| Right now, it seems, lighting choice for the home are | | | | elegant lighting, which is nowhere near as lackluster, but |
| more about style and less about illumination. Truly, it | | | | is rather now moving toward a more refined and |
| appears that, based on recent sales, more and more | | | | graceful appearance. |
| consumers are looking for lighting options that add to | | | | Not surprisingly, as focus on living "greener" has |
| the décor, not just make it glow. From the | | | | become the mainstream ideal, consumers are |
| ultra-traditional to the most fashionable contemporary | | | | demanding-and receiving-energy-efficient lighting |
| among us, lighting choices are taking off in a new | | | | options for home interiors. From compatibility with |
| direction. Consumers do not pick up any lamp now; | | | | energy-saving bulbs to materials manufactured with |
| rather, they choose the perfect addition to the room's | | | | the least amount of negative environmental impact |
| decorative elements. | | | | possible, lighting designers and manufacturers are |
| Material-wise, designers are becoming much more | | | | responding with eco-friendly fixtures for |
| open to the mediums they use. Combining the delicate | | | | environmentally-conscious consumers. There does not |
| silk shades with industrious wrought iron, or brushed | | | | need to be a compromise on style, either. To be |
| nickel topped with floral patterns, seems to be the | | | | certain, some of the most desirable fixtures are also |
| newest trend in lighting. The mixture of design | | | | the most visually appealing. |
| elements allows consumers to show their own style | | | | All in all, lighting trends are moving in a direction more |
| and unique tastes through the luminary selections in | | | | indicative of creating an elegance, a softness, to all |
| their homes. This mixture of design elements is quite | | | | décor, regardless of the genre. Quality is of |
| popular, as the typical genres are combining, making | | | | utmost importance, from the materials used to the |
| the lines of distinction between, say, traditional and | | | | energy that will be consumed. Appearance, too, seems |
| contemporary, much less defined. | | | | to be factoring into lighting choices among consumers, |
| Nonetheless, the same genres of design are tending to | | | | who are focusing on the decorative impressions that |
| lead the pack, with traditional lighting at the forefront of | | | | the lighting fixtures can have on a room. A lamp is no |
| the market. However, the traditional style is less | | | | longer just a lamp, but a point of interest in the room. |
| ostentatious and more about creating that classic look | | | | Fixtures that flow with the décor and appear to |
| in a cleaner style. Contemporary is huge, too, but not | | | | be made "just for" the room are what consumers |
| as eclectic or harsh as it once was perceived to be. | | | | want, and lighting designers like Bungalow lighting are |
| And of course, there is still the category of casual | | | | giving it to them. |