Selecting the Right Lighting for Your Bedroom

The main purpose of your bedroom may be for sleeping, but it is also used for other everyday tasks, like folding laundry, getting dressed and reading. You might not realize the amount of time you actually spend awake in your bedroom until you notice the poor lighting. At night and in the early morning hours, it can be beneficial for the room to be as dark as a cave, but once the day starts, a pitch black bedroom will be of little use.

blog_bedroomLightsOftentimes, the only source of light in a bedroom is from a floor lamp. When a house is built or remodeled, there is more focus on the lighting plans for the kitchen, living areas and bathrooms for cooking, entertaining and grooming. If the bedrooms in your home were neglected as a result, the fix is easy. You can find all the fixtures you need at Connecticut Lighting Centers.

Before heading to the showroom to browse lights, take your room measurements, know the furniture placement and all outlet locations. This information will help you and the lighting specialist determine the best fixtures for your bedroom. Also keep location in mind. You might want a large chandelier in the center of your room, but harsh light right above your bed can cast shadows. Instead, a central pendant with a low watt light bulb will be more sensitive to your eyes. To have the proper lighting for every task you use your bedroom for, it might be a better idea to have several different fixtures around the space as opposed to one light for the whole room.

For the bedside, wall sconces emit just the right amount of light for reading or relaxing and are also decorative. A lamp for the nightstand is also a simple solution and there are plenty of different styles to choose from. Either way, you should purchase two of each for symmetry on either side of the bed. At Connecticut Lighting Centers, we have an extensive selection of Quoizel sconces and lamps in different colors and styles to fit your specific design schema.

For the room as a whole, installing dimmers will allow you to control the ambiance of your bedroom at all times. It eliminates the hassle of finding a fixture that emits the right amount of light for every task you do. We carry Legrand™ dimmers with decorative wall plates that will keep you in complete control of the mood lighting, whether you need a romantic or relaxing atmosphere.

Don’t forget the closet! Opening your closet at any given time of day and not being able to find what you’re looking for can be frustrating. The light is either not bright enough or not shining in the proper place. Do not have a light installed directly above the clothes; invest in a tube light that shines from above the door frame down onto the contents of your closet so you can actually see what’s inside.

Visit our Hartford or Southington showroom today to reinvent the lighting in your bedroom.

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