How To Put The Lighting Right (without calling the electrician)

One of the things that magazines and blogs and designers talk about all the time is how to get the lighting right in each room. I have done that myself (and I hope it was useful) but it seems to me that a far greater, and perhaps more common, issue is how do you PUT the lighting right when you move into a new place - either rented or bought - and you don't have permission or budget to change what's there but you know you need to do something that doesn't involve the electrician?

the curve and opal disk floor light from houseof - the latter is good for small spaces as the base is small

So for this week's Wednesday Ad Break I spoke to Helen White, co-founder of Houseof, who has suggested some ideas for what you can do to put bad lighting right. Before we start you should know that Helen was a lighting buyer at both BHS and MADE before setting up her own company with Michael Jones (who also worked at BHS) and do read to the end where they have offered a 15 per cent discount code at Houseo…