Home Lighting Tips

In home decoration, lighting is not only played a role in lighting, the biggest role is to play a decorative effect. More and more people are now demanding more lighting. Here's a look at how to choose lighting.

According to the principle of demand

Each family has different culture levels, hobbies, professions, social objects, and economic strength. Therefore, their home decoration and lighting choices have different styles depending on the actual situation. However, the purpose of decoration is basically the same, that is, economical and practical, beautiful, easy to operate, safe and reliable, for this reason, in the choice of buying lamps and lighting, need to deal with the following aspects.

1. The relationship between general lighting and local lighting. People are accustomed to having a "main light" for general lighting in a room, mostly with a chandelier or ceiling light mounted in the center of the room. In addition, according to the need to set the wall lamp, desk lamp, floor lamp, etc. as "auxiliary lamp" for local lighting or auxiliary lighting. The so-called "main lights" and "auxiliary lights" are relative terms. Under certain conditions, functions will also be replaced. For example, the floor height of the room is less than 2.5M, and the area is not large. It is not appropriate to set up lights in multiple layers. In particular, it is not advisable to set up a large-scale chandeliers, and one or two beautiful wall lights can be used for general lighting and decoration. Learn at night, work with table lamps, table lamps with translucent plastic, diffuse light on the top can also meet the lighting needs.

2. Determine the principle of lighting style. Because of the level of cultural level, people's hobbies, age, and occupation, people have different styles when determining the lighting. Therefore, it is necessary to set off the lighting from the actual situation, and according to personal preferences, in order to obtain a specific lighting style and effect.

Lighting requirements for different professions: people who are engaged in mental work, generally love quietness, like reading books, design drawings, research information, etc. They need diversification of lighting settings, desk lamps for easy work, floor lamps for reading, bedside lamps for reading newspapers information.

Choose age-based shopping skills

Lighting requirements for different age levels: Due to age differences, they also have different standards for lighting requirements:

1. The elderly - The elderly have a simple life style, love quiet, the color of the lamps used, modeling, to set off the elegant style of the elderly. The main light unit can be combined with a lantern-shaped chandelier or ceiling lamp. In order to facilitate the elderly to start the night, a low-light long lamp can be set up on the bedside.

2. Middle-aged people - The middle-aged people are the dominant family, and they are also the pillars of their career. They strive to be simple and neat in their style and color. The cloth lamp must not only reflect individuality, but also reflect the style of the main body, such as using a swing arm-type desk lamp or floor lamp to facilitate learning.

3. Young people - young people should highlight new, unusual and special lighting. The main lights should demonstrate individuality, with creative shapes and vivid colors. Wall lamp requires the theme of love in the shape, light source requires warmth, romance (especially girls)

4. Children - children's lighting is best unpredictable, highlighting a strange, increasing children's imagination, is conducive to intellectual development. Lighting styling and color should not only reflect children's interest, but also be conducive to the healthy growth of children. The main lights strive to be simple and neat, and can use simple chandeliers or ceiling lamps. The lights on the desktop of the homework should be bright. Animal table lamps can be used. However, attention must be paid to ensuring illumination. Because the children are curious and active, lighting is absolutely guaranteed to be safe and reliable. .

According to home use selection skills

Hall, lobby, hallway lighting

Hall, lobby, and hallway are the places people must pass through. They are the first impressions of entering the room, and they are also one of the overall standards of interior decoration. Generally, small spherical lamps are used for the lighting of the entrance hall, lobby and corridor. Or square ceiling lamp, its size, size, size should be matched with the living room. There are also spotlights at the entrance. The entrance hall, the hallway lamp should have the main and the next division with other rooms, and the hall is the hall of the public building, its cloth lamp is very important, the lighting is often one of the iconic decorations, should be magnificently decorated, luxurious and exquisite.

Living room lighting

The living room has a large living room and a living room. The large living room is mainly composed of mixed cloth lights, reflecting a luxurious and exquisite ethnic style. We do not provide detailed descriptions here. We use home living room lighting as an illustration for readers' reference. The living room is the center of the family's activities. It is also a place for guests and friends to entertain. The lighting can't be shirked and must be carefully designed and arranged. The ideal design is that the quantity and brightness of the lighting are adjustable, so that the family style is fully displayed.

Generally, the combination of general lighting and partial lighting is used, that is, a main lamp and other auxiliary lighting. Such as: wall lights, downlights, spotlights and so on. In terms of the main lighting, if the living room is about 3M high, a mid-range luxury chandelier is suitable. For a floor height below 2.5M, a mid-range decorative ceiling lamp or main lamp is appropriate; if the floor height is more than 3.5M, the living room , Can choose to use high-grade, slightly larger size chandeliers or ceiling lamps.

Bedroom lighting

The main function of the bedroom is rest, but it is not a single sleeping area. In most families, the bedroom is also a place for makeup and storing clothes, and it is also a place for short rest outside of work. To make use of the bedroom for many purposes, it is necessary to make a careful design of the lighting decoration. The choice of lighting fixtures and colors should be based on creating a calm and warm atmosphere. If you want to create a romantic or charming world for your bedroom, you must use soft and beautiful lights. The lighting is suitable for indirect or diffuse. Indoor use of indirect lighting, the color of the ceiling should be light and the effect of reflected light should be good. If you use a small, low-wattage spotlight to illuminate the ceiling, it should be dark, so as to create a romantic and sensual atmosphere.

Kitchen lighting

Kitchen lighting requires high brightness, because the light is also important for the appearance of food, it can affect people's appetite; because people spend a lot of time in the kitchen, so the lights should be pleasant and attractive, which can improve The enthusiasm for making food. In the general kitchen lighting, an embedded or semi-embedded diffused ceiling lamp is set above the console, and the mask is embedded in transparent glass or transparent plastic. In this way, the ceiling is simple and the troubles caused by dust and oil are reduced. The range hood is generally set above the stove top, and there is an invisible incandescent lamp inside the hood for lighting the stove. If the kitchen doubles as a restaurant, a single-cover single-fire lift or single-layer multi-branch chandelier can be installed above the table. The light source should adopt the incandescent lamp of warm color, should not use the cold fluorescent lamp.

Common lighting tips

Ceiling light

Ceiling lamp is commonly used in square cover ceiling lamp, ball ceiling lamp, tipped round ceiling lamp, half ball ceiling lamp, semi-slim ball ceiling lamp, small rectangular cover ceiling lamp. Ceiling light is suitable for lighting in the living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, etc. Ceiling light can be directly mounted on the ceiling, easy to install, simple and generous style, giving space a clear and crisp feeling.

There are generally ballasts and ring lamps in ceiling lamps. Ballasts have two kinds of ballasts and electronic ballasts. Compared with ballasts, electronic ballasts can improve the efficacy of lamps and systems. Can start instantly and extend lamp life. At the same time, it has a small temperature rise, no noise, small size, light weight, power consumption is only 1/3 to 1/4 of the ballast, so we must choose the electronic ballast ceiling lamp. The ring lamp of the ceiling lamp has halogen powder and trichromatic powder. The trichromatic powder lamp has good color rendering, high luminosity and slow light decay. The halogen powder lamp has poor color rendering, low luminosity and fast light decay.

Table lamp and floor lamp

The table lamp is characterized by being mobile and flexible, and the table lamp itself is a piece of art and can give people a beautiful enjoyment. The lamp can draw a beautiful dynamic line on the wall through the lamp shade. Table lamps can be placed anywhere, from 60cm to 80cm in height, and are mostly used for basic lighting in living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms and family members' rooms. Table lamps are generally about 30cm to 50cm high and can be used in specific work areas.

Floor lamps are often used as local lighting. They do not emphasize comprehensiveness, but emphasize the convenience of movement. They are very practical for the creation of corner atmosphere. If the lighting mode of the floor lamp is directly projected downward, it is suitable for activities such as reading that require mental concentration. If the lighting is indirect, the overall light changes can be adjusted.

Lights are an indispensable decoration for home decoration. The style of the lamp and its appearance are as important as the interior wallpaper, carpet or paint. Some of the most popular types of lights today are dark brown, beige, dark white and rust. However, bright bronze still tops the list.

chandelier

Chandeliers are light fixtures that use a pole, chain, or tube to suspend the fixture on the ceiling for overall illumination. Most chandeliers have lampshades. Lampshades are made of metal, glass, plastic or wood products. As lamps have the dual functions of lighting and art, they are generally divided into two types: decorative chandeliers and functional chandeliers. Chandeliers have different themes and styles, each with its own characteristics and dazzling. Chandeliers can be used to provide more light to specific areas such as the table. In order not to bump the head when people get up, the chandelier should be placed more than 30 cm away from the dining table. The diameter of the fixed lamp should be 30 cm and less than the width of the table, and be placed directly above the table.

To prevent accidents, the stairs should be illuminated from top to bottom and have switches at both ends. Fixed ceiling or built-in lighting equipment can provide the necessary light for the stairs. A lamp with a fixed base is mounted on the ceiling of the hall. For safety reasons, fixed lighting equipment is installed every 2-3m in the corridor. In a dark room where the ceiling is higher than 2.4m and the floor and walls are dark, larger wattage lights are used.

wall lamp

The advantage of the wall lamp is that the reflected light from the wall can soften the light, have multiple effects of projecting and blooming, and show different styles due to different materials of the house decoration. Regardless of whether the light source is used as a background, emphasis, or indication, it is very suitable. They have the effect of pulling the line of sight and tend to make the room look larger. Because the decorative effect of this kind of lamp is far more obvious than that of the lighting function, when choosing, it must be decided before it is installed on the wall.