How to position your furniture for optimal lighting and dramatic effect.
Starting off with your furniture bedroom furniture must be positioned in such a way that it does not create dead spots in you lighting array. One of the basic rules of thumb that you can employ with your lighting arrangement is that there should be some new light source every ten feet if you don’t have large area encompassing overhead lighting. If overhead lighting is available in the space then you can work with your table and floor lamps as filler to cover those dreary dead spots. If no overhead lighting is present then that every ten foot rule I spoke of would apply.
Whether you’re using your furniture coffee tables, your new discount living room furniture you picked up on sale or the aforementioned bedroom furniture your goals will be the same. Position your lighting high enough above the furniture pieces so as to create as broad and swathing a path as possible. Then walk all around the room to every corner to see where you have dead spots or large unlit areas and use fill in lamp lighting for those small spots.
Next, be sure to sit at every position in every piece of furniture and look in every direction that any of your guests might ever look. Be sure that while doing this that each light is at its maximum brightness. Look right at the lamp or light source and if it glares at you or is far too bright for the eyes then you will want to lower that particular light source so that the shade bottom is below your line of sight and the lamp shade has it’s chance to diffuse the light. Following these basic rules will help ensure a pleasant furniture and lighting experience while hopefully limiting the potential aggravation.
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