Living Room Lighting Ideas

Living Room Lighting Geometric

I’ve recently started following a whole heap of renovation and home interiors inspiration accounts on Instagram and I can’t help but wish we were further along in progress than we are. As with most people, it’s money that holds us up and I’m in complete awe of those accounts where people are undertaking whole house renovations in one go or seem to be steaming ahead with their home makeover progress. We tend to get one project done and then have to save for about 6 months before we can afford the next one and are currently on the hunt for a new electrical specialist as our existing one is busy with his own renovation projects.

The next stage for our living room will be replacing the ceiling which is currently Artex, deciding what lighting we want and whether we need any additional plug sockets (I shouldn’t say whether we need any, rather where they will go). Whilst we don’t have the original 1930’s electric sockets thank goodness, at some point they were replaced but in an entirely impractical way. Most people want plug sockets in corners for lamps and media units but ours are all just inside the doorways throughout the house – basically to make it convenient for the electrician who would have replaced them because all the sockets map to the other one on the opposite side of the wall.

All of this means that we have extension leads trailing around and I dream of a day when we have sockets where we need them and new ceiling lighting in the main part of the living room as well as the bay window. As ever I’ve been turning to Pinterest for inspiration and here are some of my favourite ideas for living room lighting.

Living Room Lighting Floor Lamp

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We have two sofas in the living room but would love a statement chair and floor lamp in the bay window just to finish off the seating arrangement. The perfect space to curl up with a good book on damp autumn afternoons, soaking up the warmth from our log burner. Plus, copper remains a favourite of mine and I think gives off a lovely warm glow.

livingroomlightinggeometriccages

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Its quite likely that our current pendant ceiling light will be replaced by recessed lighting, we’ve been in the house two and a half years and haven’t yet put a shade on the pendant flex hanging from the ceiling in the living room, that’s how much we’re not fans of them. However, if we were to keep them, I really love these geometric cages which are popular at the moment, giving a unique and modern spin.livingroomlightingalcove

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For one side of our fireplace, we’d like to have some floating shelves fitted and an alcove cupboard similar to the image above. Recessed lighting to highlight our favourite bits and bobs is something I’d like to look into. I’m much more a fan of occasion/discreet lighting than centre or glaring spotlights so this might be the perfect solution. At the moment I just dream of a day when we can actually put out some decorative touches since we just don’t bother at the moment.

So next stop – finding a new electrician. If you live in the London area and can recommend anyone, please get in touch!

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4 Comments

  1. August 13, 2016 / 9:05 am

    Thanks for another nice post – I am currently trying to work out what to put on two hanging bulbs at the end of my half-finished kitchen extension. The dosh ran out because the cost of the build more than doubled, so I feel your pain! Good luck!

    • Lins
      August 15, 2016 / 11:28 am

      Oh gosh, this is a stark warning to us that whatever budget we have planned for future building work will almost certainly never be enough. Wondering if I can learn bricklaying?! I hope you find what you’re looking for X

  2. August 13, 2016 / 4:11 pm

    I love this post as I’m just about to start the hunt for new lighting for my living room too. Good luck and can’t wait to see your results.love this blog by the way. You have a new fan!! Yvadney x #BrillBlogPosts

    • Lins
      August 15, 2016 / 11:24 am

      Ah thank you so much for your lovely words, that’s really kind of you. All these interiors decisions feel so important even though in the grand scheme of things they aren’t! X

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