Most often mantels are the focal point of any room, so imagine the effect of adding picture lighting for mantels. The classic and traditional lines of these low (4.5 inch tall) and upwardly aimed lights follow the horizontal profile of the mantel, casting an uplight towards the artwork or family portraits that grace the mantel. Two 40 watt bulbs and the inline switch provide plenty of warm incandescent light. Perfect Picture Lighting helps you customize your mantel lighting by offering multiple lamp finishes, from a classic dark mahogany bronze, to antique or high gloss brass. In addition, unique sizes can be created to order [just fill out a custom request]!

Lighting for artwork can add dimension and individualized expression to your room design, so choosing just the right light for each piece and each situation is an art in itself. From modern LED picture lighting to lighting for picture frames and wall picture lights, accent lighting for pictures can enhance your home, and mantel lighting is perfect for the heart of your home.





Just as art knows no limitations and comes in many sizes, the picture lights illuminating them must be scaled proportionally and have the right style and tone. For these and many other reasons Perfect Picture Lighting sells House of Troy picture lights along with many other fine manufacturers; their goal is perfect customer service so they work hand in hand with individual home owners, churches, schools, and a wide range of contract lighting clients to offer custom sizes for many of their House of Troy picture lamps. And finally most lamps can be ordered in most finishes – according art lovers many ways to coordinate their art, their home, and their lamps.

Last weekend we finished painting the living room and put up new molding around the fireplace. Much nicer now! And all ready for family to visit over the holidays. To get some extra layers of light we got some picture lights for the family portraits, and a darling star shaped wall sconce.


These are all in a dark finished “mahogany bronze” and to top it off got a dark mahogany bronze mantel light that shines upward from the mantel as well. I was reading lately that keeping a common design element like a metal finish, or a shape, brings unity to a room. Picture lighting for mantels is one of those extra details perfect for enhancing a focal point.

Most of the fixtures we got were designed for incandescent bulbs, but we found the super small coil compact fluorescent bulbs fit perfectly, their light is great, and they only use about 10% of the energy of incandescent lamps. Because they use such small energy, and stay so cool even in metal fixtures, we can keep the mantel light on as a night light in the room, it will always keep a soft friendly glow going over the mantel, and the picture it lights up is our wedding photo. So it’s a great new glow for our home.