How To Choose False Ceiling Lights for Your Home

How To Choose False Ceiling Lights for Your Home

29 Jan

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False Ceilings Are Real

Many homeowners opt for false ceilings to add modernity and elegance to their living spaces. False ceilings can be used to hide ugly elements like ducts and beams that look out of place. False ceilings also enable the installation of adjustable lighting fixtures that create different lighting effects and moods in your living spaces. Whether you’re working on your new house design or revamping your house, it can be a huge task to go through all available false ceiling light options and decide how to choose false ceiling lights for your home. Let’s make your task easier, shall we?

What Lights Are Used For False Ceiling?

Imagine walking into your living room after a long tiring day and unwinding with relaxing music accompanied by mood lighting. Now imagine a house party where friends and family are celebrating with fun and games and a lot of pictures are being taken. And finally, imagine reading a book on your bed just before bedtime.
It would be fair to say that you imagine different false ceiling lighting requirements for each of these scenarios.

Here are our favourite picks of lights to use with false ceilings:

Recessed Lights: Recessed Lights provide uniform light that evenly illuminates an entire room. These are essentially downlights with the components hidden inside the ceiling and the bulb glowing from within the opening.

Cove Lights: Cove Lights direct light up towards the ceiling and down the adjacent walls. They can snugly fit into the ledges and recesses of false ceilings and can accentuate decorative ceiling designs. LED Strip lights are popularly used as cove lights.

Track Lights: Track Lights for false ceilings are primarily used as accent lights, to highlight art, decor, and display units. They are called so since they are usually mounted in multiples on a bar or a rail, which represents the track.
They are often used as gimbal lights for false ceilings which allow them to tilt in different directions to highlight different elements in a room.

Chandeliers: Chandeliers help to give a living space the effect of grandeur and luxury. They work best with large spaces since they take up some space of their own. Often the chandeliers are connected to the actual ceiling, the electrical connections lie beneath the false ceiling, while the chandelier remains visible.

Pendant Lights:Pendant lights are hanging lights with a single bulb that can be used ornamentally, and also as good ambient lighting. They are a good alternative to chandeliers and can work well even in medium-sized spaces. They hang lower than other lighting fixtures and are usually meant for corners.
A notable mention here is the usage of pendant lights as island lights for false ceilings which can be shaped and designed as per the kitchen work or dining area.

Flush Lights:Flush lights with false ceilings make sense since they are mounted close to the ceiling. Flush light has a diffused light spread which works well, especially with low ceilings. They also look elegant and come in decorative forms.

Backlit Panel Lights:Backlit Panel Lights have light shining straight through a diffuser to give bright and even lighting without glare. They can be used as ambient and accent lights and are easy to install.