I am so excited to be included in a recent Traditional Home magazine story on lighting and thought I’d share four tips on selecting lighting for your home.

Selecting the perfect light fixture is a great way to marry function and beauty while adding a custom touch to your house.
In many interiors, lighting isn’t given the attention it deserves. It’s often an afterthought, but well-chosen light fixtures—from chandeliers and pendants to wall sconces and lanterns—can be the element that adds that final hint of drama to a beautiful room.
Here are four tips we often implement when selecting lighting for our clients whom reach out to us here.
Four tips for selecting lighting for your home:
1. Include Lighting As A Statement Piece
In this soft gray corridor, we incorporated unlacquered brass lanterns to draw the eye upward and act as the perfect punctuation mark to tame a long hallway.
They not only make a statement but they provide needed light for the space.

2. Incorporate Sconces For Dimension and Soft Lighting
Sconces are often the jewelry that completes the little black dress of an interior—offering soft, sculptural light that can break up a long wall and add dimension. These gorgeous accent pieces act not only as accent lighting but also as artwork that personalizes the space.
Ornamented brass sconces with white shades act as delicate accents and balance artwork across the way.
3. Create Drama In A Small Space
Dramatic lighting used in small spaces can offer high impact in a diminutive package. It’s the ideal place for sculptural lighting that catches your eye.

We selected sconces in the same patina in the home’s powder room for consistency and to act as counterpoints to a gorgeous gilt mirror.
Paired with a gray grasscloth wallpaper and gray-flecked marble, the fixtures take on a new life.
4. Include Task lighting Where Needed
Another tip for selecting lighting for your home is that decorative fixtures need to be paired with task lighting in high-use areas like a kitchen. Recessed lighting, mixed with the more decorative ambient light from the lanterns, ensures that every surface is illuminated.
In the kitchen, we chose lanterns with a patina finish to hang over the island. While the kitchen has varying shades of gray, the patinated lighting acts as a casual counterpoint to the dark waxed island while popping against soft gray cabinetry.
Decorative Lighting Ideas, Dana Wolter Interiors Dana Wolter Interiors, Graham Yelton Photography
I hope you found these four tips for selecting lighting for your home useful as the options for lighting are limitless.
Have fun and experiment with your own by mixing finishes and scale, along with new and antique, for a look special to you. The layering is half the fun.
xo,
Dana
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