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Now that you have set up your home, it is time to give some cool thoughts to the lighting aspects. While everyone would naturally like to get the best for their dream home, the budgets of this world often play spoilsport. More so, you also have to keep your home decor and the overall settings in mind while selecting your home lighting - most expensive may not necessarily be your best bet for a breathtaking effect.

Living room: The first thing to see is the size of your living room. Is it large sized and has vast open spaces, or does it have just about adequate space to place your leather recliners with little to spare? In the former case, you should best go for soft lighting to enhance the areas you want to accentuate. Use a focus light to highlight that Rembrandt or Picasso you have spent a fortune on, and definitely want people to notice. Keep the rest of the lighting around it comparatively dim, so as not to take away from it. While you are at it, pop into any furniture store to get some good ideas - see the way they display their wares.

In case of smaller rooms, bright lighting is what will make your room look larger than it is. A light focused on the ceiling would give it a higher and larger look. You could place a floor lamp in the corner to utilize the space (you don’t have much to spare anyway). Combine the lamp with a corner stand to showcase some of the collection you made during your last holiday to the beach - just make sure you limit your display to reasonable sized pieces that do not look outlandish in the small space reserved for them.

Bedroom: The bedroom deserves special attention as it is the place where you spend your private time. You may not be showcasing it to the rest of the world, but the lighting has to be elegant and functional. It should fit in well with your needs of reading, studying, dressing etc, and at the same time be aesthetically appealing.

The lighting needs to complement your bedroom furniture. Keep a night lamp on the bedside tables for night time reading. Have a focus light just above your dressing mirror, to light up your face well while dressing. Ensure there are adequately bright lights to give the room a well-lit appearance.

The Attic: If your attic is being used for any purpose other than purely for storing your old stuff, the lighting may have to be varied accordingly. Take for instance its conversion to a children’s study, or the art studio you always wanted to explore your talent with. In either case, there would be specific lighting requirements for each. You may choose bright colored lamp shades in case of a children room. Keep a switch close to the platform bed for the children to use the lights without much discomfort.

Your requirements for a hobby room would be more simple, but functional, and would take exact requirement in being a room meant for a specific hobby - be it painting, or carpentry. The lighting should facilitate the functional requirements, and must complement your furniture.

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