When the sun goes down before 5:00 pm, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep your attitude bright. As we creep into deep, dark winter, allow us to shed a little light on one of our favorite ways to enhance the mood.
Lighting is often overlooked, but it is one of the most important design elements in any room. It creates mood-setting ambiance, has the power to make us see better, and helps us look better too (the dimmer switch is your best friend). The trick is to add layers of lighting to your room -- one light fixture is definitely not enough -- with hanging fixtures, floor or table lamps, wall sconces and task lighting.
Here are some new lighting options we took a shine to....
Lighten up. Overhead lighting adds visual drama to the room as well as a layer of lighting that takes up no real estate on floors and furniture. All overhead fixtures should be on a dimmer, however to reduce harsh, unflattering light.
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| Helix Ro Sham Beaux |
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| Mac Urban Electric Co |
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| Caviar Adjustable Cluster Arteriors |
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| Diallo Arteriors |
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| Kartell Petrol Blue FL/Y Pendant ABC Home |
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| Willow Urban Electric Co |
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| Delightful Atomic Suspension Lamp Via Freshome |
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| Camille Made Goods |
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| Iron Petals Pendant Anthropologie |
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| No. 1 Pendant Tom Raffield |
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| Chord Pendant CB2 |
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| Tom Dixon Beat Light (so many awesome shapes and sizes) Via Horne |
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| Natalie Page Ceramic Lamps Via Remodelista |
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| Silver Lining Chandelier Tracy Glover |
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| Otomi Floor Lamp Stray Dog Designs |
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| Burton Hudson Valley Lighting |
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| Quatrefoil Floor Lamp Circa Lighting |
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| Magical Thinking Geo Wire Lamp Urban Outfitters |
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| Alberta Table Lamp Horne |
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| Luck Be A Lady Emporium Home |
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| Safari Table Lamp Currey & Co |
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| Jackie O Ro Sham Beaux |
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| Metro Swivel Urban Electric Co |
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| Montreal Sconce Urban Electric Company |
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| Architects Lamps pull KP duty. Via Apartment Therapy |
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| Pull the light close. Via Design Milk |
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| Carthage Table Lamp Ralph Lauren Home |
Do it!
