Lighting not only illuminates your living room but enhances the beauty of your interior also. When you are going to perform lighting arrangement in your living room, first imagine the spaces which you want to highlight. A tricky arrangement of ambience, task and accent lighting looks best in living room. Try different effects of lighting in living room to make it gorgeous.
Living Room Lighting Options
Living Room Recessed Lighting or Track Lighting
Install recess or track lighting to illuminate entire living room or highlight a specific area of living room. For recessed lighting, you can use a light bulb that will illuminate complete living room. For a specific area, you can use spot lights.
(Living Room Lighting - A Center Light Bulb)
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(Living Room Track Lighting)
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Living Room Floor Lamps and Table Lamps
Floor lamps and table lamps are suitable for bright lighting in living room. These lamps give you the option to move them freely where you want to take them. Table lamps can be used on shelves and tables as they give out lighting inwards. They are commonly used for reading purpose. The placement of lamp should be accurate so that it wouldn’t produce glare.
(Living Room Table Lamp)
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Living Room TV Lighting
If you watch television in your living room, always use right intensity of light. Too much or too less amount of light can result in eyestrain and headache. Place a light behind or beside television to produce low level ambient light. Check the position of light properly to avoid reflection while watching television.
(Living Room TV Lighting)
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Living Room Bar Lighting
A series of hanging pendants over the bar looks charming and highlights bar area.Use low voltage fixtures with tungsten halogen bulbs in bar area of your living room. The tungsten halogen bulbs will sparkle glassware placed in the bar area. They also provide extra lighting for serving drinks.
(Living Room Bar Lighting)
Living Room Fireplace Lighting
If you have brick or stone fireplace in your living room, use recessed down lighting in the ceiling. To highlight this area, you can use wall sconces.
(Living Room Fireplace Lighting)
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Living Room Dimmers Lighting
For a dramatic effect in your living room, you can try dimmers. You can change the effect of dimmers according to your mood and activity. Dimmers are practical and flexible and control the amount of light for different occasions.
(Living Room Dimmers Lighting)
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Lighting for Small Living room
Make your small living room appearance large by lighting an entire wall. You can use ceiling mounted recessed lights. For better results, lights should be installed at equal distance from the wall.
Special Effects of Light in Living Room
For creating different effects, you can change placement of lights. To highlight specific areas, you can use spotlights. For maintaining a false impression of ceiling, you can hide light source and can show only its effect.
(Special Effects of Light in Living Room)
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Lighting Tips for Living Room
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Show your interesting paintings by using low voltage halogen lights.
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Use combination of lights like general lights with halogen lights for uniform distribution of light.
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Utilize controlled lighting system to specify separate areas in your living room.
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Try layered lighting in your living room for different look.
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Make use of low voltage fixtures in china cabinets to highlight things that you want to accent in living room.
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Illuminate photos or other decorative plants displayed on your living room wall with wall sconces, recessed lighting or track lighting.