When designing a room for a child, you need to take into account many points regarding the design - this applies to the choice of furniture, home decoration, selection of wallpaper and more. Also an important detail is the selection of the right lighting for this room, since it is very important for children's eyes to choose the right artificial and natural light. When developing a design project in graphic terms, it is imperative to correctly distribute the light in the children's room.
Planning options for lighting a children's room
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When choosing a room for a child, you need to consider not only artificial, but also natural lighting that comes from the windows. Ideally, if the nursery overlooks the southeast or east - then the light will fall in the right amount in the morning with the first rays of the sun, in the afternoon - gently lighting everything around, and in the evening it will be replaced by electric lamps.
If the windows face north or west, then in planning the design you need to consider that there will be little light coming into the nursery and this can be compensated by correctly distributing the artificial lighting in the nursery.
When choosing fixtures, you need to give preference to durable structures, and not choose chandeliers from fragile glass. If this is the boy’s room, then he can decide to play the ball, and such a chandelier can suffer from it and be broken.
Correct placement of outlets is very important in the interior, since if a child is young and he has access to this dangerous source of current, then this can result in serious consequences. If the sockets are not hidden under different surfaces or are in places accessible to children, then you can choose options with increased security. Currently, there are many such options: closed with a lid, locked with a key and so on. Long wires that lie under your feet will prevent the child from moving freely around the room - it is better to hide them in the wall, put them on the ledges, closing them with special plastic cases.
Lighting design details
In order to correctly place the devices for supplying light in this room, you need to take into account:
- the age of the child;
- the presence in the room of various functional areas - for playing, studying, sleeping;
- the presence of natural light.
When zoning the space, you need to take into account that for the play area you need bright ceiling lighting that will not be harmful to the eyes and will allow the child to see the smallest details in puzzles, constructor and other games. It is not necessary that there are dark corners in this room, but too bright light will be harmful, bring the child excessive irritability, and will adversely affect the nervous system.
Another important area is a place for study, drawing, reading. There is no need to make overhead lighting for it - an ideal table lamp will be in operation, which can freely stand on a table or can be attached to it by means of clothespins and other fasteners. When choosing such a lamp you need to consider its benefits:
- He will retain the posture, the vision of the child.
- It will make it convenient for different types of classes, educational processes.
- It will create comfort due to which such activities will be fun.
The third zone in this room is a place for rest and sleep. It does not require a lot of light bulbs, and only a soft light coming from the nightlight will do.
General light
The division into zones can be done by embedding the lighting in a suspended or plasterboard ceiling, in an arch or by distributing hanging lamps around the perimeter. The light in the nursery should be neutral white on the main lamps and yellow for bedside sconces.
It is ideal to use LED bulbs due to the following advantages:
- Positive effect on the baby's vision.
- Eyes are less tired.
- A light bulb consumes little energy.
- It has a small level of heating, durable in operation.
- It is difficult to break, as it is made of matte plastic.
When choosing lamps hanging from the ceiling, it is best to dwell on models in which the light is directed not down, but to the sides or up. This view will better diffuse electric lighting throughout the room.
Natural light
The penetration of sunlight is a natural source of lighting, it is useful not only for children but also for adults. In order for a large amount of natural light to enter this room, you need to select curtains from lightweight fabric and light, soft shades. With intensive penetration of the sun in the windows facing the south side, it is required to use denser curtains, since an excess of such light is also not necessary.
Lighting in a room for a boy
To emphasize the natural lighting in the nursery for the boy, you can choose sky-blue shades of curtains, which will also be well suited to the design of the entire room, and the yellow, green color of the curtains can be suitable for children of both sexes. Strict chandeliers made of durable materials and using LED bulbs can be hung on the ceiling. If the room is decorated in the style of some kind of fairy tale, a movie about heroes, then the lamps, sconces, and nightlights should be selected so that they emphasize the general design decision.
In the room for the girl
For a little princess, pink, lilac, yellow curtains that will beautifully scatter light around the room will look spectacular on the windows for soft transmission of sunlight. On sale there is a wide variety of different lamps in the form of flowers and even dolls that will perform not only a practical function, but also look aesthetically beautiful, stylish.
Types of fixtures
Lighting in the nursery is of great importance, since its quality is very important, which does not harm children's eyesight. When choosing fixtures, you need to be guided not only by your taste, their appearance, but also pay special attention to the material from which they are made, their performance and their style, corresponding to the overall design of the entire nursery space. This room should not have fragile things, especially for small children living in it, who can play a little and break something, and this also applies to lamps located on the ceiling, wall or shelf. Therefore, they must be made of durable material and well fixed on a vertical or horizontal surface.
Hook
To emphasize the style, which involves paying attention to the details of the interior, including also lighting, chandeliers, lamps and sconces, which are attached to the wall with hooks. This type of mount is very convenient for fixing fixtures and will be ideal for children.
Point
These types of fixtures are widely used for suspended, stretch or plasterboard ceilings in the nursery.
Advantages of using point devices:
- In the presence of low ceilings, it will be inconvenient to use suspended chandeliers, and the use of this type of fixtures with their ability to reflect light will make these ceilings also visually higher.
- With the correct distribution of light over the entire surface of the ceiling surface, not only visually expand the space, but also have a beneficial effect on the child’s vision.
- They comply with safety requirements for the nursery.
- With their help, you can spend the necessary zoning of the children's room.
- Some models have adjustable light brightness.
- With their help, you can create fantastic patterns, drawings, emphasize the contours, mark the boundaries of the multilevel part of the plasterboard ceiling.
Ceiling
The main sources of light have always been lamps hanging from the ceiling. In this way, you can light up the table for lessons, drawing and other activities that require bright lighting. The play area also needs such lighting.
Photos of examples of lighting a children's room
In this room you can see the implementation of the children's design project in the spirit of a fairytale forest, which favorably emphasizes lighting, which has various color schemes and diffuses light softly. Spotlights are built into the plasterboard ceiling on top of the sofa, additionally illuminating this area, and above the bed, on the contrary, they are not there to create a comfortable stay in this area for sleep, relaxation.
This nursery belongs to two heterosexual children, which is divided into two zones with the help of a partition turning into an arch. On each part there is a window with different colors of curtains, favorably shading the soft, natural light that penetrates this room. The artificial ones include built-in spotlights in the ceiling, pay attention to the photo of the sconce in the nursery above the bed.
In this room you can see the successful use of several types of lighting: natural for the study area, spot and main in the form of several lamps located in the central part of the ceiling.
Video: Choosing lighting in a nursery