The bedroom used to be just for sleeping and relaxing but now many people use the bedroom for additional purposes. It is not only a place to sleep but a multi purpose room. As well as sleeping the bedroom is often used as an extra TV room and many times people use it as a small office.
Because of these facts lighting needs to be carefully planned, firstly ambient or general illumination needs to be considered. This is often recessed ceiling lighting. You can even turn down the light quite considerably for watching TV.
Task lighting is used for many activities around the sides of the room. For example reading is often done in bed or in a corner of the room. Therefore bedside table lamps are a necessity. Angle lamps can be useful beside the bed, especially if they are attached to the bed post and can slide up and down
Floor lamps can be good if you have a corner of the room reserved for reading. You can relax in your favorite chair, enjoy a good book and have a nice bright lamp to read by. Floor lamps should be 10″ behind the shoulder and 47″ high for optimum reading illumination.
It should be bright enough for reading and can be an angle poise lamp for better directional lighting.
Accent lighting can also be used to make your bedroom more interesting. You can spotlight art work or unique ornaments in niches. LED light bars can be used for this purpose. LED lighting produces bright directional light which is ideal for highlighting an object. This will make your bedroom more interesting and unique.
Task lighting like table lamps can be made more decorative, by different styles and colors of shades. You can use oriental style lamp shades to add a certain atmosphere to the room. Pastel shades will make a softer light and a more relaxing feel to the area.
Track lighting can be used around the ceiling to accent your ceiling and make it look higher. This type of lighting will also make a soft light around the room which is nice to relax in and provides a little light if you need to get up in the night. You can point the lamps on the track either up or down to change lighting effects.
Tags: ceiling lighting, LED lighting, lighting, Track lighting
