Since you don t have a window picking out the correct lighting fixtures will make or break your space.
Lighting ideas for a room with no windows.
Choose furniture with slim and lifting legs which exposes more of your floor giving a windowless room the illusion that it s lighter and brighter.
There are no overly dark corners in this warm library.
This living room by kenneth brown on homeportfolio shows the power of strategic lighting in a windowless room.
Add a piece of mirrored furniture for another unexpected way to reflect light in a windowless room.
Make sure any bushes or trees near your windows are trimmed regularly and avoid planting trees on the southern side of your home as scandinavian home staging explains the sun will be too high for the trees to provide shade in the summer and in the winter the foliage will block your windows from solar.
Recessed fixtures are ideal for a windowless room because they provide subtle lighting that you can scatter across the ceiling to distribute light more effectively.
Keep furniture lines clean and streamlined without embellishments to avoid a crowded dark look.
A centered ceiling fixture or can lights are great for lighting the whole space while a pair of wall mounted sconces on either side of a vanity mirror are both practical and pretty says maggie griffin the founder and principal designer at maggie griffin design.
Spotlights are a great way of brightening a room without windows.
The eye is drawn to specific places thanks to the lighted artworks and accent lighting is placed all around the room so that there s a generally even amount of it.