How Many Lights Do I Need Per Room?

When installing light the main things to consider are the size of the room and the what you are using the room for.

Some key terms you’ll come across is lumens and watts. Lumens is a measure of brightness; the higher the lumen output, the brighter the light. Wattage relates to how much power is being used to run the light. For your reference, an old school 100W incandescent globe produced around 1,500-1,700 lumens. The main thing to know is that as lighting evolves and becomes more and more efficient; high wattage does not always equate to brightness.

Let’s break it down by room, generally speaking you’ll need more lighting in bathrooms, kitchens and office spaces.

For example, you're looking at putting downlight in your bedroom which is 4 x 5 m (20m²), you should have 180 (lux) x 20 (m²) = 3,600 Lumens in your space which is around 4 x downlights.

Because every home and style is different; get in touch with our expert staff in-store or online to get personalised advice on lighting up your space.