Decorative Home Lighting

Decorative home lighting effectively combines style with function, accomplishing the all-important task of illumination, while simultaneously complementing a room's decor. Today's homeowners are taking advantage of the wide variety of table and floor lamps, chandeliers, pendants, and wall sconces available to add flair to their homes. Carefully chosen, decorative lighting is an effective way to illustrate the decorator's personality and set nearly any kind of tone.

The variety of materials used in the construction of light fixtures is amazing. You'll find everything from traditional brass to hardwood fixtures. Finishes offer as much variation, ranging from brushed and satin to bronze and brown finishes.

For traditional rooms, copper, brass, and crystal fixtures work well. Pressed glass, frosted glass, and painted china fixtures go a long way toward complementing a Victorian room, while bronze, cast iron, stone, and rust-finish metal fixtures are well used in an Old-World-style room. Track and recessed lighting is good for a minimalist look. This type of fixture also works well in a high-tech environment.

It is important to remember when choosing decorative home lighting that there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to selecting fixture styles. Today, it is considered perfectly acceptable to match opposing styles to create an interesting and surprising complementary look. What is important, however, is to choose the best-quality fixtures you can afford. Doing so not only beautifies your surroundings, but also helps to increase the value of your property. For high-quality lighting in all the latest styles, visit ALA-member, Lighting4sale’s showroom.