Lighting styles and scenarios are what can make your home unique, even if it is not distinguished by architectural delights. And if your house has more than one floor, then lighting the staircase, in addition to its immediate task, can also decorate the interior. Let’s look at the most successful examples of such illumination and figure out how to achieve the same effect.
What are the possible options?
It turns out there are so many options that it’s hard to decide. Firstly, the backlight can be automatic or manual, that is, having a regular switch.
Secondly, to illuminate the stairs you can use different sources of luminescence: ordinary lamps, built-in lamps, LED strips. And even this is not the whole collection of ideas. Lighting can be placed in different places: on the steps themselves, on the wall, on top of the flight of stairs. Let’s see what all these scenarios would look like.
Automatic or not?
Automatically turning on the backlight is, without a doubt, a more advantageous solution than manually turning it on. You will have to turn on the light every time, and then you will regret that you did not turn it off in time, because the electricity meter punishes you for such forgetfulness.
So automation will help out. But it’s up to you to decide which automation control to choose. It could be even the simplest motion sensor. True, if you have pets at home, then the ladder will “work” for them too.
In addition to the motion sensor, load sensors can be used that are triggered by pressure on the steps, or sensors that respond to sound, for example, to clapping your hands.
No one is stopping you from combining sensors: for example, connecting a timer and a sound sensor.
Wired or wireless?
Oddly enough, this issue is not so easy to solve. In favor of wireless lighting, we can say that its installation is elementary, does not require any special skills from you, and is carried out literally in a matter of minutes.
Which lamps to choose
But here everything is obvious. There is no point in buying ordinary incandescent lamps – no one has been using them for a long time. Halogen ones are also not the best option. They get very hot and can pose a real danger on wooden stairs.
They consume a minimum of energy, do not heat up, and have a variety of shapes, including tape, which can be used to decorate steps along the contour or railings along the entire length.
Floor-standing devices are suitable for those who did not think through the lighting in advance and realized it too late. The lamps can be placed directly on the steps along the wall or railing.
