How to light up the living area at home


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It is scientifically proven, the right lighting makes our lives better, and let's face it, even our most beautiful homes!
But it is not always easy to light up a house correctly, there are different environments and slightly different rules for each of these.

But do not worry, to be able to enjoy adequate lighting and in line with your needs, it is sufficient to have some fundamental concepts well understood. Here are some practical tips on how to light up the living area at home.

Zone division and multiple lighting scenarios for a single environment

It all depends on how you live your living room. To illuminate your living area properly, the first fundamental step is to examine your way of living this space: is it a room you use to watch TV, to read, to welcome friends? If, for example, it is space where you relax and watch your favorite films, you will have to opt for indirect and soft lighting, which does not prevent you from seeing the monitor well and which does not create annoying reflections.

But of course we are talking about the multi-functional space par excellence and most likely in this area of ​​your home, you will perform all these activities and many others, for this very reason, the best solution is to treat the room by zones and plan different lighting scenarios thanks to the home automation help.

With a home automation system that manages your lighting, with a simple button you can choose the ideal lighting scenario for each activity, ensuring maximum comfort at all times; you can also adjust the power of the light sources, significantly reducing consumption and saving money.

Different light sources for different areas

Our main advice is to play with more points of light. With a single light source, the environment would be flat and poorly maintained

Better to opt for a warm and adjustable ambient light, which you can get by combining different lamps, such as a chandelier or a ceiling light, with a floor lamp next to the sofa, or a lamp simply placed on a chest of drawers, in this way in addition to lighting you will furnish the environment making it more interesting.

Furthermore, highlighting recessed spotlights or wall-mounted focal points such as a painting, a sculpture, a vase, the bookcase or some of your favorite furniture, you will enhance the details.

If there is a dining table in the living area? Installing a suspension lamp with neutral light that illuminates the surface of the table will give the room a refined and elegant touch. Remember that ideally, the lamp should be hung about 70 cm from the table top.

The right light for your books

And if you are a lover of books, how do you light up the bookcase and the reading area?

For the bookcase the best thing is to opt for low-intensity LEDtrack lighting

 installed on the ceiling, or LED strips to be placed under the shelves of the cabinet, which will create a wonderful scenic effect.


If you want to give importance to your reading corner, whether it's a comfortable armchair, a corner full of pillows or even just an area where you love to relax in the company of a good book, the idea is to place a floor lamp, with warm LEDlights.

Mix styles for a modern living area

If you are undecided about which models of lamps to buy and more than one type has hit you, not bad, mixes different styles

To make the environment more lively, much better, in fact, do not choose the same identical model of wall lamp, floor lamp and chandelier, you can try to harmoniously combine different elements, varying them according to the living areas. In this way you will give the environment more character and be able to highlight the different areas of the room.

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