How to Make Any Room Cozy with Lighting

Creating a cozy space in your bedroom or bathroom may seem natural — these areas should be oases of comfort. But what about developing coziness in other areas of your home? At Color Cord Company, we have ideas to introduce a bit of Hygge to your home so you can enjoy the contented mood and conviviality evoked by a comforting wood fire, layered blankets, and a warm cup of tea. Check out our top ideas for cozy lighting in any room here!

What Is The Concept of Hygge?

A Danish and Norwegian word, hygge embodies an atmosphere of coziness, comfort, and well-being for both your emotional state and physical surroundings. From wrapping yourself up in a warm blanket on a chilly day to creating an inviting atmosphere in your home through cozy lighting, natural elements, and soft textures, hygge as a concept prioritizes togetherness, quality time, and simple pleasures.

Learn how you can introduce hygge elements into your space with modern light fixtures for every room.

1. Bedroom

Bedroom lighting is an incredibly personal choice that should help you wind down after a long day and ensure you’re feeling awake and alert in the morning. But how can you accomplish this while using cozy indoor lighting? Check out a couple of our recommendations:

• Use our chandelier collection to create a cluster of globes between your bed frame and bedside tables that add life and texture to your space with gentle illumination.
• Wall sconces are perfect for adding a bit of cozy lighting above your bedside tables to complement the other layers of lighting without overwhelming the space.
• Choose a single pendant light for a reading nook that casts the perfect illumination on your book, closing out the rest of the world around you.

You can enhance and cozi-fy each of these ideas with additional stylistic elements, including earthy hues for your hardware finishes from our Boutique collection or diffused light with frosted shades from our Mod Globe collection.

2. Living Room

Cozy lighting for the living room can feel complicated, as it’s likely the largest space in your home. Make sure you’re addressing the entire space when you use layered lighting, multiple light sources, and dimmers to ensure a functional space with an inviting atmosphere.

Incorporate soft, warm lighting by using fabric shades on fixtures at various heights throughout the space. Table lamps with fabric shades and warm light bulbs can make lounging and chatting feel more luxurious, while pendants with metal shades in modern colors provide illumination with personality.

3. Entry

Most people don’t consider their entryway and hallway fixtures when working on cozy indoor lighting for their space. However, this is the first impression people have of your home, so it’s crucial to start your cozy lighting theme here to imbue guests with a sense of comfort right away. Some of our favorite ways to make this space a little more inviting include:

• Starting with a central focus in longer hallways with oversized pendants that add a decorative element to the space without making it feel crowded.
• Incorporating a console table with a table lamp to add a versatile, functional accent where you can place a plant, photo frames, and key dishes.
• Adding wall-mounted lighting in bigger hallways that efficiently brightens spaces while avoiding the necessity of lighting from a high ceiling.

After deciding on placement, you have tons of flexibility with your finish options, shades, and bulb styles. Consider Edison bulbs in brass-hinged wall sconces or upgrading your existing bright fixtures with acrylic shades, which diffuse the light into a warm glow.

4. Kitchen

Creating cozy lighting in the kitchen is a true challenge, as you need bright lights for prepping, chopping, and cooking. But don’t despair; you can still ensure cozy indoor lighting here by introducing these tricks:

• Explore rustic kitchen ideas over your island, like using a unique ombre effect with different colored shades on a row of pendant lights. Play around with slate, blue, and grey! Mix and match yellow, ochre, and brown to add a little fun.
• We use metallic finishes in interior design to create reflective surfaces that subtly bounce light around the room. However, chrome, nickel, and silver can sometimes feel cold. Instead, use brass and gold to add warmth and depth to your space!
• Incorporate boho vibes by mixing old and new pieces that look like you brought them in naturally over the years. You can combine family heirlooms, new modern fixtures, and vintage finds.

Make sure you have layered lighting in the kitchen as well, so when you don’t need those bright overhead lights, you can turn them off or dim them to focus on the cozy lighting from other fixtures.

5. Dining Room

Your dining room is usually an extension of the kitchen, so you should aim for some cohesion between the two spaces. Some recommendations for cozy lighting here include:

• Vintage lighting that can tie in with a boho kitchen aesthetic. Something like green pendant lights can add a rustic charm to ensure a welcoming dining room. Multiple smaller lights are always a more inviting alternative to a single, large chandelier.
• Natural woven shades are the perfect way to introduce rustic texture and charming colors in natural, earthy tones. Rattan pendants or string shades in a drum shape add a beachy element to your space.
• The Modern Farmhouse style embraces elegance while playing with fun colors, textures, and shapes. Fill your space with softness through neutral colors and textiles in shades and table settings.

6. Bathroom

We’ve talked a bit about mixing and matching different vibes throughout your spaces to create more cozy lighting, but the bathroom is definitely a space where you want a more cohesive look. For cozy indoor lighting in here, consider adding mini lampshades to wall sconces that make them look even more adorable. Some of our favorite mini shades include puck, slope, and cone silhouettes. You can also use light-diffusing shades to make the lighting softer and warmer. Skip fabric here, as it can get a little moist, opting for smoke or milk glass shades instead.

Make It DIY

At Color Cord Company, we can help you completely customize your space with cozy lighting. Learn how to make a pendant light that exudes your personality or mix and match pieces from our collection to personalize your lighting with a little help from our customizable lighting tool!