DIY home lighting? There's a very simple answer to that question: LED strips. Putting aside wall lights, chandeliers, lamps, floor lamps, and table lamps, a home's lighting can be greatly improved, creating a different atmosphere in every room.
You just need to choose the profile you want to illuminate and make more visible, equipping yourself with a power supply and LED strips that you can use in the exact necessary length, all while working independently and economically.
Why is using LED strips simple?
First of all, their installation is absolutely intuitive, thanks to them being available either with an adhesive that allows them to be positioned and stuck wherever you want, or with holes through which screws can be inserted for a more durable application.
Moreover, these illuminating rolls can be positioned not only following perfectly smooth and straight profiles, but can also follow rounded surfaces, thus allowing for a completely unique illumination even in those corners of the house where it would be impossible to install any type of traditional lighting. Dark corners would absolutely come alive and gain vitality.
Energy consumption
Let's get to the number one benefit of installing LED strips. Their consumption is absolutely incomparable to that of classic light bulbs and, in an era where nothing is more feared than the arrival of the electricity bill, their application allows for the optimization and drastic reduction of energy consumption. Moreover, not once have we told you how the lifespan of this type of lighting is much longer than that of incandescent lamps, promising further savings in terms of products to purchase.
Some examples
The possible solutions are endless and, in this field, we can truly say that your creativity will be well rewarded. If you're short on ideas, however, we can give you some suggestions for making the best use of LED strips, starting with your home's stairs.
LEDs can indeed follow the contours of stairs and be used as step lights and, in this way, make ascending or descending from one floor to another not only scenic but also safe.
LED strips can also be placed on the ceiling, outlining the boundaries of the room and visually expanding them. In the bathroom, around the mirror frame, they make it brighter and more functional, and in the bedroom, above the headboard, to give you the option of not having all the lights on, but with the right brightness.
It should be noted that strips can only be applied with adhesive to aluminum profiles, which in turn must be fixed to the surface with brackets and screws.
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