Transform your home with an easy layered lighting scheme

Once upon a time people thought that they needed specialist help if they wanted a lighting scheme that went much beyond a bulb dangling forlornly in the middle of the room. Smart lighting and LEDs have helped change all that, but flexible lighting has actually always been much easier to achieve than you think. The basics can be distilled down to combining overhead lights with wall lights and lamps to create pools of light and pockets of interest in any room, with stylish fittings helping to make a statement both when lit and unlit.