Decorating with Recessed Lights
Recessed lights are an exciting addition to your home design, offering style, versatility, and usefulness. For even more versatility, install dimmers in your recessed lights. Your SESCOS electrician can advise you on the purchase, placement, and installation of recessed lights that will brighten your home and make it easy to work, play and entertain there.
Layers of Light
Interior decorators advise that you should think in layers when it comes to lighting design.
- General lighting lights up the whole room.
- Accent lighting highlights a particular feature, like a fireplace, artwork or other objects.
- Task lighting focuses a bright light on a small area like a desk or countertop.
Zoned Out
Recessed lighting is a great way to create zones of light in your home. These will become focal points that can be as bright or dark as you like. You can use these zones to set up a reading chair, a small table or a work desk. Try “zoning” your TV and favorite lounger, or a home bar. The possibilities are endless, and they’ll allow people to use the space without flooding the whole room with light.
Don’t invite your party guests into a living room that’s lit up like an interrogation cell. Dim the recessed lights, turn on accent lights and light candles for a room that’s welcoming and cozy. Use recessed lights or accent lights to light up your Christmas tree or any other holiday focal point. If you have a large house, zoned areas will help people find their way around and feel more at home.
Recessed Lighting Accent
Because recessed lights are subtle and unobtrusive, they’re ideal for accent lighting. Use them to highlight artwork or collectibles while a chandelier or a lighted ceiling fan provides the main lighting. They’ll cast a soft glow on the surrounding area. For a unique touch, install colored bulbs in your accent lights.
Create a bathroom fit for a movie star by adding recessed lights around the sink or vanity mirror. Used alone, they’ll cast a soothing glow on your morning or evening rituals. If a task requires stronger lights, flip on the brighter main light.
Mix it Up in the Kitchen
The kitchen is one room where different lighting levels are a necessity. Instead of relying on one type of light, which could leave the kitchen too bright or too dark, get the right mix. LED strips on cabinet doors, under-cabinet lights for task lighting, accent lighting on the ceiling, and a tabletop LED light will help you cook, eat and clean in just the right level of light.
Bedroom Bliss & Beyond
To create a reading or relaxing nook in the bedroom, used recessed lights over a headboard. They’ll provide soft illumination when the overhead lights are off and add a decorative touch to the room. If your bedroom has a reading nook or sitting area, that’s another option for decorative, subtle recessed lighting. When the rest of the room is dark, these spots will provide oases of light.
Incorporating recessed lights into your lighting design will keep your home well-lit but not garishly bright. You and your guests will feel safer walking around a house that’s not dark and shadowy, and using LED lights means you don’t have to worry about the bulbs burning out.
Call SESCOS
Take a stroll around your home and discover all the places where recessed lighting could add drama, necessary light, or a subtle glow. Once you’ve decided how you’re going to use them, call SESCOS and get started. We’ll show you the newest models with the latest features and we’ll install them quickly, safely and properly.
Get ready for a brighter tomorrow by calling SESCOS today.