As the nights begin to draw in, we’re starting to think about those autumn evenings spent indoors. While it can be simple just to switch on the big light during these seasons without giving it another thought, pausing to consider your home’s lighting can make a big difference to your mood.
It’s easy to underestimate the extent to which lighting can alter the look of a room. A statement floor lamp can completely change the character of a space, bringing light into dark corners and creating a sense of spaciousness where none existed before. Ambient lights help add personality, warmth, and tenderness, whilst task lighting provides focus and clarity.
So, instead of overlooking the importance of lighting when designing a room, it’s time to get enthused about illumination. With the help of wholesale lighting supplier Searchlight Electric, here are some of the very best decorative lighting trends for 2022.
Metallic Lamps
Slender, tall, and modern-feeling floor lamps make for the ideal addition to any room.
Currently trending is a range of metallic finishes for such lamps, usually in gold, silver or brass.
Here at IDEAL, we’re fans of a matt finish, but something in a shiny finish can be equally pleasing to the eye. The combination of brass and marble is hugely popular this year, too, providing some class and style whilst also being practical for any room, whether this is in a domestic space or commercial setting. Arguably the most popular style this year incorporates thin and tall-standing floor lamps for a contemporary yet elegant look.
If you have a small living room, consider an arc metallic lamp. They are the ideal way to make a lighting statement while taking up minimal floor space. If you can pair that arc to the curvature of wall and ceiling, then all the better!
Art Deco Inspired Ceiling Lights
The popular interior trend of Art Deco has returned. The 1920’s inspired decorative style often returns making a comeback with new, modern twists. This year it returns in a slightly stripped-back style, introducing a calmer, less glamourous take on the traditional style.
Popular are the rounded and oval lighting fixtures that form the base of Art Deco lighting. New lighting pendants take on this shape with the addition of a scalloped edge, some brass touches, and perhaps a subtle hint of marble here and there.
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Oversized, Architectural Designs
Oversized and placed at the centre of a room’s attention, architectural chandeliers are a real winner this year. No longer reserved just for dining rooms, chandeliers create an awe-inspiring main feature in your living room, adding a sense of luxury and sophistication.
Whether your interior space is modern or traditional, a chandelier hanging above heads, incorporating eye-catching details and projecting beautiful glimmers of light on to walls and ceilings, will help to create the perfect mood for people to enjoy. Even if a room seems slightly too small for a fixture of such size, consider the statement this could make.
If you want to make any room in the house feel like new again with a single, statement addition, be bold and choose a lighting fixture that captures your guest’s attention.
Industrial Bulb Pendant Lighting
Yes, industrial bulb lighting is still in fashion, and if you are a fan of simplicity and that industrial style beloved of trendy restaurant openings across the country, you’re probably already in love with the idea of ‘naked’ lighting that contains just a bulb. When done right, this doesn’t look like a room unfinished.
Quite the opposite, in fact; it possesses a unique aesthetic that can bring a stripped back urban cool with just a touch of vintage to your kitchen or living room, particularly when paired with a brick wall, whether genuine or mock.
Industrial-style bulb pendant lighting is a top trend in the interior design world that can be easily suited to many different kitchen arrangements and styles. Just ensure that it’s not the only lighting in the room, or some serious shade will be cast. Rather, use industrial bulb lighting as one part of a bigger whole, illuminating a specific area such as the kitchen table, whilst other corners are supported by some more gently illuminating.
Natural Materials
Floor lamps, lampshades and lanterns made from the naturally growing, wicker-weaved vine and natural materials like rattan and bamboo is a huge trend this year.
Eco-friendly, sustainable and oh-so chic, it’s the perfect way to bring the outdoors in. Moreover, these warm materials, lend a natural and harmonious feel to any room, adding a beautiful aesthetic while giving a room an incredibly calming feel.
The Bottom Line
Lighting shouldn’t be an afterthought, only added once other considerations such as furniture and furnishings are secured. Instead, lighting should be given equal precedence in a room, able to illuminate and even dazzle in the domestic space. We can’t wait to see how you deploy yours!