| Home lighting can greatly enhance the | | | | lighting that is smaller and that has large |
| ambience of your surroundings. It is not only | | | | shades crouched over the bulb. This means |
| cinematographers and lighting designers who | | | | choosing a more traditional lamp with a stem |
| can use lighting to enhance a room. You too | | | | and that has a glass or paper shade. It is |
| can enhance your environment by using the | | | | nice to place these types of lamps near an |
| same tricks that these professionals do to | | | | armchair where people spend a time reading or |
| make a room look more dramatic, cozy | | | | on top of a high piece of furniture such as a |
| orromantic. | | | | piano so that an ambient, soft glow is cast |
| | | | over the entire room. |
| If you are after a dramatic look then the key | | | | |
| is to choose lamps that have light bulbs with | | | | Choosing lamps that have yellow or cream |
| a high strong beam and that can be directly | | | | shades also helps add to create this cozy |
| focused to highlight only certain objects. | | | | effect. Another good choice is a lamp with a |
| Drama is created using light through | | | | Tiffany shade, which has colored panes of |
| contrasts so the idea is to not have too much | | | | glass that spread a soft warm glow. |
| ambient or "stray" light. | | | | |
| | | | Creating a romantic effect with lighting can |
| The best type of lighting to create dramatic | | | | be a bit more complicated depending on what |
| effects is created with halogen bulbs. You | | | | type of effect you desire. Most people want |
| can find all kinds of styles of halogen | | | | this type of lighting to be quite dim so |
| lighting online or in stores but the most | | | | freestanding wire lamps that are covered |
| versatile style will resemble an octopus with | | | | completely with round or cubic shaped |
| bulbs at the end of the arm. Usually these | | | | Japanese rice paper shades can create the |
| are made of bendable metal so you can angle | | | | effect that the "lights are turned down low". |
| three or more of the light sources wherever | | | | The odd glowing shapes that this style of |
| you want in the room. To create a dramatic | | | | lamp have are most commonly available at Ikea |
| effect, try aiming these bulbs so that they | | | | and Japanese shops. |
| specifically highlight a display of flowers | | | | |
| in a vase, a valued piece of freestanding art | | | | You can also buy lamps that have bulbs shaped |
| or a favorite photograph on the wall. | | | | like candlesticks that are on dimmers and |
| | | | that can be adjusted to the quality of light |
| Another example of a very dramatic lamp is | | | | that best suits you. Lamp shades that cast a |
| the style from the seventies that features a | | | | pink or rose light are said to be the most |
| long wire arm that extends like a fishing | | | | flattering to skintone. |
| pole with a globe shaped glass lampshade on | | | | |
| the end. This is the ultimate in seventies | | | | Another rule of thumb is that the broader or |
| retro right now and very much in fashion if | | | | more conical the lamp shade shape is, the |
| you want to make a strong statement. | | | | softer and dimmer the light emanating from it |
| | | | will be. |
| To create a cozier look you want to choose | | | | |