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How to manage light in a reading corner

Choosing the right light is essential in creating your own relaxing corner at home.

Intensity, position and kind of lighting can make the difference when in the evening, you relax by dedicating yourself to the noble art of reading.

Imagine coming home after a long work day. The only thing you want is to relax, letting yourself be pampered by the embrace of your favorite armchair, with your reading lamp as a silent companion, immersing yourself in the imaginary world of your favorite novel.

What could be more relaxing than a reading corner made to measure for you, with extreme care and attention? The color of the walls, the furnishings and of course the light, which accompanies you at all times of the day, changing according to your needs.

When you think about relaxation, the first words that come to mind are tranquility, serenity and comfort. How to concretely transfer them to your reading corner? Start with the piece of furniture on which you will relax with your book. It could be a comfortable armchair, perhaps with a retro taste and near the window overlooking the garden, or a soft and comfortable sofa. Once you have found the perfect place, customize it with objects that talk about you, it will make you feel at ease. The choice of light will be crucial, since the lamp will choose at the same time a functional piece of furniture and will be at your reading, providing you with the right light to give you pages and pages of adventures without straining your eyes.

Which reading lamp to choose? The alternatives are essentially two: the floor or table lamp. The first generates a more diffused light, which descends from the other to illuminate the pages. If you have a tea table next to your reading corner, you can opt for a table lamp that creates a more intimate atmosphere.

If you have opted for floor lamps, you can choose between Blake, with its minimal and captivating design, it will also give a touch of grit to the environment. The black frame and the diffuser in Venetian glass plates make this lamp easily combinable with different colors of furniture.

If you are a lover of softer and more captivating shapes, Eva is the perfect product for you. The wide range of colors offered in the catalogue allows you to choose the one that best fits your room.

If you are a fan of retro taste, Horo with its glass diffuser available in different finishes and colors will illuminate your readings with the eye of light which, by turning the lamp, you can direct it towards you.

Design will enter your home thanks to the Sound floor lamp, an iconic product of the Dimore Masiero catalogue. If you choose the LED version, you can modulate the light thanks to the dimmer according to your needs and moods

For your reading table, on the other hand, a lamp like Marco Zito’s Cupole is the design solution that will bring a touch of Venetian style to your home. This product is also available in the floor version.

If you are a lover of the classic revisited in a modern way, the Darshan table lamp is your perfect choice. Entirely covered in leather, it is available in 3 colors.

Author of the article
Alessia D’Alesio
Global Marketing & Communication Manager, Masiero

How to manage living room lighting

Choosing the correct lighting for the living room is very complex and requires special attention, because very different activities take place in this area of ​​the house. This space is in fact used for leisure, conviviality, relax, sometimes for work and must therefore be welcoming and comfortable.

There are several factors to consider when choosing the lighting in the living room, such as the size of the room, the natural light present, the furnishings style and, last but not least, how you intend to use this area of ​​the house.

When managing space, it is essential to identify the activities that take place there, in order to choose the most functional light. As far as style is concerned, it is essential that the design of the lights integrate with that of the furnishings, playing with the same leitmotiv or with contrasts, as long as they are studied.

The choice of the type of lighting is wide, it can range from suspensions to retractable spotlights, from wall lamps to floor lamps and table lamps, with classic or contemporary style, country, vintage or shabby chic, made in the most varied materials and shades of infinite color.

In order to better illuminate the living room it is essential to ensure the right light throughout the space, creating:

  • General lighting through a central chandelier
  • An intermediate lighting, ideal for emphasizing a specific area, such as the bookcase
  • Accent lighting, with a purely decorative purpose

Masiero offers a wide range of products suitable for lighting the living room.

Se hai una stanza di grandi dimensioni e sei amante del classico rivisitato con il colore, il Maria Teresain vetro colorato è perfetto per te.

If, on the other hand, you are a lover of the classic revisited in a modern way, you can choose between Darshan in its different colors

Vertical view of contemporary main room

and Olympya, where you can use a mix of suspension and wall lamp to light up your home.

Are you looking for a chandelier that has a different allure between on and off? Horo with marble effect glass is perfect for you.

If there is a dining table in the living room, you will need to think about adequately lighting it, to see well during dinner and chat pleasantly with the diners. Vegas will make your table sparkle providing the functionality of illuminating evenly.

If the living room is small, you can make it welcoming by choosing wall lamps, such as the Palm, a real wall decoration system.

Ceiling lamps that radiate light evenly are also an excellent choice.

Depending on your taste, you could choose a piece from the Impero&Deco collection, such as the VE 760 available in different shapes and sizes.

Vertical view of contemporary main room

If you want to create a reading corner, it is appropriate to use a floor lamp to be placed next to an armchair. The floor lamp will guarantee the correct light to read without straining the eyes.

Ideal for highlighting the room, the Sound floor lamp will give character to your living room, just like the Horo floor lamp.

Lighting is really essential in the living room, as it can be a functional and decorative object at the same time. Our proposal is really wide, suitable to satisfy the most varied style and size needs. Our proposal is really wide, suitable to satisfy the most varied style and size needs.

Author of the article
Alessia D’Alesio
Global Marketing & Communication Manager, Masiero

Paris Design Week 2021: meet us at Hotel de Sully

Masiero is pleased to announce its presence at the personal exhibition of Pierre Gonalons on the occasion of Paris Design Week 2021. The designer and interior designer Pierre Gonalons is the creative mind of the Horo collection by Masiero, which will be exhibited in the beautiful setting of the Orangerie of the Hôtel de Sully, located in the heart of the Saint-Paul district in central Paris.

Visitors are invited to enter this architectural jewel to discover this secret Orangerie, exceptionally open to the public, as an invitation to the summer salon of a large French residence.

The four seasons are the theme of this poetic walk through the unique visual universe of the designer.

It is in this furniture inspired by his favorite places, such as the Fortuny Palace in Venice or his country house hidden in the outskirts of Paris, pastel colors, refined and elegant, that Horo finds the perfect location, with its minimal style at times vintage.

The new marble effect glass finish presented in 2021 adds to the Horo family a greater decorative atout, which makes it both on and off an element with an extremely characterized design but at the same time usable in both modern and classic contexts.

The exhibition is open from 9 to 18 September, from 11 to 19, with entrance to No. 5 Place des Vosges, 75004 Paris and No. 48 Rue Saint-Antoine, 75004 Paris

Discover more on Hotel de Sully     

New experiments for Horo

Masiero launches new special finishes for the Horo lighting collection, to include suspensions, floor lamps, wall and table lamps. Horo was presented in 2020 with great success due to its fine lines and theatrical appeal.

The two parallel glass discs, framed in elegant minimalist brushed-brass metal brackets, are now also offered in a unique marble-effect glass.

This 2021 version adds a great decorative edge to the Horo lighting family, which makes it a collection with an extremely strong design stamp.

Horo lights up the Rupture Cafè in Paris

Two shop fronts at 11 Rue du Vertbois, in the upper Marais, for the new Rupture store and creative record label founded by Alexander Sap.

The project was given over to the interior designer Pierre Gonalons, who adhered to the genuine spirit and history of the locale, true to the memories of the legendary Drugstore Saint Germain, which in the Paris of the sixties was a bar, restaurant, tobacconist and emporium.

The space is totally lit up by the Horo collection, designed by Pierre Gonalons for Masiero in 2020.

There are three single suspensions, one triple-unit suspension, two wall lamps and one table lamp, all in pink glass perfectly in synch with the mood of the place!

HORO collection designed by Pierre Gonalons

The symbol of a disc of light is as old as the world itself, a universal symbol and an infinite source of inspiration.

Pierre Gonalons, a great lover of the shape of the circle with its references ranging from the Egyptian god Ra to the golden sun, to the eye of Horus, has designed a collection of suspensions, floor lamps, wall and table lamps with frames in gilded metal that house a glass disc prism, with an exclusive diamond point finish.

A minimal, simple, almost graphic shape that takes on a vintage flavor with distinctive metal and glass finishes: a brushed brass finish has been selected for the metal, and the glass disc, in addition to its transparency, boasts a highly semitransparent palate. refined colors, including light blue, powder pink, smoky gray and vibrant green.

“The combination of finishes and colors creates an excellent balance between the Italian design inspiration of the 1950s and the highly contemporary innovative creation”,

says Pierre Gonalons.

The Horo collection is designed to scenically illuminate both residential and commercial spaces, such as hotels or offices.

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