The Case for a Glow-in-the-Dark Home

You can prettify your home as much as you like using the latest decorating trends, gorgeous artwork and artfully arranged furniture, but if you really want to stand out from the crowd, it’s time to make your home glow in the dark. Just about every room in your house can benefit from a fluorescent feature or two, whether it gives you a lift when you’re doing your laps or casts your kitchen in an unexpected glow.

No point stumbling around in the dark when you get up in the night for a drink of water or a trip to the bathroom. And let’s not forget what a flattering glow such a countertop would cast on whoever’s doing the dishes after dinner!

Island top: 1-inch frosted glass lit by LEDs, CBD Glass Studios


This floating bed already looked otherwordly, but the addition of glowing underbed lighting amplifies the effect. The bed has a single, height-adjustable leg, but to someone who isn’t in the know, it looks like it’s floating on air — just the thing to make a room seem bigger.

Bed: Fluttua, Lago

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This Moroccan-themed cellar’s glowing acrylic arches make choosing a wine an experience that guests are sure to get a kick out of as much as the homeowners. The owners turn on the lights when entertaining here. The arches’ clear acrylic gets its color from blue LEDs.

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There’ll be no more running over bikes or toys left lying about in the driveway when it glows in the dark! Starpath is a spray-applied elastomeric coating for concrete, tarmac, wood and other materials that absorbs and stores energy from sunlight during the day, then releases this energy at night, making the particles glow. “This product adjusts to the natural light, so if it is pitch black outside, the luminous natural earth enhances, and if the sky is lighter, it won’t release as much luminosity,” says distributor Hamish Scott of Pro-Teq Surfacing. “It adjusts accordingly, almost like it has a mind of its own.”


In addition to its use on driveways and decks, Starpath is being tested in parks and other public areas to reduce the need for artificial lighting.


Is there anything more magical than a swim at night? Yes, there is. A swim at night when you have glow-in-the-dark tiles lighting up your pool. Glowing tiles can also mark where a shallow ledge ends — handy where children are in residence.

Fluorescent tiles: Foreverpools


Ambient lighting can take an outdoor area up a notch on the welcoming scale, and what better way to illuminate the space than with glowing blue LED strip lighting built into the seating? It’s time to get the party started.

Lamp: Metalarte


This bathroom is nice, but when darkness falls …


… it becomes a bathroom to talk about. Glowing tiles are just the thing for middle-of-the-night bathroom visits; bright lights can jolt you awake, but these allow you to stay in the sleepy zone so you can drift back to sleep with ease.

Glow-in-the-dark tiles: Susan Jablon


Why have opaque walls when your powder room can glow from the inside?

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You’d always shower in the dark if you had glow-in-the-dark grout to marvel at. Paired with dark tiles, this grout stands out. The glowing grout was used in the bathroom, in the kitchen and on the garage floor in this house. Why, you might ask? I say, why not?

Glow-in-the-dark grout: Laticrete


Stairs can be tricky to navigate in the dark, and when they’re this pretty, you have double the incentive to make them glow.

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