Home / The Edit Lighting Solutions Transforming your living room into a winter oasis The living room is the heart of any home: a place to entertain and welcome guests; a space where families can congregate; an area to relax or read a good book. As the days get shorter and the nights get colder, we tend to start looking for ways to recreate Scandinavia’s concept of hygge, decorating our homes with blankets, rugs and cushions.While it’s important to have plenty of soft furnishings to sink into, ambient lighting is the secret to a cosy interior. From intimate to sociable, relaxing to energising, good lighting is essential to generating a sense of warmth and wellbeing. An elegant choice for a quiet coffee meeting, the North Floor Pendant by Arik Levy is defined by a dynamic, deconstructed silhouette. Captured here in a subtle graphite finish, it synthesises the typical floor and pendant lamp by connecting floor and ceiling, its sleek conical shade hanging from a slender carbon fibre rod and secured by a counterweight at floor level. The angle of the rod is adjustable, allowing light to be directed precisely over a coffee table or comfortable sofa. Designed by Lievore Altherr, Tempo is characterised by lean lines and a long adjustable arm that extends out from its vertical base. The perfect companion for a relaxed aperitif, a translucent blown glass diffuser provides volume to an otherwise linear design. The delicate milk-glass oval hang