How to make a corridor clearer by lighting?

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The lobby and hallway are usually the darkest areas of a home. However, these are usually the first spaces that are visited when they arrive home and also when guests arrive.

All good lighting of a room consists of three elements, and this also applies to lobbies and corridors. The general lighting in the ceiling is responsible for providing basic brightness.

Then, the areas where we solve specific issues require additional light. In the hallway, this applies in front of the mirror and in the wardrobe. The German portal Licht.de recommends, for example, placing two side lights.

And the third element is highlight lighting, which focuses pictures or other decorative objects, as well as furniture. As suggested by Licht.de, this can be achieved by a table lamp on a chest of drawers or a discreet LED strip on the shoe shelf.

A practical recommendation from experts are presence sensors for the entry sector. And not only in front of the door on the outside, as is usually the case, but also inside the lobby.

Because when you come home with shopping and children in your arms, for example, you don't usually have any free hands to activate the light switch. Another alternative is lights that can be remotely controlled by the smartphone, shortly before returning home.

Cozier lobbies and corridors

It is not easy to fill with life the hallways, often tubular, small and windowless. Light is one of the central elements to achieve this. Warm white lights make the hallway and entrance area look more welcoming.

This lighting can be found in stores, with the help of the kelvin specifications that are on the packaging. Values below 3300 kelvin (K) indicate that the chromatic temperature of the lamp is warm white, values between 3300 and 5300 kelvin refer to neutral white and those higher than 5300 kelvin to daylight white.

Light directed towards the ceiling or walls can make the room appear larger. Lighting experts advise using ceiling or wall lights that emit as much light as possible up or to the sides. Licht.de also recommends using bright and pleasant colors in small hallways.

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