It is not just how you light up your home, but what your lighting looks like. Well-executed lighting can jazz up a humdrum space. This includes your foyer and its lighting design. Lighting can indeed enhance the ambience of an entire home.
Lighting A Foyer
The foyer lighting needs to provide adequate illumination. It needs to provide adequate lighting for the tasks that take place there. Also, the foyer is the introduction to your home. As a result, the foyer ceiling fixture needs to create a great first impression. It needs to be inviting and memorable too. The foyer ceiling fixture can help to create that first impression you are looking for. One that is memorable and inviting too. Plus, it can provide adequate illumination.
I can help you choose your light fixtures to get the above desired effect. So you can have your dream foyer or room too. Like I was able to do for one of my customers, Megan. Megan loved her ceiling fixture, we picked out together, so much that she emailed me after her husband installed it. She told me how much they both loved it! She also gave me a testimonial. The testimonial, explains the lighting problem she had, so I thought I would share it.
As Megan put it, ” We bought a new house that had a number of light fixtures that we did not like and were not to our taste. Lynn came and did a consultation and helped us choose something that fit the space and our style much better. There is so much choice out there that it was hard to see the wood for the trees! Lynn has a keen eye and a good sense of style!”
-Megan, Newmarket Ontario.
Megan had moved into an open concept bungalow in Newmarket, Ontario. The foyer/stairway ceiling fixture had too much bling for her taste, so she phoned me up.
Searching for the perfect light fixture can be a daunting task. These 3 tips will help you sift through the hundreds of options looking for the right style and finish. How to figure out your preferred lighting style is the first tip I will talk about.
Tip #1 Look At Your Furniture Style
First decide which styles you do not like. For example, Megan knew she did not fixtures with bling.
The furniture in your home can help you narrow down your lighting style preference further. They can give a clue about the lighting styles you are drawn to. The sofas in Megan’s living room provided me with some clues. These sofas are beside her open concept foyer. Since you see the sofa from the foyer, a light fixture that coordinates with the sofa would help unite the rooms. Megan already had updated farmhouse style sofas. As the photo above shows, the sofas had updated white upholstery. These sofas also have curved arms and a straight lined sofa back.
The ceiling fixture she gravitated to had both a simple straight lined stem and curved lines like her sofa. It was an elegant contemporary chandelier with modern, classic and country elements. Your furniture can give you a clue about your lighting preferences too. If you find you want some advice, I would be glad to help you. I would be glad to help you find out what your lighting style preferences are too. Or I can help you find out which light fixtures will go with your existing furniture; like I did for Megan.
Tip #2 Consider Your Architecture and the Architectural Finishes
The next step or tip is to consider your architecture in your room. This was my next step in the process I used to narrow down which lighting style Megan would like. And I used it to find out which one would work in the space. She did not complain about her front door or her stair rail so I knew she liked the style of her door and stair railing.
If the foyer is the room you want to find a ceiling fixture for, consider the architecture in it. For example, consider the architectural style of your stair railings and front door. If it is another room, then consider any architecture in that room.
In a foyer, your stairway’s style and finish are two factors to consider. They are crucial to consider when contemplating staircase lighting. This was important in Megan’s case since the fixture would also be above her stairway. The photo shows that Megan’s stair railing had a straight-lined classic styling and a black finish. The black stem on the chandelier echoed the straight lines and black finish of the stair railing.
I considered the front door and its architecture too. I did so because it is close to the stair railing and the foyer lighting. The photo above shows the door detailing. It has black wrought iron detailing The detailing has both modern straight lines and classic curved spirals. The chandelier’s curved arms echoed the traditional spiral shaped wrought iron door. The chandelier’s straight stem echoed the modern straight lines on the door too. As a result, the ceiling fixture worked with the door architecture too.
Tip #3 Create a Sense of Drama with Lighting
Lighting is often used to create a sense of drama. A ceiling fixture creates drama when it is a sculptural object or has a sculptural shape. It also creates drama if it captures people’s attention. Megan’s ceiling fixture is large enough to capture attention. It also looks sculptural so it does create a sense of drama!
A statement piece can add drama too. And a statement piece needs to be central to the space. Megan’s foyer ceiling fixture is in the the centre of her foyer. The curved lines and black detailing assists in creating a dramatic statement too. As a result this chandelier does create both a sense of drama and makes a statement! You can achieve this too by picking a chandelier. Chandeliers usually are sculptural in shape so they naturally create drama.You can have a chandelier if your foyer is high enough or is over a stairwell like Megan’s is.
Conclusion and Decorating During Covid
The stairway light fixture echoes the sofa curves in the living room. The foyer light fixture also echoes the architecture in the foyer. As a result it ties the living room and foyer together and creates harmony in the open concept bungalow. The elegant sculptural light fixture also adds interest, drama and makes a statement in the foyer. Furthermore, Megan loves it! It does indeed enhance the ambience of Megan’s home.
I can help you like I helped Megan. If you have time and love to be involved in the design process, we can collaborate like I did with Megan. We can pick lighting together from the lighting company website I work with. This type of service is called “Designer by your Side”. Go to the “Services” on this website page for more details.
If you are busy or have a project that involves many light fixtures, I can create a lighting design for you based on a questionnaire I have you fill out. I can manage all or part of the project too based on what you prefer. I want to help you create your dream space and do so in a way that works best for you.
Lynteriors is based in Aurora, Ontario and offers full service interior design as well. Lynteriors offers virtual consultations, telephone consultations and, in-home consultations as well as a digital design packages. and other decorating services. The great thing about digital design is that it is affordable, less time consuming and contactless. So virtual consultations and digital designs become a great decorating service option during a pandemic. Visit the Services and Digital Design Page on this website for more information.
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