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INSPIRATION FOR A BRIGHTER HOME
Lighting can be highly effective in elevating the look of a room but also instant ly downgrade the aesthetics if you don’t get it right – no matter how beautiful the interior design. You need to take into special consideration why and where you want to install lighting into a space. Is it for reading or ambience, or to highlight your favourite painting or shrubbery? The lighting industry is not only exciting in decorative terms, but its technology is also moving so fast that you can now have ultimate control over the intensity, the timing and how you switch on your lights. This means the illumination in your home, and for your outside space, can be quite transformative when you get it right…
SUSPENSION LIGHTING
The Coral collection from A-Emotional Light by Arturo Álvarez comes in various elegant shapes, handmade from painted stainless-steel mesh (www.a-emotionallight.com).
The exclusive handwoven Tioman lamp is made from rattan that has an open design which shines a warm ambient light into the room and would also be suitable outdoors (under cov er). The organic beauty of this lamp is a real eye-catcher. Available from Sybartum on the Mi jas Road (www.sybartum.com) .
The Tanit collection by Bover has a handwoven shade with a thin waxed cotton cord that filters the light to give a moire effect. Bover is available from Ges Lighting in Calle Ura nio in Polígono Industrial La Ermita in Marbella (www.grupoelectrostocks.com) and Fernando Moreno on the Ctra. de Ronda, also in San Pe dro de Alcántara (www.fernandomoreno.eu) , and through Nomad Studio One in Edif. Don Amaro II in Sabinillas (www.nomadstudioone.com).
