Good to Know: Designing With Sconces
If you’ve been following us for any length of time, you know how we value the use of intentional and great lighting in your home. From flush mounts, chandeliers, pendants and sconces - each fixture adds depth and reflects the style of your home. Today we’re sharing our favorite places to use sconces. Whether your home is large or small, you most likely have the perfect space you could add sconces that you may not have yet considered.
The kitchen is one of our favorite and more unexpected places to add sconces. Not only are they beautifully functional, but we love the glow they put off come night time. Often, you’ll see sconces placed above windows or above the sink (which we like) but we added some flanking the oven range in the Dutch Fields kitchen and we loved extra bit of dimension and interest they added. For sconces used around the oven, we recommend avoiding sconces with a linen or paper shade to prevent grease stains or potential fire hazards. In general, metal and glass sconces are ideal in kitchens for overall durability and cleaning purposes.
First two photos are designs by W Design Collective, third photo is a design by Amber Interiors, fourth photo design by Sean Anderson
We also love adding art lights and cabinet lights to highlight the details of your home. This is a simple way to elevate your walls and make your artwork feel special.
Design by Sean Anderson Design
Design by W Design Collective
One of our favorite places to use sconces is in the bathroom. It’s not uncommon to see a single sconce placed above the mirror, which is great, but when given the option of placement, we love adding sconces on either side of mirrors. This is not only an aesthetic design choice but sconces placed to the side of the mirror shine light toward faces, instead of above, which is typically a more flattering light for getting ready.
Another great spot to add a sconce is in the bedroom. They’re functional for reading and add interest to the walls that can often feel bare. We love how this bedroom below, by Brian Paquette, layered two different types of sconces.
Design by Brian Paquette Interiors
Design by W Design Collective