Lighting a bedroom softly

In many bedrooms, a single light reigns: the ceiling light, too strong and too white, switched off all at once before sleep. The bedroom deserves better: several low, warm lights, dimmed as the evening goes on.

At the bedside, a lamp on each side

A lamp on each side of the bed lets each person read without disturbing the other. Choose a fabric shade, which diffuses without dazzling, and a warm light, around 3000 K.

Horizon, our fabric lamp, follows both principles: a wide shade that diffuses, and a very warm light at 2700 K.

Above the bed, ambient light

The wall behind the headboard is often the largest in the bedroom. A light painting naturally finds its place there: centred on the bed, the bottom of the frame 20 to 30 cm above the headboard. Above a 160 cm bed, the 80 format is just the right scale; above a 140 cm bed or in a small bedroom, the 55 format is enough. Our format guide shows them to scale.

Set to a low intensity, it tints the bedroom with a soft glow, without shining directly on the face of whoever is lying down.

A bedroom is judged by its evening light.

In a corner, a floor lamp for reading

If the bedroom has an armchair, a floor lamp placed beside it creates a reading corner. Solstice, with its large disc of pleated fabric, also casts a golden halo on the wall behind it.

Waking to light

With the connected version of a light painting, the switch-on time is scheduled from the app or an Alexa or Google Assistant routine. Set to a low intensity, the painting gently lights the bedroom as you wake up: a different way to start the day than under the ceiling light.

What is best avoided

• a ceiling light as the only light in the evening;
• cool white bulbs, which give the bedroom the air of an office;
• lights that cannot be dimmed: in the evening, a bedroom needs light that can be lowered.