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Lighting Your Life
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LIFE
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1 / 1990 |
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Virginia Greiner
Virginia Greiner writes a weekly gardening column for the
Washington Times. |
Lighting is the indoor sunshine of our lives. Like a sunny or a gloomy day, it can affect our moods. It can change the way a room, a color, or even a person looks. It combines beauty and function, makes our tasks easier, and can enhance safety and security. But, like the sun, we often give it only a passing thought.
Washington, D.C., designer Milo Hoots thinks that lighting is the most important element in the overall design of a room. "Most people probably need to spend more time thinking about the effect they want to achieve in their homes and plan the lighting as part of the total concept, not as an afterthought," he says. "Lighting effects everything that you do with a room starting with color, which I consider the second most important element in a room."
Interior Design Hints
Hoots has a few tips about lighting from a design standpoint. First, determine whether you want a contemporary or traditional effect. "You can be more adventuresome with contemporary settings. Neon, for instance, would probably be out of place in a traditional setting, but it can be used as a decorative light source in a contemporary setting. It might be employed as an accent around the ceiling or to highlight a column or some other architectural detail."
With lamp lighting, keep the light source at the same height throughout the room. "Don't use the same height lamp on a twenty-four-inch high table and a thirty-inch high chest. The effect is distracting," Hoots explains. "My rule of thumb is to have the light source about sixty inches from the
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