Lamps from OzLighting
When it comes to home lighting, the choice of lights, lamps, fittings, fixtures and finishes is endless, but there are a few guidelines to follow to ensure you get the very best result for every part of your home, both inside and out.
Luminaries for indoor living areas
These days, recessed down lights are among the most popular choices for living areas, contributing a stylish, modern feel to any home. Whether you are retro-installing or creating a lighting plan for a new home be sure to distribute the down, or gimble, lights evenly to provide even lighting without dark spots. Down lights can also be used individually to highlight an architectural feature, such as an attractive ceiling moulding. Use dimmer switches to regulate brightness.
Pendant lights and oyster lights are other practical and attractive options for living spaces and bedrooms, as are lights that are incorporated into ceiling fans.
Accessorise your lighting plan with attractive table and floor lamps, so you have total control of the ambience. You’ll find an enormous range of decorator lamps and shades in every imaginable finish: wood, chrome, glass, metal, copper, plastic, fabric, stainless steel and more.
Lighting for your kitchen
Kitchen lighting has come a long way in a relatively short time, not just from a design perspective but also with regard to energy efficiency. In today's marketplace, which includes buying online, you can choose from a huge range of decorative energy-efficient light fixtures for kitchens. There's a vast choice in every product category whether you're looking for something traditional or modern, economical or expensive.
Of all the rooms in the house, the kitchen lighting requires the most attention to detail. Food preparation and cooking areas must have plenty of clear light to ensure safety and there must also be adequate general light. A good approach is to use reflected light for general lighting throughout the kitchen and a combination of cabinet lighting or pendant lights to achieve stronger levels of light in the task-orientated areas.
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Children's bedrooms
It can be great fun decorating a child's room, but as these rooms can serve many functions, depending on the age of the child, there are a few considerations when it comes to lighting.
As a general room light, a ceiling mounted oyster or pendant light with a single or twin clear light bulb is ideal. For young children, don’t think in plain black or white, add some fun with a novelty light fitting or coloured shade. You can also get wall lights and spot lights in a range of colourful designs and shapes kids will love: square, round, rectangle, triangle, ball, the options are virtually limitless.
For study areas, choose a desk lamp to provide focused light for homework, reading and hobbies. A great choice would be a desk or study lamp that uses a halogen globe without a reflector. This will reduce the amount of heat radiating from the lamp.
As a bedside light, touch lamps are great as they make it easy to switch on the light in the darkness.
Lighting that's a little more special
You might think chandeliers are just for grand entrances but that isn't so, chandeliers can work in any room in your house, especially adult bedrooms, it's just a matter of finding the right style. Chandelier light fixtures don't have to be overly feminine or frilly. While you'll find many crystal chandelier lights that are elaborate, you'll find just as many made in other materials, such as wrought iron, which will look good in plenty of modern rooms. To get a feel for the different styles and what they cost, look online.
Shedding light outdoors
In deck lighting
Outside, lighting is important for aesthetics and security, and with even just a little investment your garden, deck or patio can become a wonderful extension of your home's living space. Whether you’re shopping for outdoor home lighting options online and looking for savings, or you have an open budget, today's technology offers a large range of energy saving solar and LEDs lighting (light emitting diodes) options that will bring your outdoor space to life at night.
Solar lighting integrates beautifully into garden beds to highlight plants and landscaping features, while solar spotlights and bollards, with or without a sensor, are great choices for brick or timber pathways, driveways and fountains.
Outdoor lighting includes rope lights, garden lights, ceiling lamps, lanterns and wall lights for outdoor patios, pendant lights, pathway lights, flood lights, deck and step lights, underwater lights for in-ground ponds and fountains, bollard and post lights and more. The choice is endless and the costs range from cheap to choice.
OzLighting.com.au is an Australian owned and operated Online Lighting Store based in Waterloo, Sydney. We started our online store with the aim of assisting you to easily find the most appropriate lighting for your needs. We provide you with a safe and secure online space to buy lighting for your home and we will conveniently deliver them to you Australia-wide.
Further reading
Choosing the best ceiling fan. An excellent introduction to the benefits and types of ceiling fans.
