Cosy bedroom lightingTurn off the big light. Thank me later.

Cosy bedroom lighting comes down to one habit: turn off the big light. Ceiling lights flatten a room. Several small lights at different heights make it glow, and the change is instant.

Start low with a travertine lamp on the bedside table, soft linen shade, stone base. Add a linen cone lamp on a wooden base somewhere around eye level. Then a paper lamp in the corner, the kind that looks like a lantern, and an arc lamp in chrome over the reading chair.

For mornings, a sunrise alarm fades in slowly so you wake up to light instead of a buzz. And an amber candle on the dresser for the last half hour of the day. Thank me later.