Close-to-ceiling lighting solutions are so much more than a simple frosted bowl or canned lights. Let’s look at the options.
Close-to-ceiling LED light fixtures are more than just a frosted dome.
The Possini Euro Bella round crystal ceiling light has a chrome finish canopy that creates a pop of visual interest to any room.
Small space design stress can inspire everything from double-function furniture to savvy storage solutions to smart LED lighting ideas.
You don’t have to sacrifice your style when you are shopping small. You just have to strategize a bit more. Just remember this mantra: Style can come in any size.
Even if you don’t have a lot of headroom in your bathroom, kitchen, living room, or bedroom and you want to update your home with the latest in money saving LED ceiling lighting, you have a spectrum of options awaiting you.
And if you are thinking about changing out lightbulbs for LED lightbulbs, you can use this as an opportunity to add a bit of wow to your home while you’re hugging the planet with a new LED lighting fixture.
Close to ceiling LED light fixtures can be on-trend.
This George Kovacs Loupe bronze LED ceiling light can work inside the now trendy nautical look. The fixture is dimmable and the light output is comparable to a 60 watt incandescent bulb.
So let’s say goodbye to the oh-too-common frosted bowl light fixture, and say hello to the ‘more-options-than-you-might-imagine’ when it comes to flush-mount LED lighting choices.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a frosted dome light, but there are options to that lighting statement.
The Tech Lighting Manette smoke LED ceiling light has a smoke glass shade that could be perfect over a dining table or kitchen island, shining the light directly on the surface below, and providing the subtly smokey shine for the rest of the room/>
There are a few features of a close-to-ceiling LED light fixture that can help narrow down your choices. First, there’s the benefit of a rounded dome-shape light in a small space. The roundness and few interruptions from the fixture’s features produce fewer shadows and dark areas in the room, which is kind of a big deal in a small space. The more light and reflective surfaces, the larger and airier a room can appear.
Lovers of pendants might be frustrated by a low ceiling or a small space, but there is a palatable option. Semi-flush mount or pendant-like ceiling-mount fixtures bridge that gap for those of us who like a fixture to be less than pressed to the ceiling and give ‘presence’ in a space. These fixtures extend from the ceiling, but without any visible wires or chains like true pendants.
If you like the rhythm and texture of pendants in the kitchen, but don’t have the space, a semi-flush LED ceiling light like this brushed nickel option might be perfect. Each of the 75 metal rods has a single LED light.
If you are shopping for a show-stopper light fixture that shows off your design aesthetic, there’s the amazing category of LED ceiling mount fixtures that are in a design league all their own.
Because of the flexibility and endless possibilities of LED light design, it’s possible to have fixture shapes and lighting choices that just weren’t possible with incandescent lighting.
Drama, warmth, texture and style all wrapped up into one LED ceiling light.
The ‘Atomic’ polished brass and matte black LED ceiling light (style 6Y950) makes a serious statement with its radiating rods.
And for us designers, it’s kind of essential to think of lighting design as made up from team of lights.
So while a close-to-ceiling LED light is one perfect solution for a small room, don’t forget about the table lights, desk lights, sconces, and other light fixtures that help create the mood and ambiance you desire.
P.S. There’s a hidden relationship benefit in going with a close-to-ceiling LED light fixture: It can be easier to install. There isn’t the opportunity for the back-and-forth installation convo: “How low should we hang this light?”
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