Making the Easy Choice of LED Lighting

While sometimes a personal sacrifice is needed to make a positive environmental impact, such as using products that are environmentally friendly instead of your favorites or swapping convenience to make a smarter choice, the story is different with LED lighting. It’s possible to have the best of both worlds when you choose LED.

LED stands for light-emitting diode, which can be found inside bulbs. These energy-efficient bulbs consume less energy than incandescent bulbs, and money is saved due to lower energy bills and the need for less replacement due to the long lifespan. Along with easy maintenance and money-saving benefits, there’s style and choice.

Design and decor has the potential to create a specific feeling, one that you desire to feel inside the place you call home. Let’s take a look at the different options to show you how easy it is to make the choice of LED lighting — even if you have your heart set on a certain style. Don’t forget to consider some main key factors, such as lumens level, size, and color spectrum. Otherwise, have fun browsing the wide selection and feel the ease of knowing you’re saving money and helping preserve energy.

Look Into Your Options

Outdoor LED Lights

Outdoor LED lights will not add to your already-existing outdoor maintenance tasks, they’ll only add to style and safety. Whether you choose flood lights, wall lanterns, or post lanterns, your yard will be both aesthetically pleasing and environmentally friendly. Along with the variety of types, there’s a variety of styles. It’s up to your personal choice when deciding on a fixture that’s simplistic or detailed.

Utilize them for: entryway, driveway, walkways, and gardens. This will help to create a warm and welcoming feeling when you or a guest arrives at the house. For the entryway, wall lanterns can be mounted on the sides of the front door. For the driveway, flood lights can surround the perimeter of the garage. For walkways, post lanterns can highlight the path while adding a sophisticated flair. For gardens, post lanterns do the same, and an added bonus is enjoying the plants and flowers after the sun goes down.

Ceiling LED Lights

For both businesses and homes with outdated ceiling lighting, it’s probably time to make the jump to LED. The light that’s shining down on you or your customers should be of high quality. LED ceiling lights also have an innovative look to them. For homes, owners can incorporate the same stylish fixtures. Once again, style does not need to be sacrificed.

Utilize them for: dining room, foyer, living room, and kitchen. Fancy light fixtures such as chandeliers are a popular choice for a dining room or foyer. Not to worry, you have options with LED! For a living room or kitchen, there are options such as spheres and bowls. These fixtures appear exactly how they sound — rounded. Spheres and bowls are great for placing right in the center of the room. There are even outdoor ceiling options, perfect for porches.

Cabinet LED Lights

When it comes to the old versions of cabinet LED lights that many people have, such as halogen and fluorescent, they’re very easy to replace with LED ones. In comparison to older versions, LED lights emit less heat, making them favorable in kitchens.

Utilize them for: kitchen, office, and craft room. Perfect for providing lighting while preparing food, LED kitchen cabinet lights are very task oriented, but add a special look to the kitchen space. When it comes to the home office or craft room, the cabinet lights play a similar role. Let’s take reading as an example. Having that additional light nearby can be a helpful aid. Similar to that, a craft room may need some extra light as well, especially if there are small materials involved. You can also use the lighting to help with the organization of said materials, putting a small cabinet light in each storage area of the cabinet or shelf.

Flush Mount LED Lights

If you’re looking for something a little more subtle than a traditional light bulb, LED lights are the way to go — especially flush mounts. Flush mounts are ideal for small rooms and spaces. Plus, they do not need the extra heat of a traditional bulb.

Utilize them for: closets, laundry room, and mudroom. Just like regular rooms, small spaces should have adequate lighting as well. Plus, nobody said small spaces shouldn’t be decorated. For closets, the laundry room and the mudroom, flush mount lights will do the trick. They take up little space, but add a flair that a light bulb with a chain attached won’t provide.

Linear LED Lights

Linear LED lights are designed to be installed almost anywhere and just a few can light up large spaces. This type of LED lighting is popular within offices, mainly because of the compact design, the lack of blinking issues, and other environmental benefits such as zero UV radiation and zero mercury pollution.

Utilize them for: kitchen, boardroom, and office. Designed for being useful, linear lights are beneficial in places where work gets done. While seen in home kitchens, commercial kitchens have an even larger need for them. The same goes for a boardroom or office space. They’re placed in these areas for practical purposes, but are also recommended for those interested in this kind of look, which can be seen as high tech and sleek.

Bathroom LED Lights

Bathroom decor is just as important as the decor in any other room, which is why there are pieces specifically for the bathroom, such as LED lighting fixtures. The best part of incorporating LED lights in the bathroom is the heat difference. Traditional bulbs give off more heat, causing the room to quickly become uncomfortable once the shower or bath is turned on in addition.

Utilize them for: mirror and bath lighting. The LED options for the bathroom will help to create a relaxed and peaceful feel, especially for the bathtub area. For the mirror, task lighting is essential and will provide adequate lighting for getting ready. Choose a long vanity piece to lay across the top or a couple wall pieces to place on the sides.

Don’t forget that these lighting options are a part of the decor as well. Depending on the desired look for each room, you’ll want to consider the style and finish. Some available styles include commercial, contemporary, rustic, traditional, and transitional. Some available finishes include aluminum, black, brass, bronze, gray, rust, silver, and white.

As you can see, LED lighting comes with numerous benefits, including energy efficiency, easy installment, long lifespan, style variety, and less heat production. From the front yard and backyard to every room of the home, LED lights put you on the path to being more environmentally friendly without sacrificing choice! Stay on the lookout for the newest styles as the LED lighting trend continues to grow.

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