Interesting Ways to Light Up Your Hallway

Dimly lit hallways are a major pain to walk through as they give a depressing look to the place. It becomes a hard task to walk through them at night, especially for younger members of the family who may view this dim and gloomy area as something to be avoided.

If one does not really have that artistic and aesthetic sense to undertake a creative overhauling of the hallway, merely installing lighting fixtures can make this area look bright, cheerful and inviting. There are lots of different types of lighting that can be installed to make the hallway more attractive and welcoming which is very important as this is the first place that visitors to your house tend to notice as they enter. This area sets the tone for the rest of your house.

Ceiling Fixture Lighting

Following are the different ways to be kept in mind through which proper lighting up of your hallway can be achieved:

Interesting Ways to Light Up Your Hallway

Lighting complementary to the paint of the walls: While installing small lighting fixtures in different shapes and sizes, it is important to make sure that they go well with the colour that the wall of your hallway is painted in. Dark coloured walls do not go well with dim lighting as it gives a dingy look to the hallway. If the walls have been painted in a dark colour, extremely bright lights are required that can counter the darkness of the paints and brighten up the hallway. If the walls have been painted in pale and light colours, almost any kind of light can be used that are adequate to light up the hallway and give it a warm look. Yellow coloured lights give a soothing and relaxed look to your hallway. A mix and match of different coloured lights can also be done to achieve an artistic effect.

Natural Lighting: Most people may think that a window in the hallway provides great natural lighting but people with experience of this type know better. At certain times of the day when the sun is at its peak, there is extremely bright light outside but as it enters the hallway, a glare is created which actually makes your hallway dim. So, it is best not to depend too much on natural light for narrow, confined spaces like the hallway. If a window exists, it should be covered up by blinds or suitable curtains and one should concentrate on providing lighting through internal sources for achieving the best results.

Spotlights: Spotlights can be used creatively at various places in the hallway if family photographs or paintings have been put up on the walls. The spotlights help to focus the attention on one particular object which lends it an almost ethereal look. The spotlights can be experimented by using coloured ones. This will beautify and give an enchanting look to the object in focus. It lights up the hallway and gives it a strong visual appeal.

Track Lighting: Track lighting can be done throughout the hallway to make it look bigger and more open. It makes this area look bright and cheerful. Another way to make track lighting look even more pleasing is by covering the entire ceiling with a continuous mirror and then installing track lights into the ceiling. This will double brighten up the hallway and create a dazzling effect for the person walking through.

Interesting Ways to Light Up Your Hallway

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