Living rooms are places where every part of life happens. Because it's such an important, well-used room, it is vital to carefully consider the entire room's design and tone. The lighting fixtures you include in the room are monumental in setting that tone and providing necessary lighting. Corner lights in particular are important for illuminating dark spaces and helping to set that tone. If you're stuck with how to light your corner, continue on to our list of living room corner lighting ideas, tips, and tricks.
The direction your light is cast greatly impacts the light's functional purposes along with its tone. The Athena Floor Lamp from Artemide focuses solely on uplighting with its rounded upper base blocking any light from going directly downward. With lights like these, you can cast light over the room's upper corners and ceiling for a softer lighting scheme.
Whatever lighting fixtures you use in your living room should tie into the rest of the room's overarching design and aesthetic. In the case of this cozy modern home, the corner wall sconce uses a simple rectangular shape to balance all the other clean lines of the room. Subtle connections like these are vital in creating a cohesive design.
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This modern living space features multiple lights to provide ample lighting around the room. Between the two table lamps, the two wall sconces, and recessed ceiling lights, this room has fixtures distributed at different heights and placements throughout the room. When designing a room, consider the entire room's lighting scheme to determine how and where to place lights to best suit your room's footprint and uses.
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It is especially important to provide enough lighting in living rooms with dark paint. A brighter lamp with a warm lighting temperature can help balance out the dark tones of the paint, but there is another element to consider: mirrors. Mirrors bounce and reflect light through the room, and so when you include lights anywhere in the room, the mirror will naturally brighten the space to your desired level. Aside from including mirrors, look at the base of your lamps and nearby tables for any glossy or reflective surfaces that can provide the same effect.
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Pink can be a daunting color to work with, since it can read as overly feminine or childish. However, there are plenty of shades of pink that work well in contemporary and youthful spaces. Pink table lamps can serve as one pop of pink in the room and coordinate with other hues throughout the room.
Although the structure of the lamp is important on conveying your unique aesthetic, the lampshade itself also plays a key role in the light's design. In the case of this neutral room, the lampshade introduces a vibrant new pattern into the room and highlights all the main colors of the room's furniture. This unconventional design method goes a long way in creating a unique lamp and a masterfully designed living room.
Modern minimalist spaces rarely include unnecessary accents in their spaces, which can sometimes result in the room feeling empty. To combat that, try a large arching floor lamp like the Arco Floor Lamp. The low level of detailing, practical functionality, and artistic design make this lamp and other sweeping arc lamps perfect for modern and minimalist living rooms.
In a room where bright colors and whimsical patterns take the forefront, it's natural that the lamps complement the style without stealing the spotlight. The floor lamp in the far corner perfectly fits the room's whimsical style with its branching arms and artistic shape, but thanks to its lack of detailing and simple colors, it balances that corner spectacularly. You can apply similar principles to adding lamps to your whimsical and eclectic spaces.
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Although wall sconces are typically smaller, tall wall sconces do exist to decorate tall walls. The wall sconce shown here has the dimensions and scale of a floor lamp, but it presents a new aesthetic while hanging on the wall. In addition to fitting the scale of that space, the hanging wall sconce also clears the floor so that the room feels more open.
It is important to consider the entire room's design when choosing a lamp, but it's equally important to study the specific area you'll place the lamp. In the case of this room, the lamp is up against a very detailed wallpaper. Because of that, the lamp itself is fairly simple with its structure and level of detailing. Take into account where the lamp is placed and how it will interact with its background and complementary accents.
Portable table lamps and lights without cords are ideally suited for indoor living rooms and outdoor living spaces alike. These fixtures are small and designed to produce ambient lighting or focused task lighting. Since these lights are not tied down with a cord, they can be moved freely around the room to fulfill different functions at different times.
Form and function go hand-in-hand with this coastal corner. Though it has only a few pieces of furniture and accents, each piece is placed there intentionally with practical and style purposes. The floor lamp in particular is key to rounding out the space stylistically and functionally with its intentional downlight for reading a good book. Floor lamps come in many shapes, sizes, and styles, so be sure your lamp suits your room's functional purposes.
When adding lights to living room corners, there are many different aspects to consider. Not only do these lights practically brighten dark spaces, but they can also act as a unique work of art or a connective tie that rounds out the living room's style. With the 25 living room corner lighting ideas, tips, tricks, and inspiration photos listed above, you can now go about designing your own living room and choose lights perfect for you.
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