CORRIDORS AND HALLWAYS
Recommended Light Levels by IES:
Corridors and hallways in your home, while often transitional spaces, deserve thoughtful lighting design. The right lighting scheme can enhance functionality, safety, and even create a feeling of spaciousness. USAI Lighting offers a variety of solutions to illuminate your corridors and hallways beautifully and efficiently, making them inviting passageways throughout your home.
Corridors and Hallways Lighting Tips:
Ambient Lighting: Recessed downlights are an excellent choice for general illumination in hallways and corridors. They offer sufficient light for safe navigation while creating a minimalist architectural aesthetic. For spaces with limited ceiling space, consider USAI Lighting's LittleOnes® Micro Doubles, which combine two downlight beams in a single compact housing, providing effective ambient lighting in a space-saving design. Additionally, USAI Lighting's JA8 Title 24 recessed downlights meet strict energy guidelines, ideal for California residents.
Accent Lighting: Wall-mounted sconces or cylinders can elevate the hallway lighting scheme by adding a decorative touch and warm pockets of light. Strategically placed fixtures can create a soft glow along a long corridor or highlight architectural details like paintings or photographs, enhancing the visual interest of the space.
Pendant Cylinders: Pendant cylinders add style to hallways with higher ceilings or staircases. USAI Lighting's collection includes versatile options such as NanoLED Cylinders, BeveLED® Block, or BeveLED Mini Cylinders, which provide downward illumination while enhancing the decorative elements of the space.
Double Wall Wash Fixtures: Double wall wash fixtures, like the LittleOnes® Micro Doubles, offer a unique way to illuminate hallways by bathing both walls in a warm glow. This creates a welcoming ambiance and eliminates dark corners, enhancing the overall aesthetic appeal of the space. Alternatively, combining a single downlight with a wall wash fixture allows for highlighting artwork or architectural features on one wall while providing general illumination on the other.
Consider Dimmer Switches: Install dimmer switches for added versatility in adjusting light levels. This allows you to create a bright and inviting atmosphere during the day and a more calming ambiance in the evening, adapting to different activities and moods.