Children’s room should be well-illuminated if you want your little ones to have a functional and aesthetically pleasing room. A well-designed lighting scheme will contribute to an entire room ambience, and allow your child or children to have a perfectly functional study room, as well as the place where they can play and relax.
That’s precisely why you should position the lighting fixtures in the kids’ room strategically, and the following solutions will help you create a warm and cozy ambience in their room.
Ceiling light
The more natural light your child’s room has, the better it’ll be illuminated and offer the child pleasant daily ambience. However, when the sun sets, their room will need appropriate lighting to make it safe and pleasant to stay at. Therefore, make sure you provide your child’s room with plenty of ambient, overhead light so that the kids’ room will be well lit all day long. If you want a nice statement feature, invest in pendant lights. They’re also ideal for task, general and practical lighting. Opt for lights that offer a modern lighting effect while also illuminating a particular area, such as the playing nook, or work area. To make sure the lighting is distributed well through an entire room, go for recessed ceiling lights such as wide beam lamps.
Rope lights
DIY rope lights have become a huge hit on every continent. Large blank walls of kids’ bedrooms look much better with a rope light word art hung across them. Not only will this type of lighting illuminate the room, but give it a personal touch as well. All you need is a single word or even a phrase in mind, and after you configure the shape of the word, place it on the wall for the unique lighting solution your kid(s) will love.
Coloured light strings
If your kids’ room has a variety of colours, then coloured light strings will be an essential addition to the décor. Being so colourful will enable them to match any part of décor, while also making a statement. Just as Christmas lights offer cozy ambience, coloured light strings will offer plenty of illumination while also creating a warm comfy atmosphere, for your kid to enjoy before bed or when their friends come to play.
Table lamps
Every child needs a proper study area, and table lamps are one of the most important items that will ensure your kid has all the necessary conditions to study well. Aside from offering enough illumination for reading and writing, table lamps are also a great way to freshen up the colour scheme of the room. For a relatively small amount of money and without much fuss, you can use the lamp to fine-tune the atmosphere of your child’s room. Table lamps will distribute bright or subtle light across the room, depending on the intensity of the light your child needs or wants. Position the lamp in such a way that your kid can avoid the direct glare while working. Make sure there are no shadows while reading and writing, and for the maximum reading comfort the light should fall directly into the open page, puzzle or computer.
Light-up figures
If you’d like to test your DIY skills and give your child a lovely lamp, then consider turning one of many plushies into a lamp. Cut open the animal, insert battery-operated LED Christmas lights in the stuffing, and sew it back up. Don’t forget to leave a small space so you can access the on/off switch. You can also make a light-up playmate that plugs into the wall, by coating the animal with fabric stiffener. Use an animal with a thin fabric, or this option won’t work, and opt for LED Christmas lights, because incandescent ones get too hot.
Keep it safe
Aside from thinking about the ambience you want to create in the kids’ room, you should also keep in mind the safety. All lights should be fitted with low wattage lamps or LED bulbs. They use less energy and are much cooler to the touch; which means your child won’t burn their hand in case they touch one by accident. To make sure all the lighting fixtures are well installed in your kids’ room, you should call an experienced electrician, who’ll hang all the lights and the switches far away from the children’s reach. If you’re not familiar with electricity installations, make sure you call an electrician even for the smallest of jobs, to avoid any potential hazards.
Night light
Some kids need dim lit rooms to sleep well, and one of the best solutions for that are night lights. These lights will also help them navigate through the night without falling or tripping over on their way to the bathroom. Look for the kid-pleasing designs, and go for the LED technology, to help you save money if the lamp is going to be on through an entire night.
In a sea of lighting choices, look for the one that will fit best in your kids’ room. Feel free and even mix several, for the most pleasant and creative décor and ambience, your child will adore.
