Dwindling Daylight

As the days move towards the winter solstice, the sun rises later and sets earlier. We spend much more of our waking time immersed in night without the freedom to light our homes by simply opening the blinds or pulling the curtains open. Artificial lighting takes on a more appreciated role in day-to-day activities when the sun is sinking below the horizon at 4:30 in the afternoon, and Lamp Select is your source for indoor and outdoor lighting solutions that are stylish and practical.

It’s perfectly normal to feel not so enthused about the day when you rise from bed to the darkness of night. It’s similarly depressing when you watch night return in the late afternoon before you’ve even left work, and the feeling is augmented by the fact it’s almost always in sharp contrast to the Indian summer we’re only a month and some removed from. This makes it all the more important to have home lighting pieces that not only fill your space with light but provide a sense of comfort as well as you steel yourself to this aspect of the long winter ahead.

A chandelier is no longer exclusively within the domain of traditional decors. Adding an elegant suspended lighting fixture to any area of the home is an option for more modern themed spaces as well, as the Kenroy Home Medici Brushed Steel 5 Light Chandelier will confirm. The AF Lighting Supernova Chandelier would be a natural for an expressive modern space awash in an art deco style. Those looking for a more traditional chandelier will find many in the same style as the ELK Lighting Minique Three Light Chandelier.

A floor lamp can be a comforting presence on those long November and December nights when the sun is long since set as you finish dinner. One look at the Kenroy Home Hemisphere Rust Floor Lamp will confirm there’s just as wide a variety of styles in floor lamps as there is for chandeliers. The array of hanging and pendant lighting is equally diverse and these accents can further any area’s visually distinctive character. Surely you agree this Quoizel Autumn Ridge Lantern would garner more than a few second glances as guests approach your home.

After December 21^st we can take some solace in the fact the days will start getting longer again, though most of us will still wake to night until mid-February. It’s an inevitability of the passing seasons that, although we grow accustomed to it, is never really agreeable as we have precious little daylight at our disposal. Stylish and practical lighting options help in making the long wait for spring that much more bearable.