The Five Phases of Interior Design
Talie Jane Interiors
June 29, 2026
Talie Jane Interiors®
When designing a space, lighting is key. It sets the mood, creating an overall feeling – warm or cool – and is one of the first elements experienced. Different types of lighting help to create these warm or cool feelings. For example, LED lighting is harsh as compared to the warm glow vintage bulbs, like the Edison bulb, emit. This warm glow helps accentuate the surrounding décor as it plays off of the colors and hues that are present and emits feelings of comfort.
When designing a space, lighting is key. It sets the mood, creating an overall feeling – warm or cool – and is one of the first elements experienced. Different types of lighting help to create these warm or cool feelings. For example, LED lighting is harsh as compared to the warm glow vintage bulbs, like the Edison bulb, emit. This warm glow helps accentuate the surrounding décor as it plays off of the colors and hues that are present and emits feelings of comfort.
Designers have gone Edison bulb crazy, loving its nostalgic appeal and paying homage to a more simplistic, industrial time. They incorporate Edison bulbs in myriad design styles and spaces, including residential and commercial, adding an eclectic flair.
“Antique filament light bulbs, Edison light bulbs and vintage light bulbs all refer to carbon or early tungsten filament lamps. Most of these bulbs are reproduction of the wound filament bulbs made popular by Edison Electric Light Company at the turn of the 20th century. They are easily identified by the long and complicated windings of their internal filaments, and by the very warm-yellow glow of the light they produce.”
As current trends have predicted, vintage lighting and the exposed Edison bulb are still going strong. The appeal of nostalgic design is still ever-present, furthered along by the fact that Edison bulbs have been modernized to be more energy efficient (they are still not as efficient as LEDs however) and longer-lasting. Their warm hue has become even more appealing as design trends have embraced softer colors and warmer metals like gold, brass and copper, as opposed to silver and like-metallics.
For help incorporating vintage lighting and the Edison bulb in your home, contact Talie Jane Interiors at 855.825.4352.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_light_bulb
2. https://www.1800lighting.com/Restoration-Vintage/mn/N-1z141na/\
3. https://blog.1800lighting.com/lighting-tips/spotlight-restoration-vintage-lighting-styles/
