When the sun starts setting before five in late October, and by December it is dark around half past three, your home takes over the role the sky played all summer – it becomes the main source of light in your life. The good news: you don’t need a renovation to get through the season of short days in good spirits. A few well-planned points of light – floor lamps in dead corners, table lamps on windowsills and sideboards, warm decorative bulbs – and the same room that felt grey and cramped in November starts looking like a magazine cover after dusk. In this post we show how to brighten your home in autumn and winter: layer by layer, room by room.