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How Lighting Affects Emotions

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Lighting In Our Lives Home lighting fixtures as decoration is basic and scientific. A home has fundamental lighting needs. Restaurants hire lighting experts to advise them how to enhance the atmosphere, creating indirect lighting that pinpoints objects to highlight flowers in subdue ways, so you feel they are luminescent, emulating your experience of them in […]

Lighting and Color

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Where Lighting Meets Color Without the light color does not exist. A major consideration in planning the color scheme for a home is the study of quantity and quality of light and the methods of lighting. The level of illumination affects the appearance of a color. When the home lighting is bright color can be […]

Lighting and Shape

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Lighting to Define More than any other single home design element, lighting gives form and shape to space. The way we see the shape of an object depends on the brightness of its specific parts and its shadows distribution. This is means that lighting can manipulate the visual shape of an object. Lighting can make […]

Lighting and Space

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Lighting fixtures bring your home interior to life. Lighting gives form and texture to a room, warms the dark corners, highlights a favorite piece of art, or creates a right mood. Changing the brightness of light that reflects from the floor, wall, and ceiling, has an effect on our visual perception of space proportions. That […]

Points of View on Lighting Fixtures

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There are two opposite point of views on the role of lighting fixtures in home design exists. The first point is tightly connected with prioritizing a functional element in design and architecture. Followers of this point of view are sure that lighting fixtures have to be purely practical, barely visible, and not decorative. They believe […]

Balanced Home Lighting

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A well-balanced lighting scheme is made up of three key lighting types: a flattering general light, task lighting that performs a functional purpose, and feature lighting that can put displayed objects in the spotlight. It is the use of a variety of lighting sources at different intensities that gives a home define character. The quality […]

Using Architectural Embellishments to Add Character and Style

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Interesting architectural embellishments such as corbels and brackets, pilasters, and molding trim add character and pizzazz to your home. After all, shouldn’t your home offer an inviting and stylish respite from the outside world and, in addition, be a reflection of who you are? Your house should provide more than just protection from the elements […]

Architectural Details: The Small Touches that Make All the Difference

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To complete the decor of a room, don’t neglect the finishing architectural details like moldings, ceiling medallions, and ceiling domes. While a small part of the decorating budget, these architectural embellishments can offer the biggest visual impact and unify the room’s overall design. When imagining a home, some people think only of the basics, such […]

Enliven Your Home With Architectural Details

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Any room can go from just another room to a stunningly beautiful showplace room just by the smart and creative use of interesting architectural details. Special additions like crown molding, wood onlays, wood carvings and wood columns placed so they create a unique custom built-in cabinet look or a fireplace surround look all add that […]

Naked Interior Syndrome and Architectural Details

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MANY HOMEOWNERS PLAGUED BY “NAKED INTERIOR SYNDROME” InvitingHome.com offers an antidote: dress up your home with architectural details The design professionals at InvitingHome.com have a suggestion for today’s homeowner: “Close your eyes and visualize the interior of your home in its present state. Now, imagine your home stripped of your possessions, with no furniture, nothing […]

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