Unique Home Lighting Ideas

Home lighting can sometimes be overlooked when it comes to changing the design of a room. Many people will just stick to the regular ceiling lights and a simple lamp or two. But lighting is such a fantastic way to really explore the possibilities for styling a space and changing the appearance of everything in it, and there are some truly unique lighting choices available to you.

The best thing about a light source is that the lamp, pendent or feature can be a work of art in itself, a beautiful thing to behold.. and then you have the light it casts over everything around it, creating shadows and changing tones of the walls and patterns everywhere it falls. The whole mood of a room can change when subtle silhouettes are projected on to walls. Light can also help make a cooler room feel warm and cosy again, or help to transform a busy environment in to a much more calm and soothing area.

Here are a few examples of lighting features, light pendants, fixtures, desk lights and lamps that can help inspire you to really explore the power of home lighting.

Wooden Puppy Dog Lamp

This cute puppy dog lamp makes for the perfect reading light or gift for the dog lover in the family.
With dimmable brightness and touch sensor control, it’s feature rich, functional and super fun.

It’s playful style and the ability to reposition the head and legs makes it an ideal addition to a child’s room or family home study area.

Spherical Moon Lamp

This beauty of a luna light source is just awesome for anyone who likes astronomy, the stars and planets. Or just as a warm ambient light for an home office or to add interest to a living space. It has dimmable touch control, so it’s easy to up the brightness when needed.

And as a geographically accurate representation of our moon, this one would also make a unique gift for a budding astronaut or science fan.

Multi Bulb Rustic Chandelier Light

It’s not often that something can be said to be both modern and vintage styled at the same time, but this light fixture certainly works in either setting.

Available in a few different configurations, from 4 to 8 bulbs, this has a character of industrial chic and geometric order, while remaining elegant and minimal.
Install in a vintage style barn conversion, a high ceiling apartment, a basement games room.. the possibilities are wide open. But wherever you place it, with it’s distinctive design and flowing form it will definitely get noticed and admired.

Colourful Moroccan Table Lamp

This Moroccan style 3 globe lamp will add a kaleidoscope of colours to a bedroom or living room. Made from real cut glass and glass beads, it’s a beautiful statement piece.

It won’t work in just any space though, it could be a little out of place in an very modern and contemporary interior.
It will be perfect though, when paired with earthy, neutral tones and other splashes of colour from artwork and soft furnishings. Just try to keep the balance right and don’t get too busy with cluttered wall space, this unique lamp can be a focal point while creating stunning abstract patterns of light on surrounding walls.

Eclipse Wall Light Art

This truly stunning wall light is a work of art in itself, even when it’s switched off.
A white minimalist circular designs allows it to look stylish and sophisticated in any modern room, but when the lights come on it creates an amazing eclipse effect with the overlaying circles.
Not only that, but each of the individually lit circular elements can actually be moved, rotated and repositioned to change the appearance at the quickest touch, creating a new work of art every time.

Rope Industrial Vintage Pendant Ceiling Light

If you want something to fit with a vintage style of a room and really grab attention, then this rope light fixture is perfect. Pair with a traditional bulb shape and you’ve got a winning combination for that industrial chic look.
This is a definite no-brainer lighting choice for any barn conversion or traditional cottage home.. and if you’re designing the interior or decorating a retro or authentic looking bar or British pub, you really can’t go wrong with this hemp rope light fitting.

Rustic industrial chic style string lights

These string lights look amazing. With a rustic style, historical, and traditional aesthetic, they’ll be the perfect centre pieces for a cosy restaurant interior design, or hanging over industrial chic bar tables.
Great to set the mood in any vintage styled establishment with themes of a bygone time, fitting in well in a contemporary traditional barbershop too. Or as a unique eye-catching and stylish lighting option in a modern vintage chic home design.

They wouldn’t work everywhere, and you should always be wary of keeping away from tall heads, but in the right interior room design, these would make for fantastic lighting statement pieces. Plus, they’re available in a few different colour choices, so you can keep things even more interesting by mix-n-matching them.

Sci-Fi Style Light Ring Chandelier

This fantastic lighting arrangement from DecorAmo is the definition of ‘wow factor’!
If you want to go modern and make an impact, this is the lighting that will satisfy your desires.

Made from aluminium and acrylic, it’s lightweight construction and delicate design is almost ethereal and mystical, with a touch of sci-fi and galactic exploration, the space and science obsessed will love this.
But that’s not to say it can’t work just as well as a stand out centre piece in a more traditional home setting, with different finish options, you can work it any way you’d like to fit in with the interior style that you want to create.