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To create soft ambient lighting in your bedroom you should choose main lights with at least 2,000 lumens while reading lights should be at least 500 lumens. French-style lighting perfectly enhances your bedroom by giving you beautiful styling with practical applications. Let's look at the types of French-style lighting you can choose and how it can be used to enhance your bedroom. How To Design Your Bedroom's Lighting Plan A traditional French-style lighting plan for your bedroom would be floor lamps to provide ambient illumination and bedside table lamps on either side of your bed. This arrangement gives you the best chance of being able to read comfortably at night without any major electrical work. A more progressive lighting plan would include wall-mounted lights on either side of the bed and/or dresser with table lamps either side of the bed. Read Comfortably In Bed A chic French Parisian bedside lamp not only looks beautiful in your bedroom but it offers stunning lighting too. By using the right bulb, you can give yourself enough light to avoid eye-strain at night and the lamp shade projects some light towards the ceiling. This gives you relaxing ambient light at nighttime which is far softer that using a modern desk lamp. Choosing a bedside lamp with a translucent shade offers a relaxing way to end the day due to the soft glow produced by the lamp. How to Choose The Perfect Shades You want to choose a Montmartre-style base and shade if reading comfortably in bed is important to you. This style of shade is a short cone and will throw the maximum amount of light downwards. This helps you to read as less of the bulb's light is lost through the shade. You can browse ebay or other online shopping sites for French-style lampshades and easily add them to your existing lamp. This is a great way to create a French theme in your bedroom for far less money that buying an entire new lamp. Floor Lamps For a traditional lighting plan, you should choose French-style floor lamps to enhance your bedroom's ambiance. Floor lamps should be placed in the corners of your bedroom to throw light up onto the ceiling. Torch-shaped lamp shades are highly effective at creating ambient lighting and shades made from glass are particularly stunning. The way to create a traditional French style to your bedroom is to contrast the shades of the bedside lamps with those of the floor lamps. Choose floor lamps with at least a 60" height to create a traditional look to your bedroom. Wall-Mounted Lights The beauty of a traditional lighting plan is that you create the look with bedside lamps and floor lights so you don't need to spend money on electrician bills. When browsing online shopping sites such as ebay for French-style wall lights and sconces you'll find a range of styles to suit your taste. Bronze and Alabaster sconces with upward facing shades are a great choice for creating soft ambient lighting in your bedroom. You should know that wall-mounted lights are far more expensive to fit and may not be suitable for every type of wall. Maison Saint Louis offers a wide range of French home accessories. They can transform your home to the relaxing simplicity of provincial style.
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