How To Harness Natural Light In Your Home

With energy costs rising at an alarming rate and our impact on the environment ever-present, people are always looking for new ways to save money on their bills and do their bit for the Earth. After refrigeration, we use most of our electricity consumption on lighting our homes. Utilising the power of the sun instead can help dramatically reduce our dependency on electricity. Here, we provide a brief guide on how to harness it.

Choose Light-Reflective Colours and Objects

Simply repainting your home and tactically placing mirrors and other reflective ornaments in the right place can help to increase the flow of natural light. Painting your home lighter colours and ditching any dark shades will help light bounce off walls and travel further within the home. Using as many reflective decorations as possible will have a similar impact without having to spend an arm and a leg.

Consider Solar Tubes and Skylights

Skylights and solar tubes are a more investment-heavy method of getting more light into your home but are certainly more effective. Both of these additions help to ensure that the sun finds its way into your home whenever it is shining. Solar tubes, in particular, are incredibly innovative. These pipes can travel as far as 30 feet and provide a clear route for the sun to travel to the hardest-to-reach areas of the home.

Open Up Your Home and Use Glass Wherever Possible

This one goes without saying, but if you have relatively small windows, now is the time to change them. Changing your windows to ensure there is less frame and more glass will help light stream into your property.

Don’t Forget High-Quality Curtains To Control Levels of Light

Although you may want sunlight to come into your property, you’ll also need a means of controlling it. Installing high-quality curtains or blinds which give you the best control - like rollers or Roman blinds - will ensure you have the sun when you want it and shade when you don’t.

Find The Best Curtains and Blinds To Control Light in Your Home With The Curtain Agency

Here at The Curtain Agency, we’ve been supplying high-quality curtains to our customers in Scotland’s central belt for more than two decades. We have a vast range of products to choose from and always endeavour to provide the best service possible. 

To find out more, please feel free to contact us today. You can find us at Breastmill Steadings, Kirkliston, Edinburgh, EH29 9EA. Alternatively, call us on 0131 333 3606 or email us at curtainagents@aol.com.