-scale and expensive home renovation projects. Lighting is one of the most cost-effective solutions to enlarge your living space. Proper lighting can transform your small home into a large breathable space with minimum effort. Here are 4 tips to introduce breathing space into small homes through smart lighting.
Substitute Hanging Lights With Sleek Spotlights
The type of lighting fixture you install plays a far more important role in smaller rooms than it does in others. This because a small room has very little breathing space, so oversized lights and large hanging chandeliers will overpower a tiny room and make it seem even smaller than it actually is. Substitute all large hanging lights with smartly placed spotlights to infuse a sense of space into the room. For example, up-lit spotlights that direct light upwards will help to bring volume and depth into the room. They also provide a sense of airiness to the room. Spotlights are perfect as accents for throwing lights on mirrors, ornaments, paintings and other key features in the room to enhance its aesthetics.
Corner Lights To Light Up Angled Spaces
Small rooms usually come with lower ceilings, so space is likely to seem boxed up and cage-like. Vertical corner up-lights placed in the bottom corners of the room will make the room appear taller and elongated – a huge advantage for rooms with low ceilings. Recessed lights can either be integrated into floors or at the bottom corner of walls to brighten room corners for added elevation and dimension to the room.
Ambient Lights On Wall Spaces
The walls of a small room will come to life with brightly illuminated ambient lights to create a sense of elongated space. Recessed lights on the top edges of the walls will emphasise the room with soft ambient lighting for a roomier effect. Recessed lights give walls deep radiance for a sense of spaciousness. If you want to elongate the look of your room, you can light up two diagonal corners of the room. This is a great way to fool the eye and make the room appear lengthier than it actually is.
Never Underestimate the Value of Natural Light
By letting natural light enter the room, you’ll be surprised at how it opens it up to make it seem bigger and more expansive. Even a small window addition to the room can make a big difference to your interiors. Natural light connects the indoors to the outdoors, no longer limiting interior space. Use potted plants and flowers for decorative value. Decorative lamps create special colour and can emphasise the natural light area. And the best part of natural light? It’s free!
Smart lighting ideas provide both functionality and aesthetical value to rooms besides making them seem bigger. Lighting is a simple and economical catalyst for creating the illusion of space, so you don’t have to worry about the costs involved in huge home renovations to add volume to your rooms.