Lighting for the interior in the Scandinavian style: features and ideas

Properly selected lighting of the room in the Scandinavian style reveals the features of this design. Fixtures that match the interior, complement the harmony and create the right atmosphere. Most modern chandeliers suitable models will fit perfectly into the Scandinavian theme. To choose the right lighting for rooms in this style, consider its features and some ideas for choosing the right lighting.

Features of the Scandinavian style

Since the abundance of light - an important component of the Scandinavian style, the rooms often have large windows, glass doors. This creates the effect of spaciousness and lifts the mood. To make sure that in the evening was also light, use multilevel lighting so that there was no dark zones.

Scandinavian interior design is characterized by certain features that affect the choice of lamps and lighting devices:

• A gentle palette prevails. The color of the ceiling, walls, furniture and decor in pastel colors: white, cream, light gray, beige, powder pink, soft blue. If the chandelier is voluminous, the main color of the plafond is preferably light, so it does not look massive.
• As accents use black, brown, dark gray. Elegant table or floor lamps. Pendant chandeliers can be a dark color. They will serve as an accent. Contrast with light wallpaper highlights the shape of the plafond or the original counter.
• In a Scandinavian interior, there is a minimum of furniture and decorations, the emphasis is on practicality. Fixtures are also characterized by simple forms. They can be functional: table lamps with a flexible «leg», sconces that can change the direction of lighting or chandeliers that are lowered when necessary.
• In a Scandinavian interior the emphasis is on natural and practical materials, so the materials of fixtures - wood, glass, metal, ceramics, stone.
• Often the plafonds are monochrome, not mottled. The lamps are also combined of two colors: a dark stand and a light plafond.
• The shape of the plafond is a ball, cone or cylinder. It can be made of natural branches.

Bulbs are installed of natural light. Too yellow or blue light distorts the shades in the room and looks unnatural. Too bright light is not used, because the Scandinavian interior style implies a calm atmosphere without irritants.

Ideas for installing lighting fixtures

To make the lights as useful as possible, they are installed in such places:

• On the desktop or above it. This can be a desk or floor lamp, sconces, an elegant chandelier or several chandeliers hanging over the table.
• In the hallway, install adequate lighting, especially if it has no windows.
• The kitchen has not only general lighting, but also additional lights over the place for cooking and over the dining table.
• In the bedroom, both a chandelier and small sconces are installed to create dim lighting in the evenings.

Design fixtures for a room with pastel walls and ceiling, can be with a plafond in the tone of the surrounding environment, also a delicate color, with a frame of light wood. Also the plafond may differ from the color of the walls and harmonize with other decorative elements: a vase, a flower pot, pieces of furniture.

The same type of lamps in all the rooms serve as elements that create a Scandinavian design. They can be slightly different in shape, but be from the same collection or similar colors and materials.