The ceiling light: An essential fixture in the living room!
When talking about interior design, and particularly the lighting of the living room, the ceiling light is the first thing that comes to mind! Even before thinking about wall lights, or a lamp on the wooden cabinet. It really is the most popular light fixture, because its general lighting enhances the entire room from top to bottom, distributing brightness across every square meter. But only if you choose it carefully!
And that is what we will look at in this text. We will advise you on how to choose your recessed light fixture for your living room. We will advise you on the size, shape, materials, as well as the ideal number of watts according to the size of your living room.
What style of ceiling light for a living room
Depending on the layout and decor style of your living room, one ceiling light design will be more suitable than another. Before fixing the base of your new decor at home, make sure to carefully consider the combinations of styles, colors, and sizes to ensure that the light flux is distributed evenly throughout your living room.
For a Mediterranean-style living room: This type of living room is naturally very warm and loves luminous atmospheres. It will mix natural elements (natural wood, shells, stones...). All in light colors such as pastel tones (sand beige, white) with more intense and vibrant accents such as bright blue, yellow, or turquoise.
Our decor advice: As a first choice, we think of a living room ceiling light model in bamboo or brown rattan, with a tinted glass lampshade in the center. They would be very beautiful options! These models can be round or honeycomb in shape to create a warm atmosphere with warm white lighting, as is the tradition of a Mediterranean living room. You and your guests will only be more amazed!
A third option could be a baroque-style glass ceiling light model, in bright colors typical of southern Mediterranean. A mix of red, orange, and green colors. All enhanced by an embedded yellow-light bulb.
For an industrial style living room: Such a living space is characterized by a significant presence of patinated, lacquered, and sometimes rusted metal in certain spots. These living rooms are also adorned with various lighting such as a wall light with a directional spotlight, a large pendant in the form of a chandelier in metal... And finally, aged wood parquet. In such an environment, you have plenty of choices when it comes to your recessed ceiling light! As long as it harmonizes with the number of lumens needed to illuminate the room.
Our decor advice: A round model, in matte nickel with a black exterior, with the inside of the lampshade in a golden color is a very good choice. Especially if a tinted glass LED bulb is present inside, with a decorative filament to reproduce the vintage spirit of industrial decor!
For an even more original style, you can choose a ceiling light with crossed metal rings, with a large-base LED or halogen bulb of the E27 type in the center, equipped with a filament. The bulb would be quite large, and the center of attention, while being enhanced by the metal rings.
For a Scandinavian living room: Scandinavian decor can be summarized in two words: Sleek and minimalist! It is not that reductive. Therefore, choose a ceiling light that takes these two adjectives into account for such a living room. Nordic interior decoration consists, for example, of white glass, anthracite or silver gray metal, light brown wood (pine, birch, oak), and sage green.
Our decor advice: A typical ceiling light for a Scandinavian living room would be with a beige birch wood recessed base, and a white pendant (or lampshade). You can also opt for a touch of black, by choosing a ceiling light with a black metal base, just like its wire metal pendant, surrounding a lampshade in frosted white glass.
What size of ceiling light for a living room
In general, for small living spaces, i.e. less than 15 square meters, we recommend a living room ceiling light of about 45 centimeters in diameter. A light fixture that is too large would take up too much space, and dominate the available space. While a smaller ceiling light would appear insignificant.
For living rooms between 15 and 25 square meters, pendant lights of 50 centimeters are suitable to balance the lighting function and aesthetics. The size of the light fixture must increase proportionally to the size of each room.
For a large living room of more than 25 square meters, a light fixture of more than 55 centimeters is ideal. It harmonizes with larger furniture, by distributing a larger and more proportionate light flux.
How many watts for a living room ceiling light
In general, it is recommended to opt for a very simple calculation. 20 watts per square meter. You just have to multiply according to the size of your reception room, loft, or living room. This advice also applies to a dining room ceiling light.
But here are some factors that also influence:
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Ceiling height
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Wall color (dark walls = more watts)
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Available natural light
For a modern LED technology lamp, 15W is equal to 1000-1500 lumens.
For a medium living room (20m²): In LED: A ceiling light requires 30-40W on average.
If possible, opt for a modern and smart light fixture. Among our range, we offer this type of model, including a built-in color temperature dimmer to lower or increase the brightness to vary the atmospheres.