Bedrooms are meant to be a place to sleep, so lighting should be… light, right ? Well yes, but there is much more to it than the flip of a switch. It’s time we shed some light on our bedroom walls and address the topic of bedroom lighting.

Diversity Is Key.

To say the truth, the bedroom should be flooded with a great variety of lights. Not the bright in-your-face type but rather the glowing yellow kind. The one that will emit a good strong ray without depriving us of our sleep once we turn it on for a few minutes.

We should also account for how much light we really want to have. How bright the room should be. Enough for a good read… But not too much either, not to disturb our sleeping hormones before bedtime or in the middle of the night when we have to get up.

Easy Does it.

Turning it on has to be easy and quick. We should think forward and avoid lamps with awkward switch buttons. Some are literally painful to operate, it just does not make sense. It does not make sense for today, when we are still able and willing. And it certainly does not make sense for tomorrow when we might have a little less flexibility in the fingers. And a greater urge to get up during the night and turn on the light quickly… Flat interrupters are a great choice to pick for our lamps, since they are very smooth to operate and easy on the hands. They are a breeze to clean also, with just a good swipe : done ! And very satisfying to click as well.

Wall mounted lamps are a strong option, wall sconces of all kinds. They will not take valuable space on flat surfaces and will not run the chance to overturn or fall off the nightstand. We should consider having the technology come to the rescue here and invest in a sensory lamp if we can. A touch sensitive light is a fantastic option since we do not have to look for any interrupter in the middle of the night. Just touch the lamp, et voilà ! And last but not least, we might want to avoid at any cost motion sensor lights inside the bedroom, unless we want to be disrupted any time we will be tossing and turning. A great recipe for a sleepless night but really… Not the best idea.

Invest In Quality.

Like anything around the house, we should go for low maintenance and easy care. We should spend the right amount of money for a good quality lamp. Leaning towards timeless fixtures that will not go out of style anytime soon. They can always be spiced up with some carefully chosen accessories—like home jewelry—to highlight the season or the celebration we are approaching.

Selecting a device that accepts LED bulbs is key, we bear sustainability in mind as always. Those bulbs last a very long time too, so we cut down on the amount of time we will have to change them. Speaking of which, first and foremost we need to look at how easy it is to change the said light bulb. Because no matter what, those bulbs are not going to change themselves when they fail. And some systems make it so ridiculously complicated to perform such a simple task.

Aim For Durability.

When it comes to bedroom lighting, making a space accessible dictates us to make every aspect of the room easy to see, to navigate. And therefore safe to go through.

Choosing no-nonsense lighting options that will be a breeze to maintain in the long term is a simple update we can do at any time. Deciding on our fixtures today will eventually help us benefit from it right now without having the burden of decision making down the road, when we might have more on our plate, and maybe feeling less incline to settle on design options.