Every home update you create is a little risk of future regret. One of the hardest pills that you can swallow when it comes to renovation is that something “outdated” that you have replaced is actually back in style.
When it comes to lighting, new devices can be expensive, original illuminated is often irreplaceable and the installation work adds up. So before you make irreversible or non -reimbursable decisions, look at this list of five outdated lighting functions, of which designers are back in style.
Meet the expert
- Andrea sinkin Jaffe is a second generation and founder of Andrea Sinkin Design.
- Lucy Harrison is interior designer at Southpark Interiors.
- Preston Butler is a lighting expert at Butler Lighting, a family -owned lighting company based in High Point, NC.
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Mary Patton Design
Designer Lucy Harrison has bad news for everyone who recently removed some track lighting from home: it is back. The track lighting may not be an aesthetic statement for itself, but it can literally shine a light on the aspects of your house that you love the most. Designers strategically position these angled, movable lights to do that.
“I started to notice [track lighting] More in modern houses and real estate that really tried to focus on increased architectural details and to emphasize these characteristics, ”she says.
If you want your task lighting into the background, choose a white set on a white ceiling.
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Polished brass lights
Michelle Boudreau Design
In recent years, brushed and ancient brass lighting has experienced a renaissance, but the light visitor Preston Butler has noticed that polished brass has stolen part of the ramp light.
“The shiny finish that most people thought was long gone in new houses and conversions,” he says. “It is one of these surfaces that once felt outdated, but when they combine it with the right setup, it looks fresh again.”
Polished brass chandeliers are quite easy to find on Facebook market or flea markets these days, and the same applies to polished brass opportunities. If you want to try this trend, Butler suggests combining it with a light green color.
“Brass fits into these tones without fighting them.”
Another safe way to try out the brass lighting trend is to buy a new lamp with a living finish. It will arrive beautiful and polished, but over time a nice patina (probably in time in time to bring out the trend).
Edison glow bulb lights
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Photo by Tessa Cooper / Design by Vantage and Hotel Vandivort
We may have burned out a little at the look of exposed Edison light bulbs that hang on wires in the 2010s. This look was part of the industrial modern trend, which spread like a running fire from Brooklyn Lofts to the rest of the world.
But according to Harrison, it seems as if we had had enough of a break. Nature heals and it begins to apply it more sophisticated.
The vintage lighting is generally tended, especially Art -deco lighting with exposed onions. Edison light bulbs offer a more pronounced choice as traditionally shaped for this application.
Lighting in the Tiffany style
The Fichte / Jason Donnelly
Tiffany lamps are a timeless gift from the turn of the century, but over the years they have gotten popularity. Designer Andrea Sinkin Jaffe says they are back and is on board and uses them in certain applications.
“We actually had [a Tiffany-style lamp] In my house, “she says.” It was an overhead light and I tore it out because there wasn't enough light. Besides, I didn't like it. But times have changed. That was 10 years ago and now I am dressed by beautiful Tiffany lights with stained glass again. ”
While Sinkin still does not love, the Tiffany style lighting is overhead lighting because they tend to be too weak, but she says that it is a classic choice for a desk light or an accent lamp. She plans to procure some for an upcoming project.
Half-blus-mount lighting with glass couple
Whittney Parkinson's design
When Harrison says that the semi-school assembly lighting with GLA domes is trendy, she doesn't talk about the sticky ones you are used to.
She talks about retro and anciently inspired versions that show architectural interest. Think of the Art Deco style with a hobnail pattern on the glass or with artistic flower patterns in metal work.