If you could brighten your home, reduce energy bills, boost your mood and well-being, improve the ambiance of the home as well as the home value with an easy upgrade would you, do it?
That’s the power that a well-placed skylight can provide!
Skylights bring in natural light from outside which transforms the entire feeling of a space, making rooms look larger, more spacious, more open, and more welcoming. However, where you install them matters just as much as the type you choose. When installed professionally, skylights can turn a dull room or area into your favourite place in the house.
Where should you install skylights for the biggest impact? Read on to find out as we walk you through the home and explore how strategic skylight placement, paired with roof ventilation systems, can bring beauty, function, and fresh air into your living spaces.
Living Room – Let the Heart of the Home Shine
The living room is where we unwind and spend substantial amounts of our time, yet a lot homes in Perth and across Australia for that matter, have living areas that are dim or reliant on artificial lighting throughout the day. By installing skylights within your living room, you can dramatically increase natural light, create an inviting atmosphere, reduce your dependence on expensive energy-sapping overhead lighting, and create a real focal point within the home where visitors will go “WOW” when they enter.
If your living space includes high ceilings or a vaulted roof, skylights can become an architectural feature in themselves. Pairing skylights with roof ventilation systems here also improves airflow, ideal for keeping the room fresh in summer without relying solely on-air conditioning.
Kitchen – Creating a Bright, Functional and Energy Efficient Space
The kitchen is where precision and practicality meet. You need good lighting to chop, cook, and clean but traditional ceiling lights can’t compete with natural daylight when it comes to colour accuracy and visibility.
Placing skylights above kitchen workspaces like benchtops, islands, or sinks ensures optimal natural lighting during the day. Skylights provide a much more focused natural light to specific areas which is not achievable by using wall-mounted windows which may have natural light restricted by trees, large plants, or other factors. In Western Australia’s warmer climate, having a skylight which is openable provides a ventilation system which helps extract steam and heat, keeping your kitchen cool and comfortable.
Bathrooms – Light and Privacy in Harmony
Bathrooms are often tucked away in the layout of a home, leaving them short on natural light, but adding windows isn’t always ideal when privacy is a concern. Most bathroom windows are frosted in order to provide privacy, and this severely restricts natural light entering the area.
This is where skylights shine, literally! A well-placed, openable skylight in the bathroom delivers soft, natural light without compromising privacy. It also reduces the risk of mould and mildew by helping steam escape and by helping the space dry faster. If an openable skylight does not fit within your budget, then there are tubular or other skylights which can provide either mechanical ventilation via an exhaust fan accessory or passive ventilation via the ceiling diffuser and vent tabs whilst still streaming in natural light!
Thinking of renovating your bathroom? You’ll be amazed how much larger and spa-like it feels with a skylight installed.
Bedrooms – Better Sleep and Brighter Mornings
You may not think of the bedroom as a place for skylights, but they offer two key benefits, natural lighting in the morning and improved air circulation at night.
Fixed skylights bring in beautiful daylight that energises your morning routine, while openable models allow for nighttime airflow, helping regulate temperature for a more restful sleep. Want a dark room at night? Many roof window skylights come with integrated black-out blinds so you can enjoy flexibility in terms of light control. Tubular skylights are also able to provide round, square, or rectangular options at the ceiling as well as daylight control via a remote-controlled daylight dimmer/vari-light.
For eco-conscious homeowners in Perth, skylights in the bedroom are a fantastic way to reduce heating and cooling needs year-round.
Hallways and Stairwells – Transform Forgotten Spaces
Hallways and stairwells are often neglected when it comes to lighting, yet they’re high-traffic areas that shape your experience of moving through the home.
A skylight in these transitional spaces can eliminate the need for artificial lighting during the day and turn an otherwise gloomy corridor or stairwell into a bright and airy pathway. It also adds a sense of openness that’s particularly helpful in narrow or enclosed designs.
Even a small skylight can make a surprising difference here.
Home Offices – A Productivity Boost
With more people working from home, having a comfortable, well-lit home office is necessary. Natural light has been shown to improve focus, reduce eye strain, increase attention span, and elevate mood.
Installing a skylight above your desk area will bring in natural daylight without glare on your computer screen. It also creates a calming environment, ideal for busy workdays and creative thinking. If your skylight opens, you’ve got a healthy airflow solution to prevent stuffy air from building up while you’re in an online meeting or deep in focus mode.
Often forgotten areas
WIR’s and Laundry
Walk in robes and laundries are often forgotten areas of the home which can benefit significantly from the installation of a skylight. Forget about having to turn the light on every time you enter the darkness of your WIR by installing a skylight!
Enter a bright area where it is easy to find what you want to wear for the day and is a much more pleasing place to be.
Laundries can be dark smelly places so providing natural light and improving ventilation within the area can make a significant difference. Installing a skylight which provides natural light as well as ventilation can make a stark difference to how you see this part of your home which will hopefully make doing the laundry a more pleasurable or at least bearable experience!
Alfresco and out- door living areas.
Alfresco and outdoor living areas are an important part of the Aussie way of living and entertaining which can be significantly enhanced with the installation of a skylight or multiple skylights to create a much more inviting and enlightening area for entertaining or to just hang out. Bringing the sunlight into these areas makes them feel much bigger and provides a much more relaxed and layback feel to the area.
Loft/Attic areas.
The loft or attic space of modern homes is becoming a much more utilised area of the home and not just for storage. Many are using this area of the home to create that ‘getaway’ space where you can isolate yourself and do what you want. It may be creating a hobby area or work area/office where you can pursue your passion. It may be a version of the “man cave” or it may be just a dust proof storage area. Either way, the installation of a skylight or skylights into the area will completely change the atmosphere and ambiance by providing natural light and creating a space which is functional, inviting and your own personal area if you want it to be.
Why Skylight Placement Matters
In Perth, we enjoy abundant sunshine for a lot of the year, but homes don’t always make the most of it. Strategic skylight placement allows you to harness natural light efficiently while reducing the need for artificial lighting and cooling.
When you choose openable skylights or you pair fixed skylights with modern roof ventilation systems, you’ll improve air quality, regulate interior temperatures, and be embracing a more energy-efficient lifestyle.
Skylights can be installed in almost any room, but where and how they’re installed can make all the difference. The experts at CALIDAD Industries are here to help and guide you to buy the best skylights. We supply and install high-quality Australian Standard AS4285 approved skylights which Perth, Western Australia homeowners trust, along with energy-efficient roof ventilation systems that bring smart airflow into your space.
Get in touch with us today by calling 08 9302 6622 or enquire online now.
