Living room lighting ideas - great ways to transform your space with light

The living room lighting ideas that you choose when designing your scheme can make or break the space. They can set the tone, create the perfect feel and mood and, naturally, fulfil the practical need of providing much needed light as and where you need it.

Lighting is an essential building block to creating a successful scheme.  So when you're planning your living room ideas and looking for a way to create instant atmosphere, it's in designing the right lighting scheme for the space that you'll find instant success.

Our living rooms have many uses, yet all too often we tend to rely on that one central light source. Sometimes, your living room is a space to relax and unwind; on other days, a place to entertain. It can also be somewhere you retreat to to work or a room to play. 

‘Lighting is key to setting the mood in every part of the home, but specifically in the living room, where we often want to achieve different settings,’ explains Sarah Gare, design director at Sarah Gare Interiors. ‘There will be times where you may want to use your lighting to create a calm, tranquil space, where you may want a brightly lit room, or when you might be watching a film and need your living room dimly lit. Your choices will need to be thoroughly considered to create all these moments.’

Day or night, whatever you're using it for, the lighting you choose for your living room should be adaptable to each purpose and task, changing depending on your needs and allowing you to set the mood perfectly.