The space had to be sleek and contemporary with neutral tones, however, the client did not want it devoid of color or texture. One of the design conditions was to create a display for glass art pieces collected over the years and create a color palette that would allow for her to add future pieces of glass and still be sophisticated. To solve this, the design team experimented with an array of metallic and dichroic glass elements to find something that was lustrous to serve as a neutral background for her art pieces.

Careful attention was spent to lighting in this space. Low voltage LED lighting was used in all of the areas as to not create any additional “heat sync” because of its effect on the glass pieces. Additionally we were careful to use the correct kelvin temperatures to bring out the beauty of the glass’ texture and color.

Two hand blown glass chandeliers, inspired by Dale Chihuly’s “End of the Day Tower“ , were added not only for personal reference for the home owner’s love of hand blown glass, but to add another weight line to the vertical height of the expansive room. The result was unbelievable and tied the very large space to its roots. It is unrecognizable from which it came and brought the home owner’s love for art to the edge.