Is your home missing an element of interest or design?
It might be time to get pendant lighting! A simple way to add ambiance and style, pendants take decor to new heights. Whether your design taste is farmhouse, coastal, or boho, choosing the right lighting style is an easy approach to improve your decor and ambiance. Here’s how to make the perfect pendant lighting pick for a farmhouse, coastal, or boho interior design.
Farmhouse Style: A Blend of Rustic and Refined
Cozy, quaint, and classic, the farmhouse design is all about function and fashion, and pendant light decisions should focus on this. Choose well-subdued tones like aged metal, matte black, or brushed brass. Light fixtures should have a classic sense of style, evoking timelessness and a touch of rustic character.
Dome-style pendants best complement kitchens and dining spaces, adding a classic spin to the farmhouse feel. Lantern silhouettes give the feel of a beautifully aged home in the countryside. Hang one above a vintage one-of-a-kind wooden end table — it’s the perfect pairing. Muted tones and texture are a must-have for that romantic look.
Linen-covered pendants or seeded glass shades add a soft feel to other furniture in the space. Pair your perfect pendant with an Edison-style filament bulb. Low lighting is the ultimate way to add warmth and coziness to your home.
Coastal Interiors: Light, Airy, and Breezy
Take us to the beach with coastal design. Soft and breezy vibes take over and evoke the relaxed feel of the ocean. So, pendant lighting choices should emulate beach winds and open water. Only natural-looking fixtures need to be applied here: soft sand, sea foam, haze of the sky.
Bring in texture and movement. Use pendants made of natural materials like rattan, jute, or bamboo. This pattern will bounce the light around the room like sunlight hitting beach oat grasses.
Another staple in coastal homes is glass. It is pretty much the never-fail finish option in coastal homes when drawing up the perfect light. Frosted glass light fixtures work well in bathrooms and bedrooms. Clear glass fixtures in kitchens and over dining tables work to keep the space appealing and easy.
Cool breezy palettes combine summer whites, sky blue, surf green, and muted sandy browns to emulate the sky, sea, and shoreline, giving the feeling of a beachfront paradise. Finish with a solid coastal-style table lamp and look for ways to tie it all together easily. Hanging heights are also crucial. You’ll want to keep the space as open, flowing, and airy as possible, so be sure to hang them high above the space.
Boho Style: Playful, Eclectic, and Soulful
Colorful and quirky, boho design is a free-spirit type of style, taking the bland and simple and blowing it up. We love boho living spaces for creating a pendant-scape masterpiece. Choose pendant lights with an of-the-moment, artisanal twist, whether through beading, macramé construction, or hand-applied color.
More texture equals more interest. Hint: these tend to work especially well with other richly layered materials, like leather poufs, woven blankets, and pattern-on-pattern rugs. Layered or grouped pendants are especially at home in an eclectic boho space. Fixtures can be uneven lengths and heights, but the effect is stimulating, not jarring.
Earthen colors – think terracotta, mustard, clay, and sage — are a natural fit in this interior design, as are warm metals like copper or antique gold, to round out the look and lend a touch of sophistication. Individual style is a feature of boho lighting, so experiment until you find what suits your taste.
Where Style Meets Function
The best part about pendant lighting is its inherent multitasking. It can be purely utilitarian for focused task lighting, but it can also represent the character of your home’s design. Fortunately, you no longer have to decide whether to get a light you love for its looks or settle for a well-made and elegant one. Brands like Serena & Lily offer you the best of both worlds with options for all design aesthetics and quality construction for all their fixtures.
So, whether you love a lived-in, charming farmhouse style, a classic coastal design with a serene, unhurried aesthetic, or lean toward the modern with a love of all things clean-lined, you’ll find pendant lighting that fits right in with the style.
Let Your Lighting Do the Talking
You don’t have to hang pendant lighting just because it’s trendy. It can be much more than a light source; it is an active player in the design of your room. Now’s the time to look up. The missing piece from your design could be hanging right above your head.