Part 1: Why is lighting in your home important?

Home lighting is a key feature that has the potential to dramatically change the appearance and atmosphere of your home but often gets overlooked. With clever planning and the correct choice of lighting solution for each space in your house, you’ll be able to create the right ambiance, adding both style and value to your home. Besides having a huge impact on aesthetics and functionality, lighting can also have profound effects on your mood, emotions, and wellbeing.

• Emotions (both positive and negative) are felt more intensely under bright light.
• Saturation is the intensity of a colour. More saturated hues can have amplifying effects on emotions, while muted colours can dampen emotions.
• Blue/white light makes us energetic and can interrupt sleep patterns if exposed around bedtime, as they suppresses melatonin levels.
• Red/amber light in the evening can help improve mental health, as red light helps increase the secretion of melatonin which leads to better sleep at night.

The most common lighting options in a house are downlights and it’s a good place to start as most homes have low quality LED eco (economic) downlights and some still have halogens. Modern day LED lights come with a multitude of lighting possibilities for every kind of space, which will help create the ambiance you desire. There are a few things to consider when choosing lighting: high CRI (colour rendering), low glare, beam angle, dimmers and colour temperature. We'll dive into more detail on each of these features in our next month’s edition – watch this space!

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