Tips to Choose Right Lighting Fixtures for House — A Complete Guide

Ankit Kapoor
3 min readSep 20, 2021

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The right lighting helps to bring-out your house interior, and also make you feel better & comfortable. It helps define spaces and draws family and friends together.

Of-course; it’s one of the most overwhelming tasks!

So, we are going to discuss here all kinds of unique lighting fixtures used in home interiors such as bright, dim, hanging, wall, chandelier, lamps, and LED lights, etc.

Types of Lighting Fixtures

Pendant Light

The entryway your friends and guests first impression of your home, so you, better step it up. Bright light or a statement-making pendant light are a great way to welcome guests and friends in an elegant, but amazing style.

Recessed Light

This is a best place to use wall or recessed lighting throughout. If your room has a main seating area, use a larger, overhead fixture to centre it.

Task Light

Task Light is made for specific activities or uses such as sconces for night-time reading, a desktop lamp, or a light above a vanity mirror.

Chandelier Light

The dining room light is the easiest. Your main source should come from a large, hanging lights or chandelier that’s centred over the dining table suffices the purpose.

Dramatic Light

Bedroom lighting is common. You could also add task lights around a mirror or, for aim pendant lamps and dramatic touch, an overhead source above the tub.

Ceiling Light

Kitchens require complex lighting since it is a core functional area, simple and chic pendant lights are advisable- say, pendants and ceiling fixtures. Shadows must be avoided and task lighting plays an important role here.

Bright LED Light

The bathroom is a place where light becomes a necessity. Recessed and bright LED lights are recommended above the mirrors in the bathroom, as these areas are key focal points in the bathroom.

Lamps

Your home probably already has a floor lamp or a table lamp, but if you don’t, it’s another option to add to your choices and test.

Ambient Lighting

Ambient lighting is normally the primary source of light found in a room its entirety. They can be anything from overhead fixtures to recessed lighting. As always, choosing good lighting for your home.

Semi-Flush Mounts Light

Both semi-flush lights are typically rooted in the ceiling, flush mount light fixtures can bring a nice and easy light to any room while still being decorative.

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Ankit Kapoor
Ankit Kapoor

Written by Ankit Kapoor

Interior design enthusiast, part-time blogger and a panda lover. I have mission to explore the trending architectural and interior design ideas to the world.

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