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Natasha Brinsmead

How to Plan the Perfect Lighting Scheme for Your Home — From Start to Finish in 9 Simple Steps

Living room with white sofa, nesting coffee table with lamp, three armchairs, marble fireplace, curtains and large pendant light.

It can feel extraordinarily daunting when first looking into how to plan your house's lighting scheme — there is just so much to think about, and all kinds of decisions, some seemingly miniscule, to be made. What's more, getting them wrong can be catastrophic.

There is far more to a good lighting scheme than following the latest lighting trends. Everything from the size of your room to the amount of natural light it receives needs to be taken into account, as does the way in which you plan on using each individual space.

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