How to limit light pollution
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Comments (24)Well I just had a meeting with my painter. We came up with some really cool ideas. We were thinking that the wall where the bed sits is going to be black (feature wall). All door trim will be white with black doors. Other 3 walls will be white. The jail cell looking shit on the door is just some snap in shit so were gonna pop that off for a completely open glass pane in that door. The ceiling is an ugly stucco texture that could have a very messy ceiling above so to make this less noticeable, were going to install faux beams that run with the hard wood. What do ya think?...See MoreColor scheme for living/dining room w/ limited natural light
Comments (25)So... bear in mind that this is a snug/office/central hall and we have three labradors who love to sleep in that chair or on that sofa... hence the state of them. The chair is 20 years old, it needs reupholstering but I still love that Jean-Charles de Castelbajac fabric, so can't say goodbye to it yet... The photos seem to hang very high, but they are at eye level, I promise. Ceiling is just very low. This our very dark, east-facing snug. And since it is a dark space anyway, and the rooms leading off of this space are very light, high ceilings and lots of windows, I chose dark colours for two of the walls here. Behind me is a large window, but we have large trees blocking the light, and to the left is a wall with doors all painted white. he other walls are a very dark brown and this sort of tropical blue with a green tint to it. That colour works really well in the changing light and I love it. It looks greener in the yellow light of the morning and more blue later in the day....See MoreLimited Lighting
Comments (2)Lighting consists of Ambient light, which your pots provide, Accent lighting which the pots are also trying, unsuccessfully, to be, and Task lighting which you don't have at all, because the torchiere floor lamp is casting all its light to the ceiling, not toward the seating. The pot lights don't seem to be doing much for the FP wall except throwing arcs of light into the upper niches. They basically are providing light for you to turn on and see how to get into the room in the dark, - ambient light. Then you'd be expected to turn on the task lighting. That would be things like floor and table lamps that light the areas where people function in the space. Then, accent lights would be turned on - art lighting on paintings, LED's inside cabinets and bookcases, strategically placed uplights. Starting in the little triangular niche left of the two lounge chairs, I'd lean the floor mirror there, place a tall plant in front of it and add an uplight can under it to light it as an accent area. The wall behind those chairs, the niche interior, and the perpendicular wall on the right might be lightened by going a few shades lighter on the same color strip card as the rest of the room. Add a table and lamp between the chairs. The low table is not working with those chairs. Here's a chart to help you get new table and lamp heights right. Center the seating vignette on that stretch of wall, and if it will fit, bring the vertical piece of art from the right side of the FP to hang on the perpendicular wall. Remove the dark framed floral and see if the white matting on the new piece adds more lightness. At the FP, see if you can install directional cans with a hood built in, or a bulb that is shaded on one side. That should actually cast the light into the niches to cover the entire wall. Add LED puck or strip lights inside the open or glass front portions of the built-in. Moving to the windows, the portions between the windows need some light. Hang art above the green armoire and use an art light above it for another accent. They have plug in and battery ones. At the other window, angle that side chair with a small table (maybe a ceramic garden stool) and a traditional floor lamp (not a torchiere.) Try some of these arrangements, even if you don't have all the lighting now, and see how it plays out. Take pix again at an hour when there is no full sun to create glare at the windows, and we'll make additional suggestions. Do you need the fan for air circulation, or would the room benefit from a good looking chandelier or drum shade style fixture?...See MoreHow does this door design limit my kitchen/bathroom renovation?
Comments (24)As this project(dream) evolves ...two things come to mind...staying in the same footprint does not really offer any insurmountable challenges....however the loss of the upper cabinets will put you in a pretty tight cabinet supply....I would be thinking of how to extend the cabinets all across with the goal in mind to create a transition to narrower cabs in the extended area that do not look like a continuation of the kitchen but can serve that purpose somewhat...if they are the depth of the upper cabs with a center section for music spot...the ones on the right can be designated for kitchen storage without looking like the kitchen is just too big...we have cabinets like this in our kitchen that are perfect for pantry storage...not your style but the idea could work...See MoreVirgil Carter Fine Art
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