What’s the Difference and How To Choose Wall Lights?
Wall lights are suitable for general, local, and accent lighting. In-home interiors they are needed to illuminate the reading area, create light in a room with a low ceiling, and do other tasks. In addition, they are convenient for use in offices, hotels, showrooms, and other public spaces. On the street, such models are needed for architectural lighting, illumination of open passages, entrance groups.
We invite you to learn more about these light sources and learn how to choose the right solutions for different situations, in this special article created by our interior team.
Main types of wall lights
There are usually three types of wall lights.
Near-surface. Such models are installed overhead: they are mounted on the wall using self-tapping screws or similar fasteners. They have a plastic or flat glass shade. Such lamps with a powerful luminous flux are installed at the top of the wall for general illumination of a small room or part of it.
Embedded. After installation, they form a flat surface with a wall, most often they are installed in a plasterboard structure.
Voluminous. These LED lamps are mounted on a bracket and protrude strongly from the plane, they can be in the form of a lantern or candle and are made with a volumetric lampshade.
What to choose between lamps and LED modules?
To use modern light at home, on the street, or at work, it is worth stopping at LED solutions. After all, such sources allow: choose brightness, colour temperature, and other characteristics of lighting, use beautiful and convenient light without worrying about the size of utility bills, use safer electrical appliances that do not contain harmful substances, do not explode, and do not heat up to high temperatures, forget for several years about the need to maintain or change lamps.
If you decide to use lights with an LED light source, you can go two ways: choose a regular luminaire and install LED lamps in it, or buy a sconce with a built-in LED module.
How to choose wall lights?
Use this checklist to buy the model that suits your needs. It will help you catch important details and find the right light.
Aesthetics. Make sure the model matches the interior of the room or the exterior of the building.
Characteristics. Decide where it will be installed and what tasks the electrical appliance will solve. This will help you choose brightness, colour temperature, moisture and dust resistance, and other technical parameters of the light source.
Additional functions. Determine if you need dimming, different light modes, motion sensors, etc.
Dimensions. Make sure that the size of the sconce will not interfere with the movement of the inhabitants around the room.
Reliability and efficiency. Choose an LED lamp from trusted brands, pay attention to energy efficiency, workmanship, service life, and a manufacturer’s warranty.
How to install such light?
To make the room larger, install wall models with diffused light in niches and far corners. It is better to choose sources with natural or cool temperatures because warm light reduces the size of the room. The same technique can be used in a large room if there is not enough light from the central chandelier.
To get a great variety of wall lights, visit the B&Q website.
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