What lighting fixtures to choose if your apartment has low ceilings? This question will help you answer interior designer Daria Degtyareva:

  1. It is not necessary to choose bulky, massive pendant chandeliers, as well as low loweringThey are from the ceiling of the lamp. It is more expedient to purchase ceiling lamps of a flat shape and chandeliers of small dimensions. Remember: if the flow of light is directed upwards, and not down, the walls of the room will visually appear higher. The same effect will be provided by a ceiling darkened in the center with LED band lighting around the perimeter. Do not neglect and a variety of spotlights, which are ideal for multi-level suspended and tension ceilings.
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  2. Low, “pressing” ceiling is easily visually raised with bright lighting: the brighter the light, the higher the ceiling appears. Also, various distracting interior elements work well: floor lamps of unusual shape and intricate floor lamps, catchy flooring of original texture or colors, etc.
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  3. Do not forget: all lighting devices must be made in the same style with a common interior and be in harmony with it, rather than falling out of it. An important role is played by size and light. Choose lamps and chandeliers of light, cream and yellowish shades – this technique also visually “lifts” low ceilings.
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  4. If you are allowed finances, build in the room suspended ceilings, decorated with glass stained-glass windows with illumination. The glass can be monophonic, transparent, matte, with a pattern corresponding to the style of the room, or with imitation of a bottomless sky, easily transformed by internal illumination from azure morning to night cobalt. Glass suspended ceilings always look very advantageous, giving the room airiness and lightness.
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  5. In rooms with low ceilings, it is very important that the stream of light be directed vertically. This will help floor lamps on high legs, original table and floor lamps, thinning up thin beams, wall sconces and panels with lighting, showcases and niches from plasterboard, also highlighted on the back of the inner wall and new-fashioned lighting devices on conductive tires.
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Author: Daria Degtyareva

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