Living Room Lighting: 6 Top Lighting Trends Your Electrician Should Know

1. A Touch of Gold

Lighting isn't all about the lightbulbs that you choose or the color that they give off. It's also about the color of the lighting fixtures you're placing them in.

One of the most popular finishes in recent years has been the climb of soft gold. Many people are digging the subtle, yet luxurious look that it brings to the room you install it in.

It goes great with a variety of different colors and will look especially amazing next to your white cabinets in the kitchen.

If you think you're in need of some rewiring, be sure to give your local electrician a shout to get all the essential lighting you'll need for this project.

2. Get Suspended

Other than hanging lights such as chandeliers, suspension lights haven't been a popular item for a long time.

However, they're back and better than ever! They also bring an amazing element to your living room, kitchen, bedroom, etc. because they focus the light on your desired location.

For example, if you're wanting to show off that beautiful marble-countered kitchen island of yours, hanging a suspension light above it will make it shine like a diamond.

Not to mention, there are some amazing and artistic suspension lights for you to choose from. They'll make your house entirely unique and help your house appear trendier than ever before!

3. Think Bigger

Who doesn't appreciate a nice, big lighting fixture? They make people take second glances as they walk into your room and can be the defining piece within your entire living room or kitchen.

If you're going to go this route, then consider the big lighting fixture that you select to be the "nucleus" of that room's lighting.

Place it as the center, then fill in the rest of the room with smaller fixtures to complement the beautiful, gigantic lighting fixture.

Limit yourself to one big fixture per room, and keep it to 2 or 3 for your entire household. If you install this trend into every room in your house, it loses it's "wow" factor.

4. Retro, Yet Modern

You might've noticed that the lighting fixtures in home design catalogs and TV shows that you watch are getting more retro-looking.

However, the designers have struck a beautiful balance between a retro look with a modern twist to it.

Because the industrial trend is so prevalent in the marketplace right now, many fixtures you come across in the stores will be rustic and sleek.

These fixtures can provide a great service to your home. They'll help you balance the theme within your house to provide a modernized and relevant aesthetic. These types of fixtures go well with white LED lighting!

5. Catch Wall Lighting in a Bottle

Are you trying to make your living room look like the lobby in a fancy, 5-star hotel such as a Ritz-Carlton or the Palms in Las Vegas?

If so, then you'll want to invest in a particular type of lighting fixture that they use in abundance: wall lighting.

It gives off a beautiful glow in every room you place it in and looks especially pretty when you place them on both sides of a wall mirror (a trick the hotels often use).

They can be especially amazing to place along the walls of your hallways as if they were a modernized version of wall lamps in old-timey castles.

Whatever vibe you're looking to install in your house, wall lighting can be the perfect complement to all of your other fixtures. They also go great with any lighting that you choose.

6. LED's Are the Way to Go

Gone are the days of homeowners being ignorant to the fact that there are cleaner, eco-friendlier options for lightbulbs in the marketplace.

LED lights solved that problem a long time ago, yet people continuously prefer to stay with the bulbs they've been using. Why? Because the LED lighting options are too expensive to purchase and replace.

Luckily, the price in recent years has lowered pretty substantially. Not only is it making more financial sense to invest in them, but they also provide a healthier glow to your house than traditional bulbs.

Also, another thing to consider is that LED lights have a longer lifespan than the traditional bulb. So, while they might be a bit pricier than the usual bulb you purchase, they'll last a heck of a lot longer.

Immerse Yourself in the New Lighting Trends

Now that you've seen some of the top lighting trends in today's market, it's time for you to gear up and partake in them.

Be sure to read this article on the average cost of electrical work in 2020. There you'll find more information on the services you might need and what the quote looks like for them

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