Lighting guides

We have not published any blog posts. Rather than show you an empty archive, here is where the writing on this site actually lives.

Guides by category

Each category page carries the rule that decides which fitting fits, and they are the most useful pages on the site if you are choosing rather than buying.

• Chandeliers: the sizing formula, minimum hanging height, and the eight types explained.
• Ceiling lights: flush versus semi-flush, the diameter rule, and why a bar beats a bowl over an island.
• Pendant lights: how many, how low, and the four ways to place them.
• Wall lights: deciding by purpose first, and wall lights against table lamps.
• Bathroom lighting: mirror widths, what an IP rating allows, and why 6000K is the right choice at a basin.
• Outdoor lighting: lights that illuminate against lights that decorate, and how to make solar actually last the night.
• House light fixtures: the longer guide, covering a whole house inside and out.
• Table and floor lamps: why a study lamp and a bedside lamp are different things.
• Accessories: what is in the box with each fitting, and which bulbs you still have to buy.

Guides on the product pages

Every product page ends with a guide written for that specific fitting: how to size it, how to hang it, which bulb suits it and what it will not do. Start from the shop and open whichever one you are considering.

Questions we have not written up yet

If there is something you wanted to read here and could not find, email us at theteam@modernlight.uk. It is the fastest way to get an answer, and it is how we decide what to write first.