Most rooms are designed in daylight and lived in at night
The clocks go back on Sunday. From next week most of us will come home in the dark, and that is when I find out if a room really works.
Many people choose paint, sofa and curtains on a bright Saturday afternoon. It looks great. Then November comes and the same room feels flat and a bit cold by 5pm.
Usually the problem is one big light in the middle of the ceiling doing all the work.
I always say think in three levels. Something low, like a table lamp or a floor lamp in the corner. Something at eye level for reading or cooking. And only then the ceiling light, ideally on a dimmer.
Warm bulbs help too. Around 2700K feels like a home, the cold white ones feel like an office.
It does not need a big budget. Two lamps moved to the right corners can change the whole evening.
Which room in your home do you avoid in winter evenings?
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