Ideally, you need three elements to light a room, and that rule of thumb also applies to the hallway and entrance area to your home. Here, your ceiling light usually provides the basic level of brightness. You’ll need a little extra when it comes to the cloakroom and the mirror, however, and a German industry group suggests you use two wall lights, mounted beside them. Then you want to have accent lighting, to highlight any pictures or other decorative objects or items of furniture. That might take the form of a table lamp on a chest of drawers, or a discreet LED strip on a shoe rack, the expe…