Free tool

Instant lighting guide for your home

Add your rooms; get lux, fitting counts, colour and which light goes where.

1 · Add your rooms

Assumes light walls and ceiling. Dark finishes and coves change the numbers.

2 · Your lighting guide

Placement rules

Six rules designers use

Spacing

Downlights no further apart than 1.5× their height above the table. Start half a gap from the wall.

Walls

Wall washers sit about a third of the room height out from the wall.

Pendants

75–85 cm above a dining table or island.

Beds & mirrors

No downlight over the bed head. Light faces from both sides of the mirror.

Colour

One colour temperature per open space. Mixed whites look like broken bulbs.

Circuits

One dimmable circuit per layer, so scenes work.

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Test your knowledge

How much do you know about lighting?

Four quick questions on the numbers designers use.

Lighting knowledge quiz — 4 questions

Question 1 of 4
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