What is transitional lighting?
Are you looking for inspiration for your home makeover? Or just a quick refresh to make your room brighter and more modern? Or perhaps to bring character to your room that is a blank canvas devoid of personality?
Explore ‘Transitional’; an interior trend that works with every home, every era, every compromise you ever made. We all quest to create a perfect space, yet few of us can chuck out everything we own to reinvent our space. The fabulous new development in lighting helps you to ‘transition’ your home into something altogether brighter, more unique, more you! Your friends may well transition themselves into green eyed monsters.
This is a lighting style that we’re really excited about! This is a style that we have nurtured through it’s baby steps, yet know that there’s no end to the possibilities. It’s a look that unifies spaces and will therefore never go out of fashion. A lighting investment that’s assured with longevity in our homes and long into the future.
Sometimes, we get to choose the style and era of our home but often, this can be sacrificed to satisfy budget, practicality, and logistics. After all, a cosy 2-up-2-down thatched chocolate box affair will be no good for a growing family.
With houses being in short supply in the UK, many of us consider brand new homes that are not built to be as unique as they were in past decades. We may crave a different feel in these homes, but simply adding a medieval chandelier will create a confused look.
Equally, many of us enjoy the larger footprints that older properties enjoy but may have to work with antiquated layouts and décor that we have to do up over time.
This is where transitional lights will help cast your homes aglow.
In a crisp, modern room, you may have recessed spotlights in your ceiling. Whilst this creates a super-contemporary feel, it’s not one that we can relax in. It can make homes feel more clinical and whilst some may find this relaxing, many won’t.
Instead, imagine a modern light with a touch of history and nostalgia in this space. It will create a grounding look and will help incorporate comforts, such as your favourite cosy sofa and warm textiles.
In a more traditional room, you may have lower ceilings, deeper windowsills, and a darker feel with only one ceiling point in the room. Using a heavier, solely traditionally designed light, will keep this feel. Whilst this will work, you may strive for something that lifts the space and makes it more relevant for how you use your home today.
Transitional lighting doesn’t jar. It’s designed to balance out old and new, materials and colours that will ground modern properties and energise traditional rooms.
Mixing colour finishes and textures also works well with transitional lighting styles. Taking the softer, more muted and satin tones popular in bygone eras and mixing them with shiny finishes, you’ll add a perfect harmony that works in any style of room.
Fussy crystal chandeliers add instant glamour, but they can also age your interior design. Transitional lights will take a more modern silhouette, perhaps using art glass instead for a sleeker appearance. These may provide a curtain for crystals to shine though, thus creating equilibrium that satisfies the wants and needs of both modern and traditional styles.
If you’re not sure what style of light will work in your room at all, then transitional lighting is a great place to start.
You’re not bound to be a slavish follower to your homes architectural era, nor do you have to force your style to be too modern.
It’s the best of both worlds. Too good to be true? Definitely not on this occasion – you really can have your cake; and eat it! Take a look at our carefully curated range of transitional lighting styles and you’ll see exactly what we mean.