There are many people who suffer from a lack of light in their homes, even when they are relatively large and open. In actual fact, it is often those people who have deeper rooms and areas within the house that are some distance from any windows that have the biggest problems with light. People can do something about this of course by adding skylight windows, reducing furniture and even restructuring parts of the house to open them up. If you have the money and time for these and don’t mind the disruption of the work then great, but for everyone else, here are some options that be implemented with much greater ease.

Mirrors. It is such an easy technique to use and yet lots of people don’t even consider just how good mirrors are at enhancing light. This is because they are very efficient at reflecting light, hence you can see yourself very well in them. If you pick the right spots on a wall you can easily direct incoming light from a widow, out of the door and around the house. By locating a mirror just outside the door, the light can then be picked up and moved on down the hall or into other rooms or areas of the house.Use this trick wherever you are lacking light to get better distribution and an all over feeling of space.

Glass. You can call upon glass to break up the light and send it off in various directions, thus giving all parts of a room some exposure. Having wine glasses on tables and crystal vases on shelves with refract light and send it out at all angles giving an all over glow.If you refract light too much then it loses its power so make sure you don’t go crazy with the glass items.


Combine. You can use a combination of both tricks explained above to squeeze every last drop out of the available light you have. Use mirrors to direct light through glass objects such as glass candle holders and then smaller mirrors to pick up the refracted light and move it on. The best bit about using these tricks it that you won’t have to spend an extra penny on more electricity.

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