Accent Lightingave you been decorating your home, but find that something is missing? Your room looks great, but lacks a certain pop, a certain spark to set it all off? Accent lighting can be the missing element that can pull it all together, and make your room look bright and vibrant. A feature piece in a room can easily be overlooked if not placed in the right spot or if there is nothing to call attention to it. Why spend all that time finding the exact piece to fit into a corner of the room if no one is going to notice it? Accent lighting can call attention to specific pieces in the room that you are proud of. I have a piece of artwork that is just fabulous. To me, it glows. But for awhile I found that no one even noticed it when they came in to the room. It was on a main wall where I thought that logically, everyone would see it, but rarely did anyone ever comment on it. I thought perhaps my eye for art was all wrong, until I got the perfect piece of accent lighting to bring it into everyone's view. Suddenly, people were asking me where I got this fabulous piece of artwork, yet it had been there for over a year. You can do the same thing with any piece of artwork, with a family heirloom, or even with a piece of furniture to bring it to attention and show it off to its best. Another bonus of accent lighting is that you can buy accent lighting in almost any style. You can buy pieces that are meant for a conservative décor or a more traditional room design. I find that it can be particularly useful in a minimalist or metropolitan designed room, as the key to this type of design is usually a very subtle approach. Accent lighting will draw the eye to a specific feature of the room and make it more interesting and more appealing to the eye. Another facet that is important in home design is the mood you are trying to set. In the evening, bright, garish lighting is completely inappropriate. Who wants to eat dinner around a table with a bright light shining in their eyes? No one, of course. But you don't want to go the other route and be unable to see your food, either! Accent lighting can be the perfect solution in a dining room. Aside from the fact that it calls attention to key pieces in a room (which can be great for encouraging conversation during dinner), it also sets a mood for the meal. Soft lighting, under lighting, floor lighting - all these are soft and subtle ways of lighting a room and making a meal more pleasurable. It encourages conversation (most people are more likely to speak freely in soft lights than in bright lighting) and helps people to feel relaxed. Accent lighting has many benefits. It can be the final touch that brings the room completely together. Best of all, it doesn't have to break your budget. You can find affordable lighting pieces to go with any room, or you can spend a little more and find lighting accents that are unique and add an interesting feature to your room. |