5 Benefits of LED Lights in the Bedroom You Should Know
There’s a good chance you’ve heard about some of the virtues of LED lighting as an alternative to conventional interior lights like incandescents, halogens, and even compact fluorescent lights (CFLs).
Some of these benefits are universal and others are situational. For instance, if you’re considering upgrading the lighting in your bedroom, be aware that while some of the draws of LEDs are overarching, there are numerous location-dependent benefits of LED lights for your bedroom.
Such as…
1. Flexibility in Design
LED lights for your bedroom offer amazing flexibility in design in countless ways. LED strip lights, specifically, can be used in different decorative and functional applications such as under the bed, or for closet lighting. They can also be used under shelves, behind the bed headboard, and as cove lighting.
They not only offer you flexibility in application, but you can also adjust brightness, color temperature, and the color of these lights to set the perfect mood as needed - whether to prepare for sleep, reading, playing video games, or even for work.
2. Improved Sleep: Dimmability and Light Therapy
Have you ever struggled to get a restful night’s sleep? The flexibility of LED lights for your bedroom, while not a cure for insomnia, may still be able to help you prepare for a good night’s rest.
LED lights are available in a wide range of color temperatures, including warm whites. These warm white lights do not suppress melatonin production, unlike blue light. This makes warm white lights better for the bedroom.
Color temperature is not yoked solely to LEDs, but the flexibility offered by modern LEDs is unrivaled. Modern LEDs are also dimmable, which makes them perfect for setting mood, from soft accents to bright task lighting, choose the desired brightness at any moment for your bedroom.
The flexibility to adjust the color temperature of LEDs in your bedroom will also give you the ability to practice light therapy during the darker months of the year, which uses light that mimics full-spectrum daylight, and is believed to help those struggling with Seasonal Affective Disorder.
We offer not only static white, but also tunable white, dim-to-warm, and color-changing LEDs for the bedroom that can be used for these purposes. These are compatible with Leona® Smart Pro Controllers and enable you to automatically sync and support your body’s natural biorhythms.
3. Better Light Quality
Our LEDs offer an excellent color rendering index, otherwise known as CRI. This index measures the ability of a light source to accurately represent the colors of objects compared to natural light. The higher, the better.
The capability of adjusting our LED strip lights also gives you the power to control the color temperature and the flexibility to utilize warmer color temperatures, protecting your eyes against harmful blue light.
4. They Offer Superior Control
LED strip lights simply offer superior control, especially when paired with a controller like the Leona® Smart Home Controller and the Leona app that give you the full flexibility to control color, color temperature, and more with just the palm of your hand. When paired with Google Home or Amazon Alexa, you can even control them with your voice. You can also set automated timers to create personalized scenes, set environmental triggers, and customize your lighting to support your daily routines.
5. Cost Savings: Energy Efficiency and Longevity
Last but not least we have a pretty well-known set of advantages of LEDs that go beyond the bedroom: cost savings.
LEDs consume only a tiny fraction of the electricity required to operate all other forms of lighting, including incandescent, halogen, and even fluorescent lights. This makes them far more economical.
Also, with an operating lifespan many, many times longer (most LEDs can last 50 to 100 times longer than an incandescent) you’ll almost never have to replace them – if you ever do at all.
Finally, LEDs produce almost no heat, which isn’t just about fire risk. It also saves you money in the summer, because your air conditioning system won’t have to work double time against heat produced by your lighting system.
Choosing the Right LED Lights for Your Bedroom
Now that you know some of the more interesting benefits of LED lights for your bedroom, here are some tips to create the perfect setting.
If you want your bedroom to be an entertaining room, go with RGB + Tunable White LEDs.
The bedroom is a place where we sleep and watch movies, read, and play video games. Adding RGB + Tunable White Lighting can set the perfect mood for any of those activities. With our RGB + Tunable White LED Strip Light, you can produce millions of colors plus any shade of white within a wide range, from 2700K to 6200K.
Trouble Sleeping? Choose Tunable White or Dim-to-Warm LEDs for Your Bedroom
If you're interested in using LEDs in your bedroom to improve your sleep, consider opting for warm white LED color temperatures as they create a cozier atmosphere that's more conducive to restful sleep.
Color temperature, measured in kelvins, determines how 'warm' or 'cool' a light appears. Lower temperatures indicate warmer light. The ideal color temperature for bedroom lighting falls between 2000K and 3000K.
As a pro tip, our Accent™ Tunable White or Sienna™ Dim-to-Warm LED strip lights are among our most popular choices for bedroom lighting. They allow you to adjust the shade of white according to your preferences and specific needs.
Creating a Relaxing and Cozy Atmosphere
Another great thing about the flexibility of LED strips for your bedroom is that you can use them to create a relaxing and cozy atmosphere.
With Flexfire LED strip lights you not only can enjoy practical and functional task lighting, but mood lighting to create the perfect ambiance for any occasion, whether it is luxurious, romantic, vibrant or peaceful.
With our dynamic and color-changing LEDs you can adjust the color, color temperature, and brightness to suit the setting - perfect for any personal space.
Highlighting Architectural Details
Last but certainly not least, LEDs for your bedroom can be used to highlight architectural details, which will improve the setting of any space.
If your room has wall decor, mirrors, or other accents, using strip lighting to frame, backlight, or wall-wash, can add to the overall depth of the room while creating a somewhat lit backdrop - perfect for creating a one-of-a-kind sense of place.
Getting Started with LEDs for Your Bedroom
Not sure where to start when it comes to re-outfitting your bedroom with LED lighting?
Get in touch and we will be happy to help. You can contact us online or by phone at 1-844-353-9347 – tell us your vision and we will help you choose the perfect products for your project and design it for you at no cost.
