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There’s been a definite increase in the number of people upgrading their home’s décor and interior design of late. Indeed, the DIY stores have been filled to bursting with people pushing around huge trolley loads of plaster, paint and a plethora of other home-improvement staples.

Luckily though, you don’t have to totally refurbish your home in order to enliven your favourite living spaces. Simple upgrades to your light fixtures and fittings will make a huge impact and reveal the new you for this season!

Although home design trends don’t fluctuate with the rapidity of the latest fashion accessories, here’s an overview of the styles that are prevailing in today’s trendiest interiors.

Make A Bold Statement

To be daring and adventurous is definitely very ‘in’ this year. Spotlight fittings will certainly enable you to show off the very best aspects of your home, highlighting your favourite features so that they practically leap out at you.

Available in a wide variety of styles and finishes to complement your choice of décor, they’ll enable you to revamp your living spaces without having to break the bank. Perfect for use in the living room and the bedroom, spotlight fittings come in many shapes and sizes to reflect both the look and the dimensions of your room.

If you’re sprucing up your living areas, but you’re on a budget, why not invest in some LED light bulbs as they’ll help you to begin recouping your costs from the moment you plug them in and switch them on?

This may sound like an outrageous claim, but LED bulbs are so energy-efficient that you’ll notice the difference in your electricity bill very soon after installing them. They waste 90% less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs and require a tiny fraction of the power to produce the same number of lumens, so check them out today!

Boho Chic

Handcrafted elements can add a seemingly effortless air of authenticity to a variety of rooms including bedrooms and bathrooms.

You’ll be able to achieve this look by combining recycled materials with modern, fresh fixtures and fittings and vice versa, to create a stylistic mash-up that’ll look great in your home.

Ceiling light fittings such as the Shabby ‘n’ Chic 4-Way Birdcage Chandelier, installed in a room in which some old plaster-framed mirrors and a brightly-coloured, handmade rag rug are featured, will create the ambience you’re looking for.

And, what’s more, this fitting is compatible with all E14-based light bulbs, the LED varieties of which, with their incredibly long life-expectancy, will keep the place lit to perfection for 50,000 hours, or 17 years in today’s money!

When you’re replacing your old, wasteful incandescent bulbs with up-to-date, energy-efficient LEDs, always make sure that you choose the right bulb ‘cap’ for the particular fitting.  This will save you the bother of having to return your bulb if it doesn’t fit correctly.

Brass Is Back

The warmer, more traditional types of metal are making a comeback this year, and the days when one type of finish dominated the entire building are history. So why not check out the diversely designed brass light fittings that are available to you?

Superb to introduce a somewhat nautical theme either inside or out of doors will be the Fisherman’s Wall Light.

Also available in red, black and chrome, it seems that the antique brass finish is captivating most people’s imaginations, as they’re increasingly combining it with cool blues and pastel greens in their kitchens and dining areas.

Also featuring gorgeous brass finishes are the multitude of LED-compatible downlights that will add an elegantly subtle flavour to any room in which you have a recessed or ‘drop’ ceiling.

With many requiring the bestselling GU10 LED replacement bulb, you’ll gain the ability to tailor the very ambience of your room according to its function, thanks to their choice of colour temperatures.

Available in warm white (3000K), cool white (6000K) and daylight (4000K), these amazing low-energy bulbs generate different light qualities that are best suited to certain environments, but for a better explanation, check out this short video:

Industrial Cool

The industrial trend is gaining pace as more homes incorporate vintage electric design elements. This is in line with cultural references from the worlds of film and literature, and allows people to pair industrial, steampunk-type designs with bright and vibrant colours as a way of adding a more human element to the trend.

Light fittings that will complement this particular style will incorporate steel or chrome finishes and are often oversized.

Consequently, LED high bay light fittings are increasingly being used, not just for warehouse illumination as was once the case, but in people’s kitchens and living spaces.

This type of all-in-one LED light fitting is wonderfully bright and will provide a superb spread of light yet for very little in the way of a power requirement.

To augment your utilitarian ambience, go for some suitably finished light switches and sockets. There are a huge number of nicely minimalistic rocker switches to be had, however, one such as the Varilight 2-Gang 2-Way 10A Screwless Plate Rocker Switch in either a pewter or matt chrome finish will offset your other industrially-chic fittings extremely well.

Should you wish to discuss any of the above fixtures or fittings with a member of our customer service team, please don’t hesitate to contact us on 0116 321 4120.

Or you can send us an e-mail enquiry to cs@wled.co.uk if you’d prefer.

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