Shining A Light On Accent Lighting: Ideas For Homeowners

Are you tired of looking at the bland and uninteresting lighting fixtures in your home? Do you want to add a touch of personality and style to your living space? If so, accent lighting may be the perfect solution for you! Not only does accent lighting add aesthetic appeal to your home, but it also has practical purposes, especially when integrated with a lighting control system that allows them to be dimmed, programmed, and more. Accent lighting can next-level your home and provide flexibility to your lighting plan. In this blog post, we will explore some fun and creative ways to incorporate accent lighting into your home.

Highlight Your Art: Have a painting or photograph you're particularly proud of? Add a spotlight to it! Accent lighting is an excellent way to draw attention to your favorite pieces of art. Instead of casting harsh overhead light, use a warm recessed light or track light to accentuate the detail and color in your artwork.

Light Up Your Stairs: Walking up and down the stairs can be tricky, especially in the middle of the night. Add some safety and style by installing accent lighting on the stairs. Use recessed lighting to illuminate each step or add an LED strip underneath the railing. Integrate staircase lighting with sensors so that they turn on automatically when approached.

Create a Cozy Ambiance: Looking for a way to make those movie nights and dinner parties extra special? Use accent lighting on walls, under cabinets, and more to create a warm and inviting atmosphere. Install dimmable or color-changing accent lighting in any space you want to create a more relaxed and intimate ambiance. Press one button to adjust all the lights to create these moods when lights are connected to a lighting control system that can be preset.

Spotlight Your Architecture: Have unique architecture or stunning details in your home? Draw attention to them with accent lighting! Use accent lights to highlight columns, tray ceilings, archways, alcoves, or even a fireplace mantel. Choose color-changing LED accent lighting for more options. Imagine changing the colors of your accent lighting to suit the occasion or season. Think holidays and celebrations.

Accentuate Cabinets: A popular place for accent lighting is under kitchen and bath cabinets, as well as inside cabinets. LED strip lighting is a great way to illuminate cabinet and shelf interiors for easy access day or night. Highlight the edges of cabinetry with recessed lighting to make your kitchen stand out.

Add Ambiance To Any Bar: Adding accent lighting to your bar can create a luxurious atmosphere and draw attention to your favorite bottles of liquor behind the bar. Use strip lighting that is color-changing and programable to illuminate under the counter and floor around your bar too. This can be a fun focal point when entertaining.

Take Accent Lighting Outdoors: Highlight outdoor architecture, walls, pathways, bars, kitchens, stairs, and landscapes with accent lighting. Get creative and coordinate accent lighting with other lights to be dimmable, color-changing, and even integrate with music for the ultimate party moods during holidays and celebrations.

Movie Theater Lighting: Whether your home theater is in your living room or a standalone room, accent tape or linear lighting can look great under seating, along walls, and more to create a movie theater atmosphere. It can also double as pathway lighting to see, while overhead lights are off. These accent lighting can be tunable or available in different colors.

Integrating Accent Lighting with Other Tech: Accent lighting can be added to smart lighting control systems or whole home automation systems. These systems allow for accent lighting to be part of the overall lighting control and programming. For example, accent lighting can be programmed along with other tech to go on or off at specific times by remote, mobile devices, and voice control.

Accent lighting is an excellent way to add style, personality, and functionality to your living space, whether it's outside or indoors. If you're looking to enhance your artwork, greenery, cabinetry, or architecture, there are plenty of ways to utilize accent lighting. Not only does it enhance the aesthetic appeal of your home, but it can also add to your home's safety and ambiance. So go ahead - add a touch of creativity to your home with accent lighting!

We love ideating about lighting and addressing accent lighting as part of the entire mood of homes. We're here to work with you to make your dreams a reality. Our expertise is in smart home automation, where lighting is now firmly a part of. We work with electricians and other trades to bring lighting control tech to the conversation. Contact us for feedback on any ideas you may have. We invite you to experience some lighting demos in our Greensburg, PA showroom. Our techs can also visit your location.