How to illuminate the TV room: Interior Design ideas and tips

Illuminating the TV room is a very important step in the lighting design of the living room.

Lighting is fundamental in any furnishing project. Thanks to correct lighting, important points in the room can be highlighted or imperfections can be masked, even at a structural level. In the living room, for example, in the area around the TV set, the light must be functional so that it does not prevent a good view of the screen, but also scenic so as to create a welcoming and relaxing environment. How to illuminate the TV room: ideas and interior design tips.

How can the TV room be optimally illuminated?

The TV room is a space in which it is ideal to

• always favour soft, non-direct light;
• direct the light upwards, downwards or towards the wall behind the TV set;
• favour directional spotlights;
• opt for LED light strips;
• choose lamps with shades that shield the light and do not create annoying shadow areas;
• prefer warm lights to cold lights as they are more relaxing and less dazzling;
• prefer lights with dimmable intensity.

What type of lamp to choose to light the TV room: 5 functional and design solutions

Depending on the furnishings present, the style and shape of the living space, the conformation of the walls and the location and model of the TV set, to adequately and pleasantly illuminate the TV room it is possible to choose from a wide range of lamps such as hanging lamps, floor lamps, table lamps, recessed spotlights and LED strips.

Illuminating the TV room with floor lamps

Floor lamps are one of the most suitable solutions for optimum lighting of the TV area. Models with a floor lamp, lampshade, upward-facing light and dimmable models allow excellent TV viewing as they do not create shadow areas or annoying reflections on the screen. They do not tire the eyes and, in addition to illuminating, they succeed in aesthetically enhancing a corner of the living room. The Tobu Rotaliana floor lamp, for example, is the right complement to highlight the desired elements of your furnishing space and illuminate the TV area in an optimal way since the aluminium diffuser, available in other different finishes, offers the possibility of changing the orientation of the light, thus allowing a customised illumination of the space.

Illuminating the TV corner with table lamps

You can also illuminate the TV at its best by opting for table lamps, to be placed on the TV top or on a nearby piece of furniture. The Enrico Pellizzoni Tulip Table Lamp with leather-covered shade in different finishes and equipped with LED light kit, is suitable to make the TV area more welcoming, allowing an optimal vision of the TV set.

Illuminating the TV area with pendant lamps

A valid alternative to floor or table lamps to better illuminate the TV area is represented by pendant lamps, to be fixed to the ceiling and left long enough so that the canopy is next to the screen. The Martinelli Luce Colibrì hanging lamp with a black or grey painted aluminium structure has an extremely linear and modern design. It is perfect to complete the modern style furnishing of attractive as well as functional living and TV areas.

Illuminating the TV area with recessed spotlights

In order to best illuminate the space dedicated to the TV, it is also possible, particularly in the case of plasterboard ceiling recesses, to use efficient recessed spotlights, which are also ideal for unique and scenic lighting.

Illuminating the TV area with LED strips

LED strips, which are very popular in modern and contemporary style environments, can frame the TV offering a very appreciable soft light. LED strips can be placed on the base of the top above the TV, or on the sides of the TV, or they can surround it entirely. It is essential, in any case, that the light always arrives behind the screen and never in front, otherwise it would reflect uncomfortably on the screen.