Wall Lights - How to Choose and Use Them in your Decoration
Wall fixtures are good options for indoor and outdoor environments that can provide a diffused and supportive light. Find out more.
20/08/2022
Ambient lighting is part of the decoration
process but leaving it out as a final step is
not the best choice. The lighting design needs
to coordinate with the architecture and
decoration of the space, ensuring functionality
and beauty.
Do you want to invest in
wall lights, but unsure how to choose them?
Below, we present fundamental details that help
select the best fixture.
What is the most common wall light designs?
Lighting the walls in your home can make a
difference to the look and practicality of the
space. The lights can be essential to fill your
rooms, highlight certain textures, create
designs, guide people's vision of a particular
landscape, and define the walls, among other
purposes.
Wall lights are fixed at a
medium height to highlight or give a more
interesting appearance to the room. This type of
light is classified according to how it casts
light into the room. The most common
varieties
of wall lights
are:
• Swing Arm Wall Light
• Uplight design
• Downlight design
• With light at the top and bottom
• With a glass dome
• With a metal dome
• Spotlights
Sconces with transparent glass domes produce
a hard, more direct light, often in
outdoor
areas. If you want a wall light that provides
softness and comfort, choose an opaque,
translucent fixture, making the light more
diffused and without much intensity.
Depending on the style of the room, dome wall
lights are excellent: similar to the light
produced by a lampshade; they can give a
charming ambience to retro spaces or even more
formal ones, such as offices.
If you
want to light exterior façades or create
indirect lighting for interior spaces, uplight
sconces are the right choice, as the light is
reflected upwards (or onto the ceiling, if
installed indoors). The opposite happens with
wall downlight, a creative and decorative
fixture, throwing the light downwards.
Fixture materials
Each environment and space has specific
needs. For example, metal or glass light
fixtures and chandeliers are easy to clean, so
they are good options in kitchens and bathrooms.
The aluminium types are resistant and
functional because of their lightness. They are
versatile in decoration because they offer
countless possibilities of coordinating with the
surroundings and lighting effects due to their
reflective material.
The iron models add sophistication and
rusticity to the decoration of an interior or
exterior space. It brings charm and a classic
aspect, being well positioned at the entrance of
the house or corridor. It also finds space in
the balcony or garden, intertwining charm and
modernity.
Use the right lamp
Choosing an ideal lamp for its function can make all the difference in ambient lighting. You must select the bulbs for your wall lights carefully. Opt for lights in the shape of a bulb or candle. For bathrooms and kitchens, go for white light bulbs. They make the environment brighter and give the feeling of cleanliness and hygiene.