Laundry rooms play an important part of your home. Right lighting in a laundry room can make a big difference in so many ways. You might be folding your clothes, sorting your laundry, or ironing - proper lighting ensures that you carry out the tasks efficiently and without a lot of hustle. So, what lighting is best used for laundry rooms? Let's get down to business!
- Overhead Lighting: Bright and Functional
By default, overhead lighting is the background of any well-lighted laundry room. You could opt for fixtures that put out high levels of bright, even illumination throughout the space. LED Ceiling Lights are excellent because they are energy-efficient and long-lasting. The flush-mount or recessed LED fixtures work best in smaller spaces or rooms with lower ceilings; they provide clean, non-obtrusive lighting.
Tip: Use daylight or cool white bulbs (4000K-5000K) to better see color-shaded clothes or spots on clothes to be sorted.
- Task Lighting: Highlight the Work Ares
Task lighting is key in the laundry room, especially around any work surfaces, the countertop, the ironing board, or the washer and dryer. Focused illumination can be created with under-cabinet lighting or pendant lights overhead around those areas, and extra brightness can be added anywhere you want it with LED strips or puck lights installed under shelving or cabinets.
Tip: If you really want optionality, think about dimmable task lighting: it is really useful when there is a need to change the amount of light required for a particular activity-for example, folding clothes or sewing when details require attention that requires more refined work.
- Daylight Utilization
If your laundry room does have windows, natural light might turn out to be your best friend. Besides cutting down on artificial lighting in the daytime, natural light makes a space much more open and welcoming. In order to take the fullest advantage of natural light, place your laundry room near a window so that sunlight can stream inside, or add skylights if possible.
Tip: Hang light-colored window treatments to let the sun filter through without blocking its rays, thus creating a bright, rather than blinding, space.
- Accent Lighting: Style and Add Depth
As if functionality alone were not enough, accent lighting adds a touch of style and ambiance to your laundry room. Installing some decorative wall sconces or small pendant lights can bring warmth and good design to the space. Accent lighting can also direct attention to a specific design element. Cabinetry or artwork can be a focus point that enhances the design of the room.
Tip: Choose fixtures that convey the impression of being consistent with your laundry room decor.
- Energy-Efficient Lighting: Save on Bills
Since so many hours of work go into the laundry, lighting chosen should be an energy-efferent choice. Light emitting diodes are a good choice since they consume much less power as compared to incandescent or even fluorescent bulbs, and can stay for so much longer. Make it even more energy efficient by investing in motion sensors or timers so that lights are only on when the room is in use.
Tip: Smart lighting can remotely control and time the on/off of lighting through your cell phone and potentially enhance both energy savings and convenience.
- Color Temperature and CRI: See True Colors
For accurate color representation in a laundry room, where sorting by shades and stains has to be done, consider lighting that contains a color temperature of 4000K-5000K. That will create the light of natural daylight in your space, thus making colors appear better. A high CRI of 90 or above should also be considered for bulbs since this is where true color for fabric types is going to appear under artificial lighting.
Tip: High CRI lighting reduces the possibility of pairing mishap while washing or damaging the fabric, making doing laundry simpler.
Conclusion:
The Perfect Lighting Setup for Your Laundry Room
Overhead, task, natural, and accent lights will blend in the laundry rooms to produce a practical and welcoming space. Energy efficiency and color accuracy should make laundry easy and pleasing to do. The right lighting can turn an everyday chore in your laundry room into something more endurable yet practical and fashionable.
Are you ready to take the lighting in your laundry room up a notch? First, check out energy-efficient LEDs and flexible task lighting solutions for a brighter and more efficient space!