There are many people who suffer from a lack of light in their homes, even when they are relatively large and open. In fact, people with larger homes frequently have more of a problem due to having longer deeper rooms and also areas in the middle of the house that are some way from windows. People can do something about this of course by adding skylight windows, reducing furniture and even restructuring parts of the house to open them up. However, most of these methods are very costly and time consuming and there are far easier ways to brighten up your life.

Mirrors. One of the most effective and efficient ways of manipulating light is to use mirrors. This is because they are very efficient at reflecting light, hence you can see yourself very well in them. If you pick the right spots on a wall you can easily direct incoming light from a widow, out of the door and around the house. Have another mirror outside the room on the wall opposite the door to pick up the light and move it on.This technique can be used all over the house wherever you are lacking a bit of light or wherever you want a certain area to have an enhanced glow.

Glass. If your goal is not to redirect light, but rather disperse it into lots of different directions then you can glassware. Using wine glasses on tables and glass vases on shelves with refract light and send it out at all angles giving an all over glow.Be careful not to use too much glass however as you can end up diluting the light just a little too much.

Combine. You can use a combination of both tricks explained above to squeeze every last drop out of the available light you have. Use mirrors to direct light through glass objects such as glass candle holders and then smaller mirrors to pick up the refracted light and move it on. In fact you’ll be so taken aback by the extra light you can have in your home for such a small cost that you’ll be wanting to optimise family and friends houses as well.