Interior Designing is your passion and you must always keep your eye out for inspiration.

With each new year comes a variety of design trends to mix into your signature repertoire. Trends don’t work for every home as spaces must be personalized to the individual client but knowing what’s trending ensures you remain competitive.

Whether it’s a sculptural lamp, colorful lampshade, or head-turning hanging pendant—interior home lighting has become an artful part of home interiors. While function must be the top priority, lighting is now expected to be part of the decor.

Mixing Unexpected Styles

Mixing design styles is nothing new but there are a few new mixtures to consider. Modern rustic interior remains strong and is now being joined by rustic vogue and contemporary country. These trends are exciting because a home that naturally leans toward rustic or country can easily be elevated and stylized beyond the obvious interior design themes. 

The trend in creating livable outdoor spaces is nothing new but since we’ve been social distancing our outdoor spaces are more important than ever. Instead of decorating “outdoor” and “indoor” spaces as separate living spaces, aim for a smooth transition from inside to outside.

Luxury decor doesn’t work for every room in every home, especially with kids and pets, so consider creating a solo luxury space. This could be a lux master bath, bedroom, den, library, home office, or meditation room. The space should feel like a getaway or escape, which is of increasing importance while social distancing.

Lamp Alternatives

Lamps continue to have their time and place, but they are no longer your only option when you need to add targeted home lighting. Now you can choose from a variety of artful wall sconce lighting and small hanging lights to illuminate artwork, provide reading light, free up space on your desk, and use as nightstand-free illumination.

Not only can you ditch bedside lamps, but you can add statement light fixtures in the bedroom. As a whole, bedrooms are becoming increasingly minimalist so adding a chandelier or decorative wooden pendant light to the ceiling becomes a focal point in a room with minimal effort.

With decorative lighting drawing eyes upward, ceilings have never been more important. From white paint with a high-gloss finish to adding faux or functional architectural elements, or painting or covering in a color or pattern that matches or contrasts with the rest of the room.

Sertao Shop’s modern rustic home lighting can help you integrate a variety of these trends into the homes you design. Check back soon for more interior designing trends, tips, and tricks!

One of the exciting things about interior design is finding ways to personalize each room for style, function, or a bit of both. Serato Shop’s elegant wood wall sconce is ideal for personalizing modern rustic interiors. If not modern rustic, they bring a touch of nature to minimalistic and eclectic homes and businesses.

Targeted Lighting

Most rooms have a light fixture in the center of the ceiling meaning you need to add lighting to targeted areas of your rooms—but don’t feel limited to lamps. Lamps are great but you may not want to take up space on your end table or office desk. Or maybe you want an eye-level reading light next to your reading recliner or chaise lounge. Instead of finding a lamp, considered our Wall Sconce Light. Sometimes one is enough, or you could add two vertically, side by side, or on each side of your chair or desk.

A Decorative Nightlight

Our sconces are made to be hardwired and have a 2 watt, 12 volt LED light strip. While this is bright enough for targeted light when placed strategically—it is also a low enough light to use as a decorative nightlight. Place a sconce or two to illuminate your hallways when the sun goes down, to create ambiance in your restaurants, or any time you want to set a romantic mood. It’s even bright enough to use as a bedside night light, to keep on all night or turn off when you are ready to snooze.

Illuminate Art

Some art is so special that it deserves its own lighting. While you can find mini-fixtures designed specifically for artwork, most art lights won’t blend in well with your modern rustic interior—or look a little too sterile for your desired design aesthetic. This is another way to utilize our wooden sconces. Our sconces come in 2 sizes and are available in black or light, medium, or dark wood, so you are sure to find an option that complements your home or office interior. Hang them high to shine down on wall art, as a decorative bookend of sorts, or in a pattern to create a signature rustic design.

Fireplace Lighting

When you have a fire burning bright it casts a lovely glow in your room, and provides a natural low light—but what about when your fire isn’t burning? Light up your fireplace anytime you like by adding a wooden sconce or two above your mantle. Work your sconces into your décor by centering them, hanging them on each side of your mantel mirror, or placing a small row of 3 to 5 to create a rustic focal point. The grain shows beautifully on each sconce so it’s the perfect way to add a touch of nature in a way that is modern and fresh.

While we like to provide you with a few design and placement ideas we are sure you will come up with several more ideas on your own. Check back soon as we are always adding decorative new rustic lighting options!

It’s difficult to imagine our lives without light, but the invention of lighting was revolutionary. Lighting played a functional role in homes and businesses and lampshades were quickly invented to evenly dispense light. While also for function, lampshades quickly become an artful part of home interiors. From paper to fabric, glass and everything in between both stationary and hanging light fixtures had some type of light dispensing mechanism. The Drum Pendant Light shape was one inspired by the shape of the musical instrument they are named after. Hanging Drum Pendant Lighting fixtures certainly aren’t new in interior design but they continue to be reinvented in fresh and modern ways. We are partial to this Original Drum Pendant Light which is in a class of its own. It takes the timeless shape we know and love and transforms it into a head-turning talking point of any room it’s hanging in. 

Lighting As Art

Another growing trend is to place light as art in homes and businesses. In most cases, this means having both functional light and lighted art installations—but with this drum light you enjoy two in one. It’s gorgeous from every angle, boxy and modern from the sides, and curvaceous when you look directly underneath.The Original Drum Pendant Light is made from Oak and a great look. That’s right, a light fixture made from wood! This brings a touch of nature into the room making this fixture ideal for modern rustic interiors, but not limited to, as incorporating natural elements is a trend that won’t soon go out of style.

Although made from wood, opacity isn’t an issue as the design is a series of artfully arranged slats. The slats don’t just allow light to penetrate the shade, but they cast light in a decorative pattern. This pattern shifts and intensifies by the time of day and can be adjusted as you like because this ceiling fixture is dimmer switch compatible. 

Centering Is Not Necessary

We are always excited when one of our enthusiastic customers shares images of how they place their new drum pendant light in their home or business. While centering it over a dining room table or in the center of a room is a top pick, feel free to think outside the box to create both artful and personalized lighting solutions. In larger spaces some of our clients hang multiple lights in a circle or straight line, sometimes at varying cord lengths.

Not to worry if this drum light isn’t quite the style you are looking for as Serato Shop has a variety of light fixtures and design aesthetics to choose from.

There is a growing trend in bringing natural elements into our homes in ways that are modern and designed to blend in with a variety of design aesthetics. One such way is by choosing wooden pendant lighting opposed to traditional glass light fixtures. Here are just a few reasons why this modern rustic look works. While modern and rustic may sound like polar opposites on the design spectrum blending the two styles can be complementary. From a modern home with rustic accents to rustic chic, and everything in between. Ultimately the choice is yours as it’s about making your house your own. Rustic meaning many things. Including raw, natural, textured, and aged but polished. Wood is a sustainable material that can be left stained or painted. The natural texture and color of wood is the perfect neutral for your home and with strategic placement can be worked into any design. Sertao Shop has a great love for modern rustic interior design providing you with unique items to make your house a home.

Designing Your Home from Floor to Ceiling

Standard recessed lighting and glass fixtures are more function than décor. With the exception of dining room chandeliers, ceiling lights often go unnoticed. With more attention being paid to the paint color, texture, finishing details, and decorative covering on the ceilings in modern homes—standard light fixtures are too boring and bland. Or maybe you stick with a classic white ceiling but work a decorative light fixture into every room. With a variety of designs to choose from you can find Modern Wood Pendant Lighting that complements your interior design.

Think Beyond Your Kitchen

Most hanging light fixtures are found in the kitchen but it’s time to have a bit more fun with the lighting throughout your house. Not to worry as we have pendant lights that don’t hang super low, so you won’t have to duck to walk underneath. Consider adding a pendant to your entryway, above your kitchen island, in the center of your living room, to highlight your artwork, or in any other place where you require a ceiling light. Install to a dimmer switch so you can choose from either bright light or tranquil mood lighting. Consider playing with colored or retro light bulbs for even more fun.

It’s nice to have a room or two that doesn’t match the design theme of the rest of your home. This is often a room designed with one family member in mind or a specific purpose. Maybe a rustic den, cozy library, meditation oasis, guest room, home office, or any themed room that calls for a few wooden or natural accents. Themed rooms can’t easily be furnished and accessorized with trending items, so you are likely to head Sertao Shop to find such unique pieces that speak to you. Sertao Shop is happy to provide you with plenty of options for your modern rustic needs.

If you have a semi-enclosed sunroom, patio, or kitchen or a home with glass walls that open up you need lighting that complements the outdoor elements. Modern wood pendant lighting is an excellent option for these mixed-use spaces as they are stylish enough when the room is closed off but natural enough to feel like you are still part of nature when the room is open. However, our pendant lighting is not designed for fully outdoor living spaces. They are not weatherproofed, and the electrical mechanisms are not meant for outdoor or element friendly.

—More about function than beauty

Decorating offices, building lobbies and commercial spaces is often more about function than beauty—but there is a growing trend in creating contemporary, comfortable and cool spaces. By prioritizing design, companies can boost productivity and innovation and create spaces that are warm and inviting. Yes, the furniture will need to be durable, but you can create a personality for your space with the right design accents. If you have a nature-inspired lobby, break room, executive office, or group meeting space—consider adding a series of modern wood pendant lights. They are also perfect as the central light in smaller offices, as the row of lights above a conference table, as the lighting used to accent art, and to highlight green living walls.

Not Sure What Your Design Style Is?

Some of us have a very clear vision of our preferred design aesthetic, but many of us shop for what we love—purchasing items that speak to us one by one and find a way to incorporate them in our home. This might result in an eclectic home with a mix of modern, vintage, and multiple design styles. Or you could end up with an interior design theme that is consistent, but that you don’t necessarily care to label. There is no right or wrong as long as it works for you.

Whether you are decorating your first apartment or home, reworking your current interior design, or creating a modern and cool work environment—a natural element or two is a must. For this reason we invite you to browse our unique Modern Wood Pendant Lighting today. Also, be sure to check back soon as we are always adding new Modern Rustic home accessories to our collection!