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5 Creative Ways to Light Up Stone and Brick
Creative Ways to Light Up: In the world of luxury interior design, lighting plays a crucial role in highlighting architectural and decorative elements. LUXXU, known for its elegant and sophisticated creations, offers lighting solutions that transform environments by accentuating the texture, color, style, and beauty of materials. Among the most effective techniques for highlighting stone and brick are graze lighting, wash lighting, and uplighting. These techniques, utilizing recessed fixtures, are essential for creating dramatic and refined environments. LUXXU blog invites you to discover how these approaches can transform any space, strategically reflecting light to enhance every architectural detail.
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Creative Ways to Light Up
1. Graze lighting
The most effective way to highlight the texture of natural stone or brick is to graze the wall with light. Grazing refers to a light placed directly above the face of the stone or brick that then grazes, or glances, down the wall. The light must be placed in just the right place, and that can vary based on the texture of your wall. If you have irregular stone, for instance, you may need to move your light source out from the wall a few inches more to lessen some of the deeper shadows.
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2. Wash lighting
If you want a smoother look that hides imperfections in stone and brick, consider moving the light source farther from the wall. As you move fixtures or bulbs away from your wall, the light will spread out more evenly, filling in the cracks and mortar joints and lessening shadows. This technique is called wall washing, and it can be used on many surfaces besides stone and brick.
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3. Uplighting
Light rarely comes from the ground in nature; we are used to seeing it come from the sky. That makes lighting a stone wall from below even more dramatic and unexpected than from above. Essentially, uplighting is grazing in reverse, and it will also bring out the texture in masonry. This type of lighting also will help reflect light into the whole room. Extra light spills onto the ceiling and is bounced back into the room as indirect light, which should add to the comfort of your space.
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4. Sconces
Cylinder wall sconces that push light up and down the face of a stone or brick wall can provide a bit of grazing and uplighting out of a single sconce. Sconces like these can be great when you want a little light on the floor or ceiling or under the eaves of your home. They also might be the easiest of all options to install, typically just requiring a junction box in the right place.
5. Glow lights
A pendant in front of a stone or brick wall, especially one that directs light back at the masonry, can add a lovely glow without recessing any lights or drilling any holes in the stone or brick. The effect can be similar to the wall sconces mentioned above, but pendants are often easier to add after the fact than wall-mounted fixtures.
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Creative Ways to Light Up your space can transform ordinary settings into extraordinary ones by highlighting architectural features and textures. Browse through the LUXXU Blog and discover a wide range of home decor and contract solutions sponsored by the creativity of the LUXXU team. For inspiration, commercial, and home decor ideas, check out our Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram.
