Artificial lighting of the attic - its main functions
Most often in the daytime, the attic is illuminated by sunlight penetrating into the room through a non-standard large window. They create a joyful mood, make you forget about cares and boredom. What to do, when the day is falling to the sunset and the rays of the setting sun is not enough? Of course, use artificial light sources! Do not underestimate their importance, because they carry not only a banal functional, but also a decorative load.
Modern floor lamps, chandeliers, sconces - all of them, rather, are similar to real works of art than to conventional lighting fixtures. Competently selected mansard lamps are integral elements of the interior, they successfully emphasize the style solution and create the desired accents. As for the functionality of artificial lighting sources, in addition to banal light, they can visually correct the shortcomings of the room. This is achieved in a variety of ways.
So, you can abandon the ceiling lighting chandelier, and stay only on lamps and sconces. This will allow not only to place the accents, but also to avoid a visual decrease in the height of the ceiling. Lighting the corners, on the contrary, will make the room more "open" and visually increase its space. However in this case it is necessary to avoid inaccurate joints of finishing materials. Otherwise they will catch your eye. Quite often, owners of country houses, interested in the issue of attic, hear about general and local artificial lighting. It is worth to understand in more detail what it is.
Chandeliers, sconces, lamps for the attic - choose between general and local lighting
So, artificial lighting of the attic floor, like any other room, can be general and local. The common source of lighting is a chandelier or lamp, the light from which is distributed evenly over the entire area of a particular room. Of course, in this case we are talking about ceiling lighting fixtures. The local source is designed to illuminate a certain area of the attic. It can be floor, table, wall lamp, sconce, spotlight, backlighting lamps, for example, the headboard or wooden beams.
Depending on the design features of the attic, experts recommend choosing a particular kind of lighting or combining them.
So, if your house is carefully covered by a gable roof, then it is worth to abandon the general lighting - it only emphasizes the absence of the ceiling as such and accentuates attention to the narrowed space. It will also be inappropriate when the height of the ceiling is not too high. A much more interesting solution will be the use of multi-level lighting, the lighting of the attic with the help of LEDs. Thus, preference is best given to local lighting - floor lamps on the bedside tables, floor lamp, bizarrely bending over your favorite chair, wall lamps near the original mirror.
Light in the attic - practical advice
Today, interior designers do not stint on the advice needed to organize artificial lighting in the attic. Firstly, they recommend in every way to chase the darkness out of the room, since the attic must be a priori light, as it is like no other room open to sunlight and the clear sky. Almost ideal is the combination in a spacious attic of general and local lighting with light finishing materials.
Secondly, the same technique can be used even in a small room, but complement it with a number of tweaks. So, it is better to place the mirror in front of the window and to frame a couple of lamps, use bright accents with the backlight .Thirdly, you can slightly "blur" the boundary of at least one wall. To do this, it mounts a small cornice with built-in spotlights aimed at the wall. In addition, experts recommend careful approach to the choice of bulbs, because each of them is characterized by only its characteristics - the power, brightness and intensity of the emitted light.
Tungsten halogen lamps, for example, give an attractive and fairly close to daylight. Fluorescent lamps, on the contrary, will introduce a note of coldness into the lighting of the .Do not forget about framing fixtures, sconces and floor lamps. The material of manufacture directly influences intensity of illumination and its quality. Thus, a little knowledge and an attentive approach to interior design will make it possible to turn the attic into the most comfortable and cozy room.
