Accent lighting - Adding the right touch to your home lighting
Accent lighting - With highly functional task lighting, spaces
like the laundry room are brightly lit so that you can see the
whites versus the darks. However, such bright light does not
create a soft mood or add drama; for this you choose accent
lightings.
Accent the mood with wall dimming options
First stop in creating mood and accent around the home is to
incorporate wall dimmers to light fixtures, including ceiling
mounts and chandeliers. This approach is very commonplace and
gives you options to fully accentuate the room or produce softer
more gentle lighting.
Emphasize artwork and wall hangings with accent lights
Adding a wall mounted museum light or picture light is an
excellent way to accent fine artwork; two sconces positioned on
each side of the painting will also add emphasize. This can be
done with any wall hanging: mirrors frames are nice to accent.
Living room: downlights can emphasize an area
For social areas such as the living room you can both soften
lighting and gently accentuate an area. For example, adding a
couple of down lights in the ceiling over a living room sofa,
toned down with dimming options, can cast gentle pools of light.
This can accentuate the focus to this area while providing
spillover light to the walls and washing the whole room with
pleasant light.
Accentuate and decorate a kid's room with string lighting
For kids rooms string lighting can create wonderful accent to a
nicely decorated bedroom. You can buy them in shapes and themes
such as: submarines, cars, hearts, stars and more. Not only will
this add a nice accent and touch; colorful lights can be used at
night for children afraid of sleeping in complete darkness. For
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