Lighting Guides
Practical lighting advice from the KES team, organised by room and topic. Find advice on fitting sizes, hanging heights, brightness and choosing the right lighting.
Latest guides
- How Many Lumens Do You Need for a Living Room Ceiling Light?
- How Do You Choose the Right Picture Light?
- How Do You Choose Table Lamps for a Living Room?
- How Do You Choose a Floor Lamp for a Living Room?
- Staircase Wall Lights: How High and How Far Apart Should They Be?
- How Do You Size and Hang a Stairwell Chandelier?
Living Room
- How Many Lumens Do You Need for a Living Room Ceiling Light?
- How Do You Choose the Right Picture Light?
- How Do You Choose Table Lamps for a Living Room?
- How Do You Choose a Floor Lamp for a Living Room?
- The Best Wall Lights for a Living Room
- What Type of Ceiling Light is Best for a Living Room? [2026 Edit]
- Wall Lights vs Ceiling Lights for Small Living Rooms: What I Always Tell New Homeowners
- What Kind of Ceiling Light Makes a Room Look Bigger? The Designer's Guide to Creating Space with Light
- How to Light a Room with Low Ceilings
- How to Plan Your Living Room Lighting to Take Your Space From Bright and Breezy to Warm and Cosy at the Flick of a Switch
- The Ultimate guide to selecting living room lighting
- The 5 types of living room light fitting that will transform the space
Kitchen and Dining
- What Are The Best Pendant Lights for a Dining Table?
- How High Should a Chandelier Hang Over a Dining Table?
- How Many Pendant Lights Over a Kitchen Island?
- What's the Best Way To Light an Open-Plan Kitchen Diner?
- What Size Chandelier Should Go Over My Dining Table?
- Best practices for your dining room lighting in 2025
- Guide to transforming your kitchen with great luxury kitchen lighting placement
- The Art of Kitchen Lighting: Pendant, Island, and Chandelier Inspirations
Bedroom
- What Is the Best Colour Temperature for a Bedroom? 2700K
- The Best Bedside Lamps for Reading
- How to Light a Bedroom With No Ceiling Light
- What are the best bedroom lighting ideas for a UK home?
- What Are This Year's Trends for Bedroom Ceiling Lights? Your 2025 Style Guide
Bathroom
- What Are the Best Bathroom Wall Lights for a UK Bathroom?
- What Are the Best Bathroom Ceiling Lights for a UK Bathroom?
- What Are the Best Downlights for a UK Bathroom?
- Can You Have Pendant Lights in a Bathroom?
- What Are the Best Lighting Ideas for a Small or Windowless Bathroom?
- Do You Need a Light With Your Bathroom Extractor Fan?
- How Do You Use LED Strip and Mood Lighting in a Bathroom?
- What Are the Bathroom Lighting Zones and IP Ratings?
- What Is the Best Bathroom Mirror and Vanity Lighting?
- How Many Downlights Does a Bathroom Need?
- The Complete Guide to Bathroom Lighting
- How to Safely Install Bathroom Lighting: A Step-by-Step Guide for Homeowners
- From Drab to Fab: Transforming Your Bathroom with the Perfect Lighting
- Illuminate Your Environment with Style and Functionality; A Comprehensive guide on Bathroom Lighting Concepts and Current Trends
Hallway, Stairs and Landing
- Staircase Wall Lights: How High and How Far Apart Should They Be?
- How Do You Size and Hang a Stairwell Chandelier?
- What Are the Best Hallway Ceiling Lights for a Narrow or Low Hallway?
- Hallway Lighting Ideas for Every Kind of Hall
- What Is the Best Ceiling Light for a Landing?
- The Best Lighting for a Staircase or Hallway
- Illuminating Your Home's First Impression: A Designer's Guide to Stairway Lighting
Outdoor
- What IP Rating Do I Need for Outdoor Lighting in the UK?
- The Best Outdoor Wall Lights for a UK Garden
- Shining a Light on Security: How to Protect Your Home and Business with Effective Lighting
- Aesthetics and Efficiency: Ideas for modern Outdoor Lighting for your Garden
- Creating a beautiful and safe outdoor space with Garden Bollard lighting
- Outdoor Wall Lighting – How to Make the Right Choice
Chandeliers
- How Do I Clean a Crystal Chandelier Without Wrecking It?
- How to Clean a Crystal Chandelier: The Complete Professional Guide
- Crystal Chandeliers Are Back: Here’s Why Designers Love Them
- Your Crystal Chandelier Questions Answered: Everything You Need to Know
- Pendant Lights versus Chandeliers – What's the Difference and Which Should You Choose?
- Top 10 tips for styling your home with chandeliers: How to hang a crystal chandelier
- Types of Crystal Chandeliers and Finishes to Consider
- 2025 Guide to Choosing a Chandelier
- Chandelier Chic: How to incorporate statement lighting into your home décor
- The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Perfect Chandelier
- Schonbek Crystal Chandeliers
Ideas, Styles and Brands
- The Autumn Lighting Audit: Walk Your House Before the Clocks Change
- How to Layer Lighting in a Room
- Your Ultimate Guide to Luxury Pendant Lighting [2026 Update]
- Brass Lighting Fixtures: Why I'm Still Reaching for Golden Tones in 2026
- Should You Choose Sconce Lighting? Here's Our Complete Guide To Sconce Wall Lights
- Small Space, Big Impact: Wall Lights That Transform Your London Home
- The Complete Guide: How To Choose The Right Wall Lights for Every Room in Your Home
- Uplight or Downlight? The Wall Lighting Decision That Changes Everything
- The Designer's Secret: How to Layer Wall Lights with Other Room Lighting
- Wall Light Style Guide: 6 Trending Styles You Should Consider For Your Next Lighting Upgrade
- Are Pendant Lights Really a Good Idea? A Designer's Honest Take
- Semi-Flush Ceiling Lighting Styles: Traditional to Contemporary Options
- The Art of Overhead Elegance: How to Choose the Perfect Ceiling Light
- Endon Lighting: Transforming Spaces with Elegance
- From overhead lighting to task lighting – a guide to illuminating your office with great home lighting
- What Makes a Good Tiffany Lamp, and Is It Real or Tiffany Style?
- 5 kinds of statement lighting for every home
- Investing in Designer Lighting
- Murano Glass
- Integrating Natural Daylight into your Lighting Design
- Discover Ways to Light Up Your Home
Bulbs, Dimming and Technical Advice
- IP65 vs IP44: Which Do You Actually Need?
- What Is CRI and Why It Matters More Than Brightness?
- Warm White vs Cool White: Which for Each Room?
- How to Dim LED Lights (and Why Some Will Not Dim)
- E14 vs E27 Bulb Fittings: What Is the Difference?
- The Ultimate Guide to LED Ceiling Lights: A Comprehensive Overview
- Choosing The Right LED's For Your Home
- Basic Concepts in Lighting