One important upgrade during a renovation as far as home value has been the upgrade of fixtures while renovating. Sometimes, all it takes to completely renovate a room is to switch from a hanging light fixture to internal lighting. Recessed lighting has become more popular over the past decade for several reasons, one of which is recessed lighting, it makes the room bigger. We have compiled ideas from Santa Barbara electricians for your information. Let's be creative.
1. Room feels bigger
Built-in lighting makes the room look bigger because it
actually takes up less visual space. Because the lightboxes are located inside
the ceiling, nothing hangs down to disrupt the visual area of the ceiling.
2. Wall washing effect
Built-in lighting also increases space with an effect called
"wall washing. " No, that doesn't mean you have to bring soap and
water to the walls. Wall wash is a lighting effect that sheds more light into a
room using the right tile (a portion of the light visible through a hole in the
ceiling). Wall decoration includes a directional reflector and a light
reflector that directs light to the wall. If, you have a sloping ceiling, you
can use an "eyeball".
In order to really take advantage of the effect of washing
walls, the internal lighting must be correctly placed separately from the wall
and from each other. Recessed fixtures should be separated from each other at
the same distance from the wall.
For example, if your ceiling is 9 meters high, it is worth
placing the fixtures 2-3 meters away from the wall and each other. The higher
the ceiling, the greater the distance. Then, direct the lighting towards the
wall with directed reflectors and literally fill the wall with overlapping
scattered light.
Final result? Built-in lighting makes the room look bigger
and brighter.
3. Highlight something
The built-in lighting also sheds light on the wall, which
you want to highlight for other design reasons. Consider recessed lighting if you
want to highlight a wall bookcase, works of art or a special collection of some
sort.
4. Color
There are also other benefits of recessed lighting. First of
all, it comes in all kinds of colors (the trim and the lights and the
reflectors) so they can be used to really upgrade a room in several ways. The
casing for recessed lights also protects it from dust, children and mishaps, so
it’s also a safer lighting option than hanging lights.
