Light at home
Practical answers for real rooms: a low ceiling, a rented home, a blank wall. With lamps from our range as examples.
Blog · 6 min read Filament bulbs: when they look good, and when you are better off choosing something else
A filament bulb looks good where you see the bulb and it is dimmed. Why amber glass gives little light, why they dazzle and where they do not belong.
Blog · 6 min read Industrial lighting at home: how to recognise it, and how to avoid a dark room
Metal domes, cages, concrete and bare bulbs. What defines industrial lighting, why it often leaves the ceiling dark and how you solve that.
Blog · 6 min read Lighting a child’s room: safe light that grows with your child
What light a nursery and a child’s room need: no bright light from above for the baby, a warm night light, safe lamps and a good desk lamp.
Blog · 7 min read Lighting a high ceiling or double-height space: how low do you hang the lamp and where does the light come from?
How high to hang a lamp in a double-height space, how much light you lose to height, and why wall lights at 2 metres often do more than one big pendant.
Blog · 8 min read Lighting a rented home: good light without drilling or opening up the ceiling
Floor lamps as the main light, smart use of the existing lighting point and rechargeable wall lights. Plus what you may drill in Flanders and the Netherlands.
Blog · 6 min read Lighting for a low ceiling: which lamps work below 2.50 metres
Flat ceiling lights, light on the ceiling and spotlights with a wide beam. How to make a room with a low ceiling brighter and taller, with a worked example.
Blog · 6 min read Lighting stairs and hallways: seeing every step without being dazzled
A staircase is safe when you can see every step. Where to hang lamps, why wall lights must not dazzle, and when a sensor or orientation light works.
Blog · 6 min read Rechargeable lamps: how long do they last, and can they stay outside?
How long a rechargeable table lamp lasts, how to work it out yourself, what IP44 or IP65 means for rain, and how to keep the battery healthy in winter.
Blog · 6 min read Solving an empty wall with wall lights: height, spacing and light direction
At what height do you hang wall lights, how many do you need for a 4-metre wall, and what does light upwards, downwards or in both directions do?
Blog · 7 min read Spotlights on a concrete ceiling: surface-mounted spotlights, tracks and what works without recess depth
Recessed spotlights rarely work in concrete. How to get spotlights on a concrete ceiling anyway: surface-mounted ones, a track or a spotlight plate.
Blog · 7 min read Table lamp and floor lamp: the right height and shade size, with worked examples
How high should a table lamp next to the sofa be, how wide the shade, and where do you put a reading lamp? Rules of thumb with measurements and an example.
Blog · 7 min read What light does a shade give? Opal glass, clear glass, metal, rattan, linen and paper compared
Opal glass diffuses, metal directs, rattan casts shadows and smoked glass softens. What each material does with the light and which bulb to put in it.