Let There Be Light: Illuminating Your Wall Niche

To truly illuminate the object and bring attention to it, use lighting inside your wall niche. There are a few ways of doing it. If you would like to simulate the look of natural light, then you should consider using low-voltage lighting. If your wall niche is deep enough, place a low-voltage bulb in the top of the wall niche to have the light come straight from the top.

If you have a smaller wall niche, then you could always have a light source mounted on the ceiling and aiming at the wall niche.

If you are going for an old-world look, then you could leave the wall niche dark due to the fact that in the olden days they wouldn’t have the luxury of low-voltage bulbs or ceiling-mounted gallery lights. If you are still dying to have some light inside of your wall niche, then you could opt for a candle - if you are afraid of the open flame, then you could always use a battery powered faux candle.