Think custom. Pair any translucent material with a light source and you’ve created something uniquely yours. The architects here added a translucent resin panel embedded with bear grass and added backlighting to create a 35-foot-long luminous sculpture. The view outdoors commands attention by day, and the fixture commands it by night. The inner workings of custom luminaries can be fabricated from affordable, utilitarian lighting components and covered in more luxurious finishes. Be sure to include dimmers in your lighting design; you’ll want control over how much light emanates from your custom creation.
Consider the rule of three. Most successful lighting concepts use a combination of three types of lighting: ambient, task and accent. By layering all three in differing proportions, you can achieve professional results. Ambient lighting. The general illumination in a space is called ambient light. While both task and accent lighting contribute to ambient lighting, ambient light sets the predominant light level and mood in a space. In the room here, most of the ambient light comes from a large wall of glass to the right (not shown), with some support from the wall washers located in the ceiling. The mood is sheltering with a steep gradient between the bright exterior wall and the dimly lit, cooler interior. Task lighting. The pendant task lighting above the desk illuminates the work area. While it contributes to the ambient light, it’s clearly secondary. It also helps to divide the space for work and the one for repose. Accent lighting. The table lamp functions as the accent; it lends a pop to the wall area nearby but does little for the real work zone in the room. The layering of it and the other two types allows for both light and dark places in the room and reinforces the ove...
While shopping with the client, Burnham spotted a lovely fretwork-adorned armoire, but it was too tall for the living room. “I thought, ‘Why don’t we just put a pattern directly on the wall?’” says Burnham. She worked with modeling software to come up with the perfect design. Then she had a slim, simple molding applied to panels of MDF that were mounted to the wall. “The house was old, and the walls were uneven. If we had put the molding directly on the wall, it wouldn’t have worked out,” she says. “We loved the shadow lines between the panels, so we left them.”
painted bath
painted claw foot bath
simple lines on cabinets gives an art deco feel
bookcase under windows
large roll-in window
tree bark window frames
in-stair shoe storage
AMAZING wallpaper
orange fridge!
upcycled foyer table
simple colour palette
very interesting light
love the red lampshade
skinny dresser
Go for an extra-wide dresser. Does your dresser leave wasted space on both ends? Fill the entire wall instead with one long dresser (or a bunch of little matching dressers) to use every last inch. Filling the space from wall to wall can actually make your room look bigger, too
striking wallpaper
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bedroom furniture
large bedroom furnishing
meditation room
modular green-roof structure
roof terrace
more man closet
man closet
pull-out ironing board
dressing room
beautiful interior
Don't sacrifice lighting to trim your budget. The mistake I see most often is light fixtures that are too small or that don't dress the room properly. Use appropriately scaled, relevant lighting. Lighting, more than any other element, asserts style, much like a chosen piece of jewelry defines the style of a little black dress. Don't be afraid to inject personality with a statement piece.
outdoor shower with hand held spray
or incorporate your dog wash with the outdoor shower
dog-wash and gardening/mudroom station
include the hand held sprayer
Design a dogwash station into the mudroom
bold wallpaper
vertical operable walls
house made from recycled airplane parts
coloured kitchen appliances
barrel planter and kennel
a love seat makes a perfect size dog bed
warmth
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