Lighting guides

How to light a room with a low ceiling

Cottages, 1930s semis and new-builds often have ceilings of 2.4m or less. Five ways to light them so they feel bigger, not smaller.

Warm white vs cool white: which bulb colour to choose

The same light can feel cosy or clinical depending on the bulb. What the Kelvin numbers mean, and which colour to use in each room.

How to choose the right size pendant light

Too small and a pendant looks lost. Too big and it swallows the room. A simple guide to getting pendant size and height right in a British home.