LED lights are becoming more and more popular as home owners and renters alike realise that they can save energy and money on your electricity bills. Not only are they more efficient but they also last longer (up to ten years), saving you even more money in the long run. Usually used to replace halogen light bulbs, they can now be found in various forms that mean you can use them all over the house.
LED lighting works best for up lighting, shelf lighting or low level lighting, but they can also be used as spotlights too.
In The Living Room
The living room is a place where many different activities take place and it is also probably the place where you keep books, DVDs and music collections. This is why you need to have a variety of lighting schemes at varying levels of brightness. For instance, while watching the TV you might just want soft background lighting but for reading a book, bright light works best. Along with lamps and ceiling lights, LED lights can up light a fireplace or shelves, adding drama and help create a relaxed mood. You could use LED lights to highlight a piece of art that you love or to create the illusion of a bigger mirror.
In The Kitchen
In the kitchen you are focused on individual tasks that need light- so no soft mood lighting here. Instead use LED as spotlights. They work particularly well around cupboards, either underneath shining on to the worktops or near the floor up lighting the cabinets and the floor. A strip of LED lights is good for near the floor and recessed down lights are good for lighting up the worktop, as you can focus the light on a particular spot.
In The Bathroom
The bathroom is another of those places that you need a few different lighting systems as it is a room that you relax in, but it also has a functional purpose too. This is why you need both bright and soft light. LED lights around the mirror help illuminate and brighten for when you are doing your ablutions, make up and the like. Up-lighting shelves draw attention to them and make decorative features more prominent.
In The Bedroom
LEDs can improve bed time reading, or provide softer light when you’re winding down to sleep; embed them into the wall above the headboard. You could use a contour strip on top of cupboards for up-lighting to improve overall lighting.
Outdoors
LED lighting is perfect for outdoor flood and security lighting. LED lights can last ten years so you won’t have to change the bulbs regularly. They don’t get hot and burn out, so LED lights for outside are an investment that will save you money when it comes to the outdoors.
Good Vibrations
They are also good for places that have creaky floorboards and heavy foot traffic as normal light bulbs have filaments that can be shaken loose. LED lights don’t work like this and so they will remain intact and won’t flicker when subjected to a lot of vibration.
LED lights now come in a variety of forms, from traditional bulbs suitable as halogen replacements, to tea lights to fairy string lights and even solar garden lights. The advances in the technology of these lights mean that they are now available in different colours and brightnesses so that wherever you need light, you can get it with an LED light bulb. Check out everything on offer from www.brightlightz.co.uk and start saving money and energy today.
