When it comes to indoor lighting, a little careful planning can make a huge difference to the overall look and feel of your luxury home and add a sense of style and sophistication whilst creating just the right atmosphere for any occasion.
In fact, studies have shown that not only can lighting act to enhance the overall appearance of a home; it also has a huge impact on the ambience – so whether you’re seeking the perfect set-up for day-to-day living or want to create a cosy and inviting feel for dinner party or get-together, it really could be as simple as swapping out your current fittings, adding a few lamps and choosing your bulbs with this in mind.
Lighting trends come and go, making the option to pick a style that suits you even simpler and to change up your décor whenever you want – but some are timeless enough to see you through years to come.
If you’re unsure where to start, then these are the top five home lighting trends that could be about to breathe new life into your home in 2023.
Top five lighting trends of 2023
LED strip lights
Easy to install and energy efficient, LED strip lights are a great choice for modern luxury homes and often come complete with a small remote control that allows you to pick and choose the exact level of brightness to suit the desired mood. Creating a sense of opulence, you can enhance your interior design with LED strip lights with minimal fuss, whether you have a few shelves that could benefit from some underside ambience, a set of dark stairs, or if you simply want to illuminate your photo frames to make them stand out a little more. LED strip lighting can be powered via an outlet, as well as featuring battery-powered alternatives.
Stylish Tesla bulbs
If you’ve ever heard of a Tesla coil, you’ll likely know a little about Tesla bulbs. We’re not referring to the hair-raising bulbs that emit a low electric field like a streak of lightning, but the more modern, yet still highly classic variants. You’ll typically find them featuring blue (cold light) or orange (warm light) glass, which makes them an appealing choice if you want to add an interesting hue to your room of choice. They also exude a soft, comforting glow when turned on and whether placed in a lamp, a ceiling fan with lights, or anything in between – they make for a stylish focal point for any room.
Milky glass lights
Unlike frosted lights that reduce the impact of a bulb and are better suited to reading and studying, milky glass lights are a more modern take on a traditional classic. As their name might suggest, these types of lights are made using a material called ‘milky glass’ – a type of glass that presents a milky tone when turned off and a more gentle glow when switched on. Although they were invented centuries ago, they’ve made a comeback in 2023 and luxury homes are frequently being updated to include milky glass in living rooms, hallways, studies and any other room of the house.
Linear lighting
There’s no more efficient way to really maximise the size and space of a room than with linear lighting. Often referred to as linear lights, these styles vary greatly from the fluorescent lighting bars of old and instead are often built into walls, ceilings, or feature an outer housing in any number of materials.
The great thing about this type of lighting is that just one can emit enough light to bring an entire room to life – and with varying lengths and widths available, you’ll quickly find that they can be accommodated within any type of indoor space. There are also options to zig-zag the installation for an eye-catching finish, create shapes, or run them along the edges of a ceiling to really up the brightness factor of a room.
Recycled lighting
No list of 2023 trends would be complete without at least one type of appealing recycled lighting making an appearance, and if you’re on a quest to reduce your carbon footprint and generally live more sustainably then you’ll find plenty of options available.
From recycled glass right through to recommissioned coils, housing and more, as the years go by, more and more people are turning to organic and recycled solutions to do their bit for the environment. What’s more is that the days of clunky, unattractive materials are long gone, and now, it couldn’t be easier to find stylish, luxurious-looking fittings in a host of colours and appearances to suit your tastes.
