Home offices

Information about what to look for in home office lighting

A home study or office requires a good level of ambient light combined with focused task light for a desk area to prevent eyestrain.

If you’re reading or working on paper, light should fall on the page. For a computer, light should be angled to fall on the keyboard, not the screen. Ideally, the task light should be positioned to one side with the bulb hidden from view. It should be possible to adjust the height and direction of light.

Task light should be supported with good levels of ambient light. Uplighters are a good choice as there’s no risk of causing reflections on a computer monitor and they will wash the ceiling and walls with light.

In an office with natural daylight, venetian or hanging blinds allow you to control levels of light as they change throughout the day.