As we lose daylight due to the onset of winter and daylight savings, try these quick tips to bring light back into your spaces:
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| A sleek wall sconce adds light. |
- Install solar tubes in dark hallways and rooms for a permanent solution.
- Have a skylight? Add LED or rope lighting to the perimeter.
- Hang mirrors to reflect light from your brightest windows into your rooms. Place lamps (if possible) in front of the mirrors for additional reflected light after dark.
- Change out old yellow incandescent bulbs to cookl white energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs.
- Paint brighter colors onto accent walls.
- Add an up-light in a corner of a room, behind sofas, plants and furniture.
- Re-arrange furniture so reading chairs sit closer to windows.
- Add candlelight at your focal point whether it is in a fireplace, A/V unit or other furniture - use flame less candles for safety.
- Hang lighted wall sconces for accent light in hallways, stairwells and flanking fireplaces and large pieces of furniture.
- Add low energy-consuming LED lighting in niches, curios, under stair treads and other unusual places.
- Place floor or table lamps in dark corners and use plug-in timers or light sensors from Lutron to turn on and off at dusk and dawn.