What are the top trends in Lighting this fall?

The top trend in decorative lighting has little to do with style, shape or shade choices. Instead, it focuses on the new mindset of the consumer. You are not buying just a lamp or a sconce or a chandelier – you’re buying an accessory that lights up.

“Decorative lighting rates today as one of the best accessories you can buy,” says Sergio Orozco, a New Jersey-based furniture and lighting designer. “If chosen correctly, it is as important to a room as your best piece of furniture. It reflects your taste and adds the finishing touch.”

Fixed or portable, lighting has become an all-important interior design feature. Homeowners are beginning to seek out lighting as decorative elements. According to the experts at the American Lighting Association (ALA), there are three major movements:

• CASUAL ELEGANCE continues the creation of warm, relaxed and cozy environments, with casual lighting that is a little more upscale in design.
• SOFT CONTEMPORARY is still, clean, modern and simple in style. While architectural in design, these fixtures are no longer cold.
• SIMPLIFIED TRADITIONAL removes the excess. While still a traditional look, this look is not ornate. There is now a simplification. Decorative lighting here may still be solid brass, but stripped down and rich with an antique patina.
   

This season’s savviest styles have common design elements. There has been a big move recently to more daring designs and material combinations -- wrought iron with crystal, polished brass with coloured glass. Finishes range from rich and refined to lustrously weathered. There is a move away from shiny brass and china to more burnished, brushed and hand painted finishes. There is also a move toward heavy iron, and rust finishes are still important, as is oil-rubbed bronze. Amber glass is becoming more a preference for homeowners, as well.

Visit Kerry Jayms Lighting’s unique show room to view these current lighting trends and let our knowledgeable staff help you find that special home accessory that lights up!

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