Children's lamps

Children are the best thing in life. From the moment of birth, we try to provide them with the most correct conditions for growth and development, not forgetting about children's health. A lot of attention is paid to lighting the room so that the child's eyes do not suffer from a lack of light or excessive brightness.

Today, a wide variety of models of children's lamps are available, in which it is easy to get confused. In fact, the classification is not so difficult, so everyone can afford to buy.

Children's lamps are lighting devices for a room, the purpose of which is to illuminate a specific area. This can be a minimal area or a room as a whole. The children's line of models has significant differences from the lamps chosen for other rooms of the dwelling. These are special lamps with thoughtful child-themed designs that create a welcoming atmosphere.

The distinctive features of children's lamps include:

• Variety of color palette - using bright, cheerful colors that set the child up for a positive, creative atmosphere and joyful emotions.
• The uniqueness of the design, thanks to which the lamps become the accents of the room or its finishing touches.
• A variety of sizes, allowing the use of lighting fixtures in various types of rooms.
• The presence of several varieties, designed for different uses (for the main light, amplification of the main source, backlight).
• The use in models of a wide range of light sources of different powers and temperatures, allowing you to select the appropriate temperature regime of light, as close as possible to natural.

The main line of children's lamps is mass-produced - on production equipment. However, if you wish, you can always buy a handmade designer product of a professional level of performance.

All existing types of children's lamps are divided into several groups:

• ceiling (chandeliers);
• wall (sconces, decorative, models in an outlet, crib);
• table (desk lamps, floor lamps and bedside lamps);
• floor (bedside lamps and floor lamps).

Each type of luminaire is distinguished by the intensity of the luminous flux, its softness, diffusion and application time. Any of them combines two loads: decorative and basic (lighting).

Ceiling lamps - the main overhead light, which largely determines the visual acuity (the more correctly they are selected, the less stress on the eyes). Additional lighting is useful in the evening, on a cloudy day and at night, when you need another light source. It is also necessary for better lighting of the working area of ​​the desk when the child is doing homework or doing creative work.

Additional lighting devices were originally invented for adults: sconce comfortable in the evening - for reading books before going to bed, bedside lamps save parents from repeatedly turning on and off bright lights at night. Moms and dads do not have to approach the baby in order to check his condition.

Nightlights are divided into wall and bedside, which can be fixed on the wall, the side wall of the crib (models on a clothespin, mobile-carousel).

Projectors notable for the fact that they can be located anywhere in the room and are often equipped with a brightness control, a motion detector.

Recessed spotlights are more often design elements supporting the general idea. Such devices provide sufficient lighting only if there are several of them, and each has the necessary power.

By the type of power supply, children's lamps are stationary or battery-powered. The models differ from each other in the type of switch, which can be:

• cord;
• sensor;
• Dimmer;
• button (on the case or on the wire).

Luminaires also differ in the type of lamps.

They can have a light source in the form of a lamp:

• incandescent;
• LED;
• halogen;
• luminescent;
• sensory.

Each light source has its own pros and cons.

For example, incandescent lamps heat up during operation, react to humidity and temperature. Fluorescent bulbs are the most harmful, they emit mercury during operation, they are more susceptible to frequent switching on and off, and burn out quickly. LEDs have a minimum power consumption and are recognized as safe (do not emit toxins when switched on), shine evenly, without flickering.

Children's lamps are unique design techniques. With the right choice, they can fit into almost any interior style inherent in childhood. The main thing to rely on is the child's age and tastes (including color preferences and themes).

There are a lot of options for style solutions.

These products look most harmoniously in styles:

• classic;
• modern;
• boho;
• kitsch;

• loft;
• manga;
• pop Art;
• nautical.

The theme of design is also interesting. Like counterparts for adults, any model obeys a common idea, of which there are a lot. Based on the age of the child, modern lamps for children are produced not only in a classic design: they are all kinds of:

• space objects (ships, rockets, UFOs);
• celestial bodies (Sun, Moon, month, stars);
• planes and cars;
• elements of ships (steering wheel, sail, and so on);

• floral and summer compositions (butterflies, flowers, birds);
• children's toys (characters from favorite fairy tales and cartoons);
• geometric shapes (for teenagers and projector models);
• natural phenomena;
• Star Wars theme.

A distinctive feature of children's lamps is their streamlined shape. They can be small, compact, standard medium or large sizes, but manufacturers always strive for round edges and a minimum of sharp parts.

The shapes of the luminaires are different and are divided into classic and non-standard options.

The first include strict models with a minimum of decor (shades in the form of a ball, bell, prism, cylinder).

The second options are more varied, and more often it is a non-standard approach to design. These are all kinds of single-plan models or spotlights that make up a single composition (for example, the sky with clouds and the sun, space).

If we conditionally divide the models by types, the form is:

• bedside lamps tends to be round or oval (even if the design looks like a toy);
• models in a crib resembles a circle or a star (mobiles or stars on the side wall);
• projectors are similar to a volumetric circle, cylinder, hemisphere, arc (turtles, elephants, butterflies, snails, rainbows and so on);
• table lamps vary greatly, but tends to be spherical, trapezoidal, conical;
• ceiling - cylindrical, round, oval.

Different raw materials are used in the modern production of children's lamps.

The most popular manufacturing materials are:

• metal;
• plastic;
• plastic;
• polymer;
• wood;
• glass;
• paper;
• the cloth.

The choice of material is very important. For example, plastic and plastic, when heated, emit harmful substances into the air. The glass must be matte and sufficiently dense, resistant to mechanical damage. Paper is not strong, ceramics are brittle.

To prevent the lamp from harming the eyes, it is important to choose the right intensity of the light flux and its temperature. Depending on this, the number of lamps in the room can be varied: sometimes there can be two or more, although in most cases one main and additional one is enough.

When buying, it is worth considering several factors that simplify the choice of a children's lamp:

• the temperature shade should be as close as possible to natural light (indicated in Kelvin);
• the color of the luminous flux is preferable to soft, warm (indicator - 4000 K or moderately warm - 4500 K);
• yellow tone hurts the eyes, scatters attention (2700-3500 K);
• a cold tone makes the eyes adjust, it does not create a welcoming atmosphere (more than 5000-6000 K).

Lighting should be soft and uniform. If it is an additional light source, it should ideally match the tone of the main light flux.

When buying a children's lamp, it is important to consider that it must be safe, made of durable material and have the "correct" type of light source.

A good lamp for a child's room is:

• a model that expresses the general idea of ​​design in soft, saturated colors, not the cheapest and not particularly expensive;
• a product with LEDs that do not heat up during prolonged operation, or a touch version (relevant for a night light);
• if it is a night light, then it is equipped with adjustable lighting intensity and provided with a pleasant soundtrack with melodic relaxing music (ideally, with the possibility of audio recording and playback);
• if the ceiling model, then of three elements, with a standard type of base and a minimum power of each lamp - 60 W;
• if a projector, then with a small set of shades and the possibility of a fixed projection (eyes get tired less);

• model with a good diffuser of the light flux (black, gloomy shades of the plafond and saturated colors are unacceptable: red, dark blue, poisonous orange, acid green);
• a product of a specific theme for a girl or boy or a universal option (if the family has opposite-sex twins or a teenage child);
• functional device on the ceiling, wall or table, with reference to the age of the child (for an infant, schoolchild, student).

A well-chosen children's lamp is the basis of a room's design, for example:

• a universal hemisphere with clouds is relevant in any room, regardless of style;
• the model in the form of a fairytale fairy is good in the interior of a girl's room, for greater harmony it has support in the form of the color of decorative pillows;
• spotlights along the entire surface of the ceiling in the form of cloudy zones are relevant for children of any gender and room bathed in the sun, however, they will not do without additional lighting;

• the lamp in the form of a steering wheel with white shades looks good in the interior of the marine theme, in the boy's room;
• the ball model to match the furniture or ceiling fits perfectly into the interior of the room of teenage twins;
• the version in the form of an airplane is relevant for a boy of any age; it brings into the room a special spirit of conquering the heavenly peaks.

For the features of choosing a children's night lamp, see the following video.