Unusual lamps in the interior
Lighting in a house or apartment is one of the components of the success and uniqueness of the interior. It is the properly designed light that can elevate your mood to you and your friends, as well as preserve your eyesight.
Unusual original lamps can not only serve the owners for more than a year, but also create a real festive mood on the eve of various holidays.
Special features
Many designers who are trying to decorate the interior of your home, create truly masterpieces. Lamps for any room - bedroom, dining room, nursery, casting fancy shadows, will leave an unforgettable impression on you and your loved ones. After all, it only seems that the lamp is an ordinary thing, but in reality only the true talent of a designer or artist will allow your room to “bloom” and become sophisticated or playful.
The light source can be located anywhere in the room. Even in Soviet times, without, for example, floor lamps - floor lamps, it was impossible to imagine any apartment. Today, unfortunately, they are very difficult to contemplate in any modern design, but in vain. They were not only the decoration of a modest apartment, but also a very functional piece of furniture.
In the living room
Usually the living room is the most spacious room in the apartment or house. Therefore, if the area of the room exceeds 16 square meters, you need to install more than one lamp.
And they should be made in the same style, and the color scheme of the wallpaper and the entire interior should also be maintained in the same color scheme.
The light in the living room should be bright, but soft, not hurt the eyes. If you do not want to repeat, but decided to "flash" an unusual design of the light source, then in this case, the original umbrella lamps made of small umbrellas for a cocktail will fit: glued together in the shape of a small ball, they will become a source of cheerful mood and positive.
Ideal in the living room will look floor lamps, night lamps, which can become the center "chip" of the entire interior.In general, the word "floor lamp" came to us from French and is translated as "tripod" - a bowl with burning oil. From the distant past, we have left a long leg with a shade.
Decorative lampshades can be made in the style of country or Provence - from linen, cotton, baroque - luxurious satin or velvet, precious woods, etc.
Metal lamps in the shape of a vase - an original approach to decorating a classic living room. If you celebrate high-tech style, choose steel structures with glass shade of any color, and you will become the owner of an elegant room.
As an original idea, the lamps will look "bowl" up - they can be placed on the table. Modern interior of your living room will be able to complement and lamps in the style of metallic, and any - built-in, geometric shapes.
For a classic style, choose lamps in the form of antique candelabra, with pendants and ornaments.
Fashion designers offer to decorate the living room in oriental style. In it an important role is played by bronze lamps, with gilding, of an unusual mysterious form. They will be the decisive moment in your interior.
For example, Turkish manufacturers often offer lamps made with the use of old-fashioned technology of laying mosaics on glass "Opal" - a sort of medieval style, bright and unforgettable.
In the evening, Eastern sources of light in the form of antique jugs, vessels with ornate tassels and brass fittings can light up in the living room.
For kitchen
Many housewives prefer a "dedicated" lighting area above the kitchen table. However, this option is ideal for a spacious kitchen, where the main light illuminates the entire room, and several decorative lamps emit only the space above the table, creating a unique cozy atmosphere.
Suspended lamps in the form of geometric figures, made from birch bark or super creative, from glass jars or glass cones filled with colored liquid - all this can make your kitchen zone unique.
By the way, if your kitchen is made in the style of Provence, you can replace colored liquid with plain water in cones, and installing flowers in them is a good solution.
If you prefer a single point for lighting the kitchen, you can hang a satellite chandelier above the table,when the light bulbs are located on metal tubes “escaping” from a single metal ball, but in general the design resembles a spacecraft.
Suspended chandeliers over the table in the form of colorful balloons will look good in a small and spacious kitchen. But the lamp from this crystal in the form of, for example, a ship, will create luxurious splendor in your dining room.
A special place in the interior of the kitchen and occupy recessed lights - this ensures maximum lighting. High-tech light sources with halogen bulbs and lights of different colors are now very popular. The original recessed fixtures of crystal or sandstone, with shades, made in silver or gold gamut will make your kitchen unique.
In the bedroom
A bedroom is always a private space. And it is unusual lamps can add a "flavor" in your preferred style.
Japanese-style lamps, made under the tree with a papyrus paper canopy, can add secrets to the room created to eliminate all problems.Perfectly fit into the oriental style of your room and matte sconces of light colors with hieroglyphs printed on them.
Country style is emphasized by merry lamps in the form of decorative plates, candle lamps with fake wax splashed on them.
If your bedroom is made in the style of "Provence", choose original lamps using floristic elements - in the form of baskets with flowers, with elegant lines. Sconce lampshades can be from stained glass, aged frames, photographs.
The logical conclusion of the design of the bedroom can be frosted lamps, providing a dim light. The built-in metal lamps, suspended sconces with crystal decor will also look good.
If you prefer the original style, manufacturers can offer you fixtures for "straw", paper or plaster.
In the nursery
The choice of lighting in the nursery depends on the age of your child. Lamp power here can be 40 watts instead of 60.
For younger children it is necessary to choose lamps of bright and interesting shape. Ideally, there should be several light sources.For example, if you chose a chandelier in the form of a doll or the sun, then spotlights in the form of toys can become an addition to it. The main thing is that they are safe for your baby.
Recessed lights at the crib or table are required if your child is afraid to stay in a dark room.
The main requirement for such sconces - security, that is, a closed ceiling.
The view of such a night light again depends on the predilections of your baby.
For garden
A dacha or a garden plot is a place where not only healthy products are grown, it is also a recreation area, when you want to relax your soul, and in the evening to talk with your close ones on hidden topics. In order for both the eye and the soul to rejoice at such moments, it is necessary to decorate your recreation area with appropriate lighting.
If you successfully combine the functionality of lighting and its decorative, then your summer cottage will become a romantic corner: a group of dragonflies or butterflies on rods that will be stuck in the ground and please the eye during the day, and in the evening glow in the grass will be a specific addition to the exterior.
The original solution for a country holiday will be volumetric pots with flowers, glowing at night or made of stone, stylized as marble or a piece of amber.
Do it yourself
Unusual lamps can be made with your own hands.
The original light source can be a product assembled from ordinary kitchen pegs. First we work on the frame - 3 circles of different diameters, fastened together. Above - a place for patron, clothespins - decor.
You can choose simple wooden or plastic products. It all depends on your taste and preferences.
If you decide to install at the dacha a few bright lights, use ordinary glass bottles.
It is enough to fill them with colored beads or colored sand, polished glass, in general, everything that can reflect light. In the neck of the bottle you need to fix a small flashlight with silicone glue - that's all, the lamp is ready. For greater originality, use containers of different capacities and shapes.
Vintage lampshade of burlap will have the most convenient way to the Provencal bedroom. And if you not only make it out of the burlap, but twist the flowers out of it, then no evil despondent can distinguish your invention from the designer thing.
If you are familiar with the subtleties of origami, then a bird-shaped lampshade, gently diffusing light, can be a bright decoration of a nursery or kitchen.
The former bird cage, painted in crystal white with the figures of birds inside, will become a unique source of light in the room of the young lady.
Well, of course, candlesticks. Candles are associated with elements of romance and spiritual experiences. Make the lamps in the Moroccan style: decorate or paint an ordinary glass jar, put a stained-glass outline, put a candle inside and hang it to the branches of the tree above the table of your cottage. Unforgettable dinner you provided. If there is no stained glass contour, wrap the jar with laces or satin ribbons or paste over it with beads. The main thing - creatively and with the soul!
Unusual things will always decorate your interior, and if impressive lamps reflect the taste of the owner, then the room becomes an individual character and gives a positive to all those present.
See the following video for examples of handmade luminaires.