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Even the most luxurious and spaces houses, people often find there are areas that just do not get enough light. Houses that are quite deep and have rooms located the centre of the property suffer most as light is not sufficiently channeled to those areas. People can do something about this of course by adding skylight windows, reducing furniture or using white dining room furniture for example, and even restructuring parts of the house to open them up. However, the majority of these techniques require major building work, which lots of people do not want to undertake or don’t have the money for. Do not fear though, as here we take a look at some decidedly more simple approaches.

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. The best way to use them is place mirrors on walls in just the right place to send incoming light from windows, back out the door to other areas. By locating a mirror just outside the door, the light can then be picked up and moved on down the hall or into other rooms or areas of the house. Repeat this as necessary throughout the house and it’ll be like having a hundred extra lights around. It’s particularly useful when you have lots of bedroom furniture cluttering up a room, and not much light to start with.

Glass. You can call upon glass to break up the light and send it off in various directions, thus giving all parts of a room some exposure. Using wine glasses on shelves and crystal vases on bedside tables which refract light and send it out at all angles giving an all over glow.If you refract light too much then it loses its power so make sure you don’t go crazy with the glass items.

Combine. For the ultimate light manipulation, try using both the techniques described above in combination. Use mirrors to direct light through glass objects and then smaller mirrors to pick up the refracted light and move it on. You’ll be amazed at just how much extra light you can have without even using electricity.