Home Décor Accessories Blog - Lighting for Spring 2013

The good news for homes needing a more cheerful atmosphere is that bright colour schemes and spring themes are heavily on trend for household and living accessories this year. With economic issues and high stress working lives, the home should be a space of relaxation and energy. Fun colours like greens and yellows are very much in fashion for 2013 and help energise a room. Spring is when many people start thinking of ways to freshen up the home, so Contemporary Heaven has compiled a few ideas.

Lighting gets used less in spring and summer than in the winter months, which is understandable since the evenings remain lighter for longer. But that doesn’t mean lighting shouldn’t play a part in making a room look brighter. There are many pendant ceiling lights available at Contemporary Heaven and some of these are ideal for both practical and aesthetic requirements. The Kartell E Pendant Light for instance is a small light with a transparent shade. The green and yellow versions would make a room feel sunny and fresh, especially if multiple lights were used to create a display. Mixing the two colours together is an excellent recipe for an interesting and visually invigorating lighting display. Or there is also the Kartell Fly ceiling lamp which is available in a variety of colours, including a very sunny yellow. The giant transparent shade looks simply uplifting in yellow and brightens up a whole room with ease. Looking fantastic during the day and subtly warming the lamp light at night, Fly in yellow is a vivid and bright addition to the living area.

In addition to these Kartell lights, there are also the Koziol Reed and Stella pendant lights, the latter of which is available in three sizes. These lights are available in a very fresh-looking shade of green and the transparent acrylic shades look amazing, reflecting daylight or enhancing the light from a bulb. Reed comes in two shades of green and has a very tropical atmosphere due to the natural plant inspiration. Stella has a textured shade which looks amazing night or day, causing beautiful light play with any available light.

Another colourful lighting option from Koziol is the Roxanne Pendant Ceiling Light, which is also available in green as well as yellow. The shade is semi-transparent and has slim elongated slits to allow light through in an interesting pattern. Whether green or yellow is chosen, Roxanne would freshen and brighten a room and works best in rooms with high ceilings.

Table lighting is also beneficial and much more useful in spring. With the lighter evenings, it may be desirable to leave main room lights switched off for longer and that’s where table lights come in handy. If only small amounts of light are required, there are some very colourful table lights available at Contemporary Heaven that would be ideal. One of these is the Mood Table Light from Koziol, which is available in a choice of eight colours. It is also available in green and has a very funky and decorative appearance even when switched off. Another option would be the Take Table Lamp from Kartell, which completely reinterprets the traditional design of a table lamp for a quirky and bright appearance. Also available in a range of colours, Take looks bright and sunny in transparent yellow.