An interesting, very popular style of interior is the loft. It is characterized by a number of features. Much attention is paid to lighting. It allows you to create a special mood, make the room unusual, original. Loft-style lighting can be created independently. To do this, take into account the advice of professional designers. They will be described later.
Style features
To create lighting in the loft style (design photo is presented below), you need to familiarize yourself with the characteristic features of the presented style. It originated in the 30s of the last century in the United States. Translated from English, loft means "attic." In those years, the United States experienced the Great Depression. Industrial enterprises were closed, and people were forced to survive.
In Manhattan, industrial buildings began to be vacated due to the shutdown of enterprises. People began to settle here. This style of interior, of course, has undergone some changes. However, its characteristic features originate precisely from those first industrial premises. The style has become very popular in New York. It has several advantages.
Considering the lighting in the interior in the loft style in the photo, it can be noted that it plays one of the main roles in the design. The general mood of the room depends on it. Dim light will make the interior gloomy and gloomy. The loft is characterized by high ceilings, rough wall decoration and minimalism in furniture. It is the lighting that allows you to make a room similar to an industrial one cozy and stylish at home.
Fixtures
It is quite possible to make lighting in the loft style with your own hands (the photo is presented below). To do this, you need to familiarize yourself with the characteristic designs of the fixtures, as well as a host of other nuances.
The main lighting is created in the center with a chandelier. They also think over the design and other characteristics of local lamps. It can be various sconces or floor lamps. For the loft style, the following varieties are chosen:
- Floor lamps on legs, high stands. Their exterior finish may be rude.
- Suspensions. They can be fixed on screws, ropes, chains. Their length can be adjusted.
- Lamps on rails. They are installed on the tracks. Such devices create soft diffused light. The atmosphere in the room becomes intimate.
- Spot lighting. Allows you to zone the space in the room.
- LED or fluorescent lamps. This is ideal for interiors that combine loft and high-tech styles.
- Chandelier. The lighter has a rude design. Most often it is made from natural materials, endowed with simple forms.
Considering the photo in the loft style lighting, it should be noted the high functionality of lamps, floor lamps and sconces. They perform not only a decorative function. The luminous flux can be soft and diffused, but at the same time quite bright.
Lighting Principles
Considering the principles of lighting for a loft-style showroom, several characteristic details should be noted. It should be noted that wall decoration, furniture and other interior elements look unusual, as if in a factory room. Coarse materials are used for decoration. This can be unprocessed wood, unplastered brick walls, as well as metal and glass. To emphasize the beauty of the texture, you need to properly think through each element of lighting.
Lamps in this case create accents. This adds a special charm to the room, originality. The basic principles of lighting in the presented style:
- Lamps are assembled into systems.
- Luminous flux must be powerful. This function is assigned primarily to the main chandelier.
- In this case, it is necessary to preserve the imitation of the industrial premises.
To cope with the task, you need to choose tire lights. The pendant structure may consist of several light elements of different types. This allows you to create an interior similar to a workshop.
Much attention is paid to natural light. It is better that the windows are spacious. Large windows will qualitatively illuminate a large room during the day.
Local lamps are needed for zoning and decoration. They are not able to qualitatively illuminate a large room. But they will help to create a certain atmosphere.
Some tips from designers
Lighting in the loft style in the interior is one of the decorative techniques that can decorate the room. For this design, it is not recommended to create directional light fluxes. It is better that they are soft and diffused. This allows you to create a cozy atmosphere. After all, an industrial room does not look too cozy. It becomes comfortable in it only after using special decorative techniques, one of which is light.
Loft differs from other styles by the presence of a spacious room. Partitions in the apartment are cleaned. Therefore, zoning here is not only desirable, but also extremely necessary. A studio apartment in the loft style will look interesting if it is filled with original lamps. Some of them can carry out exclusively decorative function.
Designers argue that there are no restrictions on the placement of lamps in the room. The order may be arbitrary. This is truly a creative process. After all, the lamps in the presented style are quite original. They are not like the usual lamps, chandeliers and sconces. It is creative in combination with practicality.
The choice of the type of fixtures depends on the room or area in the apartment. In some areas, you need to create a bright light, and in others - subdued.
Lighting in the living room, kitchen
For different rooms, you can choose a kind of lighting fixtures. So, the premises or areas in the apartment can be divided into workers and for recreation. In the living room, the owners of the house can relax, receive guests, spend time in friendly communication. Here you need to create a warm, diffused lighting.
In the center of the room can hang an original chandelier, created from several dissimilar lamps. There are many options for such devices. The chandelier will be the highlight of the room. It can be really original. Around the perimeter of the room, you can create a soft backlight using an LED strip.
Lighting a loft-style kitchen requires one main light source and several local ones. Be sure to highlight the work area. And for this you can choose cold tones. Special wall lights will look original here. You can make hidden illumination of the kitchen apron. If the dining table is in the kitchen, you should hang a large chandelier above it.
Often the kitchen and living room in such interiors are combined. In this case, it is worth zoning the room. But at the same time, the lamps should be made in a single style. The kitchen can be illuminated with lamps with a cold spectrum of light, and the living room or dining room with a warm one. In the working area, the light flux must be directed. To do this, you can create a design of several fixtures aimed at a table or countertop.
Bedroom
The lighting in the loft bedroom should be soft, diffused, and warm. Here you can do without the main source of light. Instead, you can install floor lamps, on the walls - sconces. The dressing table will look spectacular when using LED backlight with white warm or yellow glow.
You can hang an interesting lampshade in the center of the room. It may consist of a coarse metal frame. The composition of several ceiling lights on a long wire looks spectacular. To make the lighting scattered, it is better to use glass shades. They can even be made independently from old colored bottles.
Bathroom
Lighting in the loft-style bathroom can be either warm or cold. The choice depends on the features of the interior. Near the mirror you should hang two sconces of the original form. Around the perimeter of the ceiling, you can create a soft glow using LED strip. It does not require a chandelier or other device for central lighting.
The lamps hanging from the ceiling look original. They can be hung at different levels. Instead of shades for them, you can use metal mesh. The lamp can be suspended on a cord or chain. In the ceiling, you can make several built-in fixtures that will emit a warm yellow light stream.
Iconic lamps
Floor, wall, ceiling lighting in the loft style can be created using different lamps and fixtures. They may be the most original. It is completely allowed to create lamps with your own hands. However, on sale are some of the most popular varieties of designs that are associated with this particular style. These include:
- Lamp Jielde. This is a floor construction that can be installed on the table if desired. Outwardly resembles a table lamp. It has a large stand, from which comes the leg of a broken shape on hinges. It can be stretched or folded accordion. The design can have only 2 links. The lamp is located in a bulbs.
- Lamp Dear Ingo. A cult art object that allows you to create central lighting. In the center of the composition is a round hoop. On it are many racks that can be bent in the center (on hinges). Lamps are attached to the racks, which may resemble projectors, table lamps. Moreover, in the same composition can be used different lights. Outwardly, such a chandelier resembles the legs of a spider. It looks original and spectacular.
- Suspension structures Beat light. They feature elegant but simple shapes. They are most often made of metal painted black or gold.
- Lamp Projector. The name speaks for itself. This is a floor lamp resembling a spotlight. It is mounted on a tripod. It resembles a lighting device from a film studio in the 30-40s of the last century.
- Lamp Pod. Hanging lamp. It has round fields. In the center is an original lamp, for example, Edison.
These are the most interesting, popular forms of lamps that are used to decorate the interior in the loft style.
A few original tricks
Loft-style lighting is associated with several special designs. It is worth considering them in more detail. First of all, suspensions belong to this type of lighting equipment. They can be arranged in random order or in one line. The length of the cord may vary.
Rail mechanisms also look original. Moreover, they can be placed on a rail of shiny metal or can be installed under the ceiling of a rough wooden beam. This is also one of the main techniques of style. Instead of a beam, you can use old wooden stairs, round structures resembling a cartwheel.
Most often, for such lighting, lamps are used that resemble street lamps, spotlights. Spot lights, as well as equipment similar to surveillance cameras, are suitable. Loft-style lighting is often created using Edison lamps, which have been increased several times. They give the atmosphere a certain gloss.
Creating lighting in the presented style, it is worth experimenting. The banal, familiar form of lamps in that case is unacceptable. At the same time, it is worth remembering the functionality of lighting. A chandelier may resemble a medieval design or be made of crystal. Contrasts allow you to add creativity. Lamps suspended on cords can be thrown over beams to create interesting compositions from them. The cord can be attached in several places to the ceiling so that it sags. Open wiring in this case will look very impressive.
DIY lighting fixtures
To create a loft-style lighting with your own hands, it is enough to show imagination, think a little and apply the appropriate materials. Roughly processed wood, metal or glass is best used.
There are many options for homemade fixtures. You can take a metal dish or plate. A corresponding hole is drilled in it. Next, the item is painted in black, gold or white (depending on the color scheme in the interior). You can leave smudges from the paint. Next, electrical communications are brought to it, a retro lamp is installed in the cartridge.
From several such illuminators, you can assemble a composition on a beam, an old staircase or other suitable object. You can hang the lamp on a wire or steel chain.
Original look lamps made of brass pipes. They are connected using fittings. You can make almost any design. It is assembled from metal elements according to the principle of a conventional designer. Inside, lay the cable to which the lamps are connected.
Having examined the features of loft-style lighting, you can create a spectacular, creative interior with your own hands. In such a room it will be comfortable.