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An Easy Complete Guide to Hanging Lighting in Your Home

So you have that perfect fixture, now what? Today we want to share a go to guide for hanging lighting in your home. Having proper lighting in your home is essential for both function and aesthetics. Our lighting guide is meant to provide you with the general guidelines and principals for lighting installation and placement from living spaces to bathrooms and all the spaces in between.

Properly placing lighting fixtures will ensure that lighting is evenly distributed, provides ample illumination and is aesthetically pleasing. Naturally each space is unique and there is never a one size fits all solution. But we have created an illustrated guide for general lighting guidelines. Use these guides as a reference to ensure that your lighting is on point.

These guidelines can assist you in lighting placement in your home for ample function and visual appeal.

We hope you find these guide useful as you add or replace lighting in your home. Want to learn more about lighting? Read our guide on layering lighting in your home here.