Decorative lighting elements: floor lamps, table lamps, ceiling lights, and pendant lights, are lighting solutions that are meant for exhibition. Traditional lighting, on the other hand, are better suited for architectural backdrop and provide illumination. But they’re more tell than show. Decorative lighting solutions are arguably the future of lighting design. Decorative Lights – The…
Lighting a home sounds like a straightforward thing – incorporate a few lights in different corners of the room, a few floor lamps, a hanging light, and maybe throw in an accent light and you’re all done. Unfortunately, lighting a living space is incredibly tedious and there’s a lot of thought that goes behind every…
Setting up a new apartment can get pretty overwhelming. You’ve just moved into a new place, all of your stuff is in boxes, the apartments’ practically at your creative disposal, and you need to set up a lighting plan. Simply put, a lighting plan is an architectural plan, but for lighting. Basically, you map out…
You probably had a dedicated Pinterest board set-up before moving into your brand new home or apartment. Whether it was on Pinterest or just a collection of images in your gallery aptly titled as ‘New Home,’ odds are you probably didn’t think much over lighting solutions. You’re not alone. Most new homeowners spend hours upon…
An empty apartment is a lot like a blank canvas. You have a range of options to choose from in terms of colours, textures, and objects. The entire canvas is at your creative disposal. However, it’s pretty easy to get overwhelmed when given that many options. Most apartment owners or renters spend heap-loads of time…
The perfect living space has the right blend of structural, decorative, and functional elements in it. You have both what soothes the eye and what’s practical for a living space. Novice home decorators are often under the impression that an element could either be one or the other and never the same. Task lights combine…
Designers and decorators often draw inspiration from various sources, themes, and aesthetics when setting up a living space. More often than not, two variable aesthetics are combined to form a subcategory of its own according to a homeowners’ wants and needs from their space. The modern-minimalistic aesthetic draws inspiration from two design categories with several…
There’s usually an entire checklist of things to consider when remodeling or renovating any space. You start off with your basics, repainting the walls, refurbishing the furniture, and anything of that sort. Lighting considerations are usually afterthoughts (if thought of at all). However, in spite of being regarded as the easiest aspect to master, lighting…
The words tranquility and serenity are associated with different concepts for different people. Some people might associate these terms with greenery, waterfalls, and chirping birds while others would associate it with isolation and complete silence. The word ‘zen’ comes from Japanese origin translates to medication. As an aesthetic, zen is associated with relaxation. Basically, zen…
The importance of good lighting can be best understood when you compare a room with unpleasant lighting and functional, aesthetic lights. It wouldn’t matter how expensive the furnishings are, how well decorated the space is, and how much time and energy you’ve put into designing that space. At the end of the day, lighting can…
