How much money have you spent updating your lighting this year? Well, if you’re anything like the average homemaker, you’ve probably spent a lot. Lighting has become the fastest-growing interior accessories category in recent years, beating year-over-year growth percentages for both cushions and soft furnishings.
It’s big business. Online lighting shopping has experienced a high rise. Every brand – from high-end to budget and niche, is doing versions galore. It’s one of the quickest, easiest updates for any room – that delivers bang for buck.
In other words if you haven’t bought a new light recently, it seems like you may be the only one.
In the past six months, wall lights have emerged from the shadows to become one of the most glamorous areas of lighting and the quickest way to transform our homes in an exciting way.
The magical aspect of wall lighting – like all illumination – is how it transforms objects and spaces. Also liberating for the designer is that almost any material can be used – from plastics, ceramics, paper and textiles to wood, metal or glass.
And what’s really exciting about mod wall lighting designs – the Vaughan creations, pictured aside – is that so much of it is accessible and affordable. You can create the feeling of space by using wall lights to wash the walls with light, and draw the eye up. Our eyes perceive light through its reflections across all of the surfaces in the room. To spread that effect, use white-painted walls that will naturally reflect more light back to the viewer.
Wall lights can emphasise the architecture of a house and help to direct the gaze upwards toward the ceiling and accent a room’s architraves and mouldings, or a favourite piece of artwork or furniture. They are great for creating pathways along hallways or up a stairway. Wall lights add another dimension to your scheme, with the light directed upwards or down. Remember, you don’t always need to see the light source.
A successful lighting scheme must always involve balancing the effects with the design of the pieces themselves. The trick is to use products that are not just design objects, but also perform well.
SO…Throw out those cheap desk lamps and buy a spectacular wall light. They’re exactly what our homes need at this moment in time! You will find most lighting brands do a range of wall lights in a rich array of shapes, colours and textures. Image of lead light Chartwell, in brass, 34.9cm x 24.8 cm x12.1 cm wall light from Vaughan Designs.
