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Plain-English guides to choosing, hanging and living with wall lights. Written from the questions people actually ask us.
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Materials & finishes · Style & ideas
Organic modern wall lights: materials, shapes and placement
What makes a wall light organic modern, which natural materials and shapes suit the style, how it differs from Japandi, and where to place...
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Rooms · Planning & installation
Wall lights for small rooms: size, placement and what to skip
How to choose and place wall lights in small bedrooms, narrow hallways and apartments, with sizes, heights and projection depths that keep a tight...
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Planning & installation
Why are my LED wall lights flickering? Causes and fixes
LED wall lights flickering, buzzing or glowing when switched off? Here's how to read the pattern, what you can fix yourself, and when to...
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Style & ideas
Mid century wall lights: what to look for and where they work
What makes a wall light mid century, which shapes and glass to look for, and whether to buy vintage or new for an Australian...
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Rooms · Planning & installation
Reading nook lighting: where to put a wall light by your chair
Where to put a wall light beside a reading chair, how high and how bright it should be, and which globe colour makes reading...
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Materials & finishes
Glass wall sconces: clear, frosted, opal or smoked?
Clear, frosted, opal or smoked glass changes how a wall sconce looks and how much light it gives. Here is which glass suits which...
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Materials & finishes
What is CRI in lighting, and does it matter for wall lights?
CRI tells you how accurately a light shows colour. Here is what the numbers mean, why stone and ceramic wall lights need CRI 90...
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Planning & installation
Common wall light mistakes (and how to fix each one)
Hung too high, too small, too glary or wired in the wrong spot. The wall light mistakes that come up most in Australian homes,...
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Style & ideas
Art deco wall lights: what to look for and how to use them
What actually makes a wall light art deco, how to tell it apart from Streamline Moderne, and how to use deco-inspired wall lights in...
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Rooms · Materials & finishes
Cylinder wall lights: which way they point and where they work
Cylinder wall lights are slim, upright fittings that suit hallways and bedside walls. Here is how to choose the light direction, the material and...
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Rooms · Planning & installation
Wall lights either side of a fireplace or TV: height and spacing
How high and how far apart to mount wall lights either side of a fireplace or TV, plus chimney breast vs alcove placement, TV...
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Planning & installation
Wall lights for high ceilings and voids: a placement guide
How high to mount wall lights when the ceiling is 2.7 m, 3 m, raked or a double-height void, plus what size to buy...
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Rooms
Dining room wall lights: where to put them and how high
Where dining room wall lights work best, how high to mount them beside a sideboard or mirror, and the warm globes and dimmers that...
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Buying guides
Integrated LED wall lights vs globes: which should you buy?
Integrated LED wall lights give slim shapes and smooth, hidden light, but you can't swap a globe when they fail. Here is how they...
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Materials & finishes
How to Clean and Care for Natural Stone Light Fittings
A practical guide to cleaning and caring for marble, travertine and alabaster wall lights, so their natural texture and warm glow last for years.
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Materials & finishes · Buying guides
Wall light finishes compared: brass, black, chrome and copper
Brass, black, chrome or copper? How each wall light finish looks, wears and pairs with your tapware, and how many finishes to use in...
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Materials & finishes · Buying guides
Marble wall lights: buyer's guide and care
Marble wall lights bring pattern and weight to a room. How the stone handles light, which marbles you will see, what to check before...
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Planning & installation
Smart wall lights in Australia: options and setup
Smart globes, smart switches or built-in control: which option suits your wall lights, why some fittings need a smart switch, and how to set...
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Buying guides
Wall lights vs pendant lights: which to use where
Pendants and wall lights do different jobs. A room-by-room guide to which belongs where in an Australian home, how ceiling height decides it, and...
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Rooms · Materials & finishes
Linen and fabric wall sconces: styling and care
Linen wall sconces give the softest, lowest-glare light of any wall fitting. Where they work in an Australian home, how to size them, and...
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Rooms
Nursery and kids' room wall lights: soft, safe and simple
Wall lights fix the two biggest problems in a nursery: glare from the ceiling and cords within reach. Where to put them, how bright...
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Planning & installation
How to install plug-in wall sconces: a renter's guide for Australian homes
Plug-in wall sconces are the one wall light a renter can put up without an electrician. How to check the fitting, choose fixings for...
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Style & ideas
Decorative wall lights: how to pick one that still does its job
Decorative wall lights are bought with the eyes and lived with in the dark. Here is how to tell a sculptural fitting that lights...
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Style & ideas
Round and disc wall lights: why the shape works almost anywhere
Round and disc wall lights suit more walls than any other shape, because a circle has no orientation to get wrong. Here is how...
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Style & ideas
Feature wall lighting: how to light a wall so it actually looks like a feature
A feature wall without lighting is just a differently coloured wall. Here is how to light one properly: grazing versus washing, mounting distances, and...
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Buying guides
Up and down wall lights: what they do, and where they belong
An up and down wall light throws light in two directions at once, which is why it makes walls look taller and corridors feel...
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Rooms · Buying guides
Kitchen wall lighting ideas for Australian homes
A practical guide to using wall lights in the kitchen, from over-bench sconces to splashback and open-shelf lighting, with placement, brightness and finish tips...
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Rooms · Buying guides
Home office and study wall lighting: a practical guide
How to light a home office or study with wall lights, covering placement, brightness, glare on screens, renter-friendly options and what it costs in...
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Rooms · Buying guides
Entryway and front door wall lighting: a buyer's guide
Wall lights beside a front door do what a single overhead bulkhead cannot: light faces, handles and house numbers. Here are the heights, IP...
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Planning & installation
How to layer lighting: ambient, task and accent
Good rooms use three layers of light, not one. Here's what ambient, task and accent lighting each do, where wall lights fit, and the...
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Style & ideas
Japandi and wabi-sabi lighting: the calm, natural look
Japandi and wabi-sabi are the calm, natural looks Australian homes are reaching for in 2026. Here's what each means and how to get the...
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Style & ideas
Coastal and Hamptons wall lights for Australian homes
The Hamptons and coastal look is everywhere in Australian homes — and lighting makes or breaks it. Here's how to get the relaxed, breezy,...
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Buying guides
Are LED wall lights cheap to run? Energy use and running costs
The honest answer: cents per year, not dollars. Here's the actual maths on running an LED wall light in Australia, how it compares to...
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Planning & installation
How many wall lights do I need? A spacing and quantity guide
Too few and a wall looks patchy; too many and it looks like a runway. Here's how many wall lights a room actually needs...
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Rooms · Planning & installation
Living room wall lighting ideas that lift a flat room
Most Australian living rooms are lit by a grid of downlights and nothing else. Here's how wall lights add the eye-level layer that makes...
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Planning & installation
How high to hang wall lights: a room-by-room height guide
The most common wall-light mistake is hanging it too high. Here are the heights that actually work — bedside, vanity, hallway, stairs and feature...
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Materials & finishes · Buying guides
Brass wall lights: a buyer's guide for Australian homes
How to choose a brass wall light that suits your room: what our brass finish actually is, where it works, sizing and height, the...
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Materials & finishes
Alabaster, travertine or marble: choosing a natural stone wall light
Alabaster, travertine and marble all make beautiful wall lights, but they handle light completely differently. Which one glows, which one grazes, and which suits...
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Materials & finishes · Buying guides
Ceramic wall lights: warm, handmade light with real texture
Why ceramic wall sconces give warm, tactile light, how the glazes and G9 globes work, and how to choose between a sunburst and a...
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Materials & finishes · Buying guides
Frosted glass wall lights: soft, even light with no visible bulb
Why frosted glass wall lights give an even, bulb-free glow, how the disc-and-hidden-LED look works, and how to choose size and finish.
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Rooms · Planning & installation
Bathroom vanity lighting in Australia: getting it right at the mirror
One downlight above the mirror is why your bathroom lighting is unflattering. Here's how to light a vanity properly — side mounting, sizing to...
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Rooms
Bedroom wall light ideas: how to use sconces by the bed
Getting the light off the ceiling is the best thing you can do for a bedroom. Six ways to use wall sconces beside the...
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Buying guides
Downlights vs wall lights: why Australian homes are over-downlit
The downlight grid became Australia's default for a reason — it's cheap at build time. Why rooms lit only from the ceiling feel flat,...
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Buying guides
How to choose a wall light: size, brightness and material
Size against the wall, lumens for the job, material for the mood — the three decisions that pick a wall light, in the order...
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Rooms
Hallway and stair lighting ideas that actually work
Hallways and stairs are the most walked-through, worst-lit spaces in most homes. Seven ideas that work, the spacing that makes them look intentional, and...
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Materials & finishes
Does brass rust? How brass light fittings age, and how to care for them
Brass has no iron, so it cannot rust. Whether your fitting changes at all depends on the finish. Here is how a brass finish...
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Planning & installation
How to dim wall lights: globes, switches and smart options
Flickering, buzzing, or a light that won't dim below half — dimming LEDs goes wrong in predictable ways. The three ways to dim a...
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Planning & installation
E14, E27, B22, G9: which bulb does your light actually take?
Standing in the bulb aisle holding a photo of your light fitting? Here's how to identify E14, E27, B22 and G9 caps on sight,...
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