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HOW TO LIGHT YOUR LIVING SPACE

From spots to chandeliers, table to floor lamps, getting your living room lighting scheme just right can be complicated. Whether you’re looking to add mood or light up your WFH corner, we asked our favourite lighting experts to shed a little light on the subject.

Lighting creates mood, through colour, temperature and highlighted accents
SIMON WALLIS-SMITH , DIRECTOR AND DESIGNER, FRITZ FRYER

WHY IS GOOD LIGHTING SO IMPORTANT?

‘The right lighting can completely change the look and atmosphere of a room,’ says Simon Wallis-Smith, of Fritz Fryer. Jo Aynsley of Jeffreys Interiors says it’s important to recognise how lighting makes us feel: ‘It affects us both physically and psychologically.

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