If you’re looking to give your home a new lease of life, a good place to start is the living room, as it’s often the most used room within our home. Lighting schemes within our living room must be multifunctional and adaptable, since we use this room for a number of different purposes. Some of you will have an open plan living space, which usually means your living room is adjoined to your dining room - in which case lighting for these areas will need special thought. Usually, we suggest looking at coordinating and complimentary light fittings for these situations.

Bedside reading lights are an important consideration and there are a few lighting options available. Bedside table lamps or lighting directly over the bed are ideal, such as a reading bedside wall light. Bedside lights should be easy to turn on and off and adjustable lighting that has a flexible bendy arm or swivel arm is ideal. The slimline led flexible head reading lights or wall lights over the bed that have an led reading arm are a great choice. Other considerations are lights for built in wardrobes or lighting for dressing rooms which should be bright enough for purpose and separately switched.

The Lighting Company have put all their white lights together so you can select neutral coloured lights that will blend in easily with other colours in a room. White recessed downlights or spotlights are great for using on white ceilings for a smooth sleek look. White ceramic wall lights can be painted to match in with the colour of the wall. Many ceramic wall lights are low energy and double insulated. White spotlights for modern kitchens work well. White chandeliers will create a romantic feel to any room. Easy fit white mosaic glass shades are cheap to buy and can be fitted easily without an electrician. White table lamps and lamp shades are always popular as gifts and make great bedside table lamps.

Easy fit glass shades made with patterned glass or coloured glass make great lights that are easy to put up. Colourful funky glass table lamps in tangerine orange, dramatic black, lipstick red or passionate purple are great for modern rooms to add a touch of vibrant colour. White opaque glass flush ceiling light are great for lighting rooms with low ceilings as they hide the bulbs from view. Bright glass lights for the bathroom are essential for shaving and applying make up.

Traditional and modern design lighting in gold and antique gold finishes. Period gold ceiling lights, gold pendant lights and lanterns, gold plated lights, gold and antique gold wall lights, floor lamps and table lamps in gold are all available from the Lighting Company. Gold lights were always very popular and we have a whole range of new design gold and antique gold lighting on offer. Nowadays many of the gold light fittings have an easy to clean coating applied making them easy to clean - just a simple dusting is all that is required.