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Living room lighting
Create ambience with indirect light & modern lighting ideasAbove all, living room lighting should be cosy. Modern lighting technology, which makes all designs possible and saves electricity costs, is added with LEDs. This results in lighting concept ideas for every need and taste: from cosy indirect lighting design and high-quality designer luminaires to unusual, extravagant ceiling lights & co. for the living room. From black to gold, from vintage to country house, from reading light to decorative lamp, the design options are many and varied.
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Modern living room lighting with ceiling lamps
Today, ceiling lamps for the living room are more than just functional general lighting. They are modern lighting ideas that stylishly enrich the interior, make it cosy and enhance it with feel-good light. Extravagant and unusual ceiling lights for the living room are made possible not least by modern LED technology, which also allows slim and minimalist designs in particular.
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Variety of floor lamps for the living room
Floor lamps add a cosy touch to the living room. In different styles from Scandi to purist chic, they set accents in the reading corner and create islands of light for a cosy atmosphere. As far as materials are concerned, lighting ideas with wood and textiles - often in a mix - look particularly cosy. With a dimming function, they are just right for relaxed evening area lighting. You can find out more about function and design in our Floor lamp guide.
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Living room lamps for coffee table & co.
Hanging lamps for the living room are the ultimate guarantee of cosiness. In every conceivable style from country house flair to Scandi chic, they turn the sofa landscape into a favourite place - and can also be dimmed for even more cosiness.Natural materials such as linen and bamboo harmonise particularly well with the warm white light flair and provide eye-catching potential with their organic shapes.
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Wall lighting for the living room
Wall lights provide harmonious area lighting in the living room. From natural chic to art deco, the choice is huge. It can also be indirect lighting for the living room, where the light is cast onto the wall from a shade and unfolds its effect from there. Attractive patterns on the wall are created by up & down lights in minimalist style, for example made of plaster or metal.
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Table lamps for cosy, chilled areas
Table lamps are the cosy centrepiece of any living room. Simply placed, you can add a touch of cosiness to any sofa corner with softly diffused, warm white light. You can find out all about the types, styles and advantages of different table lamps in our large table lamp guide. Tip: Modern table lamps for the living room can be made even more modern by simply replacing the old light source with a smart lamp. In our practical guide you will find Tips for retrofitting.
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Practical & cosy at the same time: spots & spotlights
LED lighting for the living room ceiling and also for the wall can be realised in no time at all with spots and spotlights. With them, directional light can be used to highlight selected areas. If you have an open-plan living concept, you can use the spotlights on the ceiling of the living room not only for the sofa area, but also for the seamlessly adjoining dining room.
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Modern chandeliers for a luxurious flair in the living room
Chandeliers bring a good dose of extravagance into the living room. Placed above the coffee table, they unfold their potential even when switched off. With all the individual, warm white light sources of the luxurious ensemble switched on, the pleasure is perfect. A chandelier for the living room does not necessarily have to fulfil the clichés of gold and crystal, but can also be minimalist or have individual fabric shades. Tip: black chandeliers are also a popular option.
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Creative light decoration for the living room
LED decorative lighting in the living room is simply part of a successful lighting concept. Warm tones, indirect light and dimmable light sources are used here. From the rechargeable battery light to LED candles with a flickering effect and salt lamps, there is a large selection to create cosy accents. Cosy tip: fairy lights and lanterns.
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Reading lamps for the sofa corner
Relax on the sofa in the living room or in the reading corner with the latest novel or tablet and enjoy the beautiful cosy lighting - the evening after work becomes a relaxing break. Not only dimmable uplights with reading arm are suitable for the enjoyment of light. Floor lamps with swan necks or wall lamps with bendable joints also offer the best lighting comfort for reading.
More lighting tips for living room lighting
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How much brightness or lumen you need for the living room can hardly be said in general terms. For cosy lighting - rather than a blanket statement of 100 lumens per m², for example - it is advisable to use several warm and dimmable light sources and to combine general, area and ambient lighting.
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The first step towards a smart lighting concept in the living room is to replace light sources in existing luminaires. Please read our Conversion guide. If you're really into technology, you can also equip your living space with smart lights with permanently installed LED technology and functions ranging from RGBW colour change to voice control.
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For the living room, you are completely free in terms of style. Scandi furnishings and vintage ambience are in demand. But country house, Boho and Art Déco are also very popular. If you want to avoid any distractions and find complete peace and quiet, opt for slow living, which goes hand in hand with minimalism.
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