When designing a custom closet, lighting is often overlooked. However, it can play a crucial role in both functionality and aesthetics of your custom closet. The right lighting can enhance your closet’s look, make it easier to find items, and add a touch of elegance. Here’s how our different lighting solutions can transform your Custom Life Closet:
The Types of Closet Lighting
- Ambient Lighting: Provides overall illumination for your closet, like placing LED strip lighting all around the top of a closet.
- Task Lighting: Focuses on specific areas where detailed visibility is needed. Examples include under-shelf lighting or LED strip lights to highlight certain shelves and hanging rods.
- Accent Lighting: Adds style and drama. Vertical lighting and puck light spotlights can highlight particular features in the closet or create a visually appealing focal point.
Custom Life Closets offers two distinct types of lighting solutions: LED strip lighting and puck lighting. Both LED strip lighting and puck lighting offer distinct advantages, depending on your needs and goals. This is a quick comparison of the two types of lighting to help you decide which is best for your space:
LED Strip Lighting vs. Puck Lighting
LED Lighting Strips
LED lighting strips are flexible strips with embedded LEDs that can be installed in various configurations and locations throughout the closet.
The advantages of using LED lighting strips are as follows:
- Versatility: Ideal for illuminating shelves, corners, and under-shelf areas with a continuous line of light.
- Uniform Lighting: Provides even, shadow-free illumination across larger areas.
- Customization: Brightness levels can be adjusted for various needs.
- Energy Efficient: Low power consumption and long-lasting.
This type of closet lighting solution is best for continuous lighting along shelves, cabinets, or display areas. It is also great for under-shelf lighting, vertical lighting, and smooth illumination beneath shelves.
Puck Lighting
Puck lighting is the use of small, round light fixtures that are often mounted under shelves or cabinets. Puck lights can be installed either flush mounted or surface mounted, depending on our client’s preferences.
The main advantages of using puck lighting in your closet are:
- Focused Illumination: Great for spotlighting specific areas or features in the closet.
- Unique design: Adds an elegant touch of accent lighting.
This type of closet lighting solution is best for accent lighting to highlight specific items or sections, and for spot lighting or targeted illumination of specific areas in the space.
Now that you know about the different types of closet lighting solutions, it’s time to choose which solution is right for you! Both LED strip lights and puck lights have distinct advantages that can help effectively enhance your custom closet’s functionality and style. Choosing a type of lighting depends on your specific design needs and desires. It’s important to understand which type of overall lighting you wish to achieve, and then choose the type of lighting that works best with that goal. From ambient lighting to innovative accent lighting and illuminated shelving, the right lighting will make your closet feel more organized and elegant.
Contact the Custom Life Closets design team if you need help deciding which lighting solution is right for you!