This bright family home is on the market for €285,000
This bright family home is on the market for €285,000

Sarah Finnan

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Jenny Darmody

Ditch Amazon and buy your books from these independent Irish stores instead
Ditch Amazon and buy your books from these independent Irish stores instead

Sarah Finnan

This Connemara cottage complete with a round room studio is on the market for €450,000
This Connemara cottage complete with a round room studio is on the market for €450,000

Sarah Gill

Kerry Hanaphy on her rise to the top of the Irish beauty industry
Kerry Hanaphy on her rise to the top of the Irish beauty industry

Shayna Sappington

10 of the best events happening around Ireland this weekend
10 of the best events happening around Ireland this weekend

Sarah Gill

Social Pictures: A celebration of Bulldog Skincare
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Gorgeous living room inspiration if you’re thinking of redecorating
Gorgeous living room inspiration if you’re thinking of redecorating

Marlene Wessels

Wine 101 with Hannah Crosbie
Wine 101 with Hannah Crosbie

Sarah Gill

Read an extract from Oisín McKenna’s debut novel, Evenings and Weekends
Read an extract from Oisín McKenna’s debut novel, Evenings and Weekends

Sarah Gill

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7 Lighting Options For An Instant Room Lift


By Melanie Mullan
01st Nov 2016
7 Lighting Options For An Instant Room Lift

As we adjust to darker evenings (and mornings!) at home, we naturally turn our attentions to lighting. As each room plays a different role in the home, each has different lighting considerations.?Depending on the space’s function, you will want to relax or motivate, stimulate or engage.

Rocky Wall of Wink says the biggest lighting crime he sees is “a’single light source in a living space, with no control and the wrong colour temperature being used.” Avoid this by dispersing light throughout open-plans spaces and rooms with a combination of cornered floor, table and wall lamps, which will create a warm atmosphere.

In contrast, narrow pendants in the kitchen help focus light on a specific working area, while chandeliers or broad pendants can help brighten up the whole room. With lots of decisions and an?equal amount of choice, we’ve selected our current favourite lighting pieces.

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Nordic Makers

Oxidised copper light, €795, Nordic Makers

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Adjustable Patt wall lamp, €129, April and the Bear

Adjustable Patt wall lamp, €129, April and the Bear

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Cloche table lamp, approx €205, Heals

4.

Hanter table light, €188.75, Tom Raffield

5.

Foscarini Aplomb pendant light, €360, Bushell Interiors

6.

Paris industrial brass ceiling fitting, €135.30, Mullan Lighting

7.

Collection cage

Collection cage chandelier, €225, Houseology

Featured Image from Rothschild & Bickers.