Monday 22 October 2007

Children’s Lighting Can Create a Peaceful Mood

One of the fun aspects of decorating your child’s bedroom or nursery is choosing the furniture and the appropriate lighting to go with it. Usually considered novelty-styled lighting, children’s lighting is really just fun, with themed features like hot air balloons or airplanes, to animated characters like circus clowns and zoo animals. Down right cute and doubling as night lights that comfort your child from fears of the dark, looking for the perfect light to accent your child’s room is a fun experience for both you and your kids.

If you think about it, the last thing your child will see before he or she falls asleep is the light being turned off. Children’s lighting can create a pathway to their dreams or ignite an imaginative spark while creating a cohesive theme for their bedroom or nursery. And with the right lighting, creating a fun motif for your child’s room can be possible.

Presently a lot of new parents are looking to create a genuinely fun yet gender friendly bedroom or nursery for their child and finding the right kind of fun, kid and parent friendly yet functional lighting is just as important as having a crib. To create the ideal atmosphere, first think about what kind of look you wish to achieve....

For example, if you’re leaning toward zoo animals or a safari theme, go for mint and jungle green colored walls with fun animal shaped wall sconces. Nursery rhymes are another popular theme that goes well with both kids and parents; a prime example of a terrific themed light is the Cow Over the Moon Wall Sconce, found exclusively at Eco-Lights.com. Table lamps with sports-themed fixtures for boys or butterfly and baby animal details for girls are also fun and functional lighting ideas that will tie your child’s bedroom theme together quite nicely.

And for those toddlers who just won’t get to sleep quite easily, there’s always the option of having a carousal light. Carousel lights sit on a base that allows the shade to slowly rotate, showcasing a collection of colorful animals, shapes and designs that reflect onto the walls. These lights will surely entertain your baby while comforting him to sleep. But whatever theme you finally decide upon for your child’s room, remember that lighting will create the ambiance that you’re looking for.

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