Contemporary Lighting

Choosing the best contemporary lighting fixtures is probably one of the most important and challenging tasks, when working on your interiors, especially if you have different room styles. In a contemporary home or office, we can have varied sorts of light fittings, such as wall-mounted lights, recessed lights, contemporary floor lamps, down lights, pendant lights, etc.

Just as people have different tastes in interior style and design, different rooms have different demands and capabilities to fit lighting features, so it will be very much to your advantage to know just what is available on the market and how to select the best lighting for your home or office.

In the footer section of this product page we will glance into different kinds of lighting fixtures and the important things one needs to consider when choosing the best type of lighting for any given purpose.

So, look through our comprehensive selection of hanging light fixtures, unique table lamps and many more great offers, but make sure you go through our guide that will help you in making the perfect choice for your needs.

Lighting is now so much more than just a means of illuminating a room, in that parts of the day when there isn't sufficient natural light passing in and through the room. It can set the mood of the space and complement the interior design in a powerful way – not just by the light it gives off, but by the style and look of the actual lighting fixtures. So, we can think of lighting as an important design component, a “furniture” element that plays a big role in the finishing the interior and bring the proper mood.

In this article, we'll look more closely on the main different types of lighting fixtures, and the applications for them in your home or office, as well as the main considerations one needs to take before choosing the ideal lighting solution for their needs.

One of the main pointers to making your best choice of lighting is the architecture of the space. You need to understand the interior architecture of the rooms you're about to bring light into, as it can give you important clues. What is the type and style of your ceiling? Do you wish to replicate the spirit of the style and period of the innate architecture? Are you thoughtful enough as to the dimensions of the space, the furniture style and layout? Do your lighting ideas respond to the fittings you have at your disposal? Most times, for the types of architecture that are very strong and distinctive, you can go either with contrast or similarity.

When you opt for contrasting, you'd probably have a broader range of options, but in this case it would be wise to pay more attention to quality and detailing, as it will be much more noticeable than a lighting element that fits in seamlessly into your style and design.

Choosing by similarity is probably the safer option of the two, as the hanging light fixtures will fit in more easily, when they share the same style with your interior, be it contemporary or any other and more period-specific. Some styles and periods are more accommodating and tolerant to mixing different pieces and can relate to each other, because their lines, shapes and colors can work equally well in both contexts, and with other styles.

It's considerably easier a task to have to abide only to rules that engage architectural style, but the more difficult approach of reinforcing the feel of your interiors is well worth it. Although this may rely a lot on the taste and vision of the designer, it can have a dramatic, positive effect on the way we perceive spaces.

We are all aware of how much of a factor different shapes, colors and materials are in making a space complete and well balanced, so by using specific hanging light fixtures designs you can achieve an outcome that can be a unique and interesting integration between space, furniture and the fixture itself. If you can understand all these factors and the ways they relate to each other, you will have the key.

The dimensions of the space should determine the size of your lighting fixtures, by definition. You have probably come at least once across a certain room in which you've seen pendant lights that are way too big or too small for that space. Now, although there aren't any hard and fast rules that can tell you just what is the right size of lighting pieces for your room, some common sense, good taste and a clear vision can help you avoid making design mistakes in terms of sizes and dimensions. Some rules, however, suggest that when using pendant lights you should have enough height of the ceiling. These rules do not tell you the right height in feet and inches, but you should make sure your pendants don't look out of place and out of proportion in the general look. You wouldn't want to walk down a corridor and hit your head against a hanging light, we imagine. If pendants or chandeliers hang above dining tables, bedside tables or kitchen islands, you'll probably be alright, and if they're well chosen and installed, these pieces can add to a fantastic look of your room. Here's a piece of expert advice on height and dimensions, that you can choose to follow: The bottom of a pendant light fixture should hang 27-30 inches above a dining table. Choose modern pendant lights that are 12 inches less wide than the table.

Now, when looking into the different types of lighting fixtures, things may be pretty obvious and straightforward, but we'll nevertheless go through the main types of fittings in brief.

Chandeliers can be used in some certain rooms to make a statement. They will most likely draw the eye when you enter a room, oftentimes because most of those are fairly sizable and showy in design – be it for the hanging down, shimmering crystals or some cool and sleek, shiny chrome elements. They come in all styles and varieties, and can always add to a more bold and dramatic design expression.

Pendant lights are the smaller cousins of chandeliers, but can yet draw attention, just as big, just as well, though it is not necessarily so with every piece of hanging light. If hung individually, you can use them safer even in smaller spaces, without them seeing out of proportion, like over a dining table or a kitchen island, for example. Or you can hang pendants in a group set-up, to push the design boundaries a little bit farther, to create some visual impact.

Ceiling-mount light fittings make for a more subtle impression, usually preferred for kitchens, hallways and smaller rooms that still deserve a nice decorative touch. With this type of lighting, again, there are various styles and shapes that can easily fit and complement any décor, and they will create a bigger design impression than recessed lighting, but more subtle and intimate than a chandelier.

Floor lamps and unique table lamps are incredibly versatile and popular design elements, partly because they are portable, opposed to all their other counterparts, and partly because they come in the most varied and interesting sizes, shapes and colors. They go perfectly in every room, to serve many different purposes and applications. You can even regard some of them more as accessories that can give your room an instant face-lift and a fresh new look.

As you see, completing or improving your home cannot go without the proper lighting fixtures that are not just needed to bring light to the rooms in your house, but will complement your interior design and your furniture in ways that you simply can't underestimate. So, without further ado, you may now scroll back up this page and add those perfect lamps and hanging lights to your basket and make them your own.