Give Any Room A Gorgeous Glow Up With A Unique LED Light Strips Accent Wall

A layered lighting design is an important feature in any room, allowing you to get the correct light temperature and brightness for any task or time of day. Lighting can affect your mood, productivity, and natural circadian rhythms. Cool lights can wake you up and enhance focus while warm lights can calm you down and help you sleep. LED light strips are a great way to add a customizable layer of light. 

Many, such as these Smart LED Lights from DAYBETTER, let you control the brightness, color, and color temperature of the lights via a remote, phone app, or through your Alexa/Google Assistant. These lights can instantly go from cool to warm, or task to mood lighting, and you can place them anywhere thanks to built-in adhesive backing.

LED light strips also make excellent accent lights, and are often used to highlight artwork, furniture, niches, or architectural details. You can take advantage of this by incorporating LED lights into a DIY accent wall to create unique decorative lighting. The lights highlight artfully-placed molding while adding a lovely glow to the space. It's a simple, inexpensive DIY that can be customized to work in any room. 

To create a unique accent wall, choose your favorite molding and place it on the wall in the pattern of your choice. Using furring MDF strip boards (1-inch x 2-inch), create a dynamic pattern on your wall. Attach MDF boards using a nail gun, such as this DEWALT Brad Nailer Kit and Torpedo Level Magnetic Level to keep boards straight. Cover the MDF boards with a slightly larger board (1-inch x 3-inch). The extra inch will make a hidden space beneath the board to put the LED light strip. If you don't mind showing the light strip, you can skip this step. Paint the boards to match your wall. Once dry, add LED light strips along the top of the smaller MDF board and cut it to fit, then remove the adhesive backing. You can add light strips to the entire pattern, or only a few boards.

If you don't have the DIY skills for a full accent wall, there are other equally clever ways to use LED light strips in your room. Try simply running light strips along pre-existing architectural features such as crown molding, chair rails, fireplaces, window frames, etc. It will add a warm glow to the room while highlighting the architecture. If your strip will be visible, try using an LED light rope like this Segrass Neon Light Rope which is under $30 and looks a bit more elegant.