A key consideration of any home or office remodel or construction is lighting. dental office design is an art all by itself. Light can turn a beautiful room into a space with the ambience of a prison ward. It doesn’t matter if the project is a rustic log cabin retreat or a interior lighting design. Lighting can enhance or destroy all the considerations of a good interior design plan.
One of the first decisions an interior designer needs to make concerns source lighting. What is the origin of the light, where does it appear, and how does it change. The first problem of designing a room is figuring out what the primary source of light will be. If the space is use mostly during the daylight hours and has adequate windows, then the designer may work with the light source in choosing colors and even the shape of the area. If the space has no outside light, or is mostly used at night then a different set of design rules may apply. A space with mixed light, and both day and night use offers up another set of challenges.
Daylight has a tint to it that is different from other light sources. It is blue during the day with warmer tones at sunrise and sunset. In addition, the color will shift with the seasons depending on location. Selecting paint, floor material and furniture can all be enhanced with this knowledge. The blue cast of a midday sun can pull up the blues in the wall. The warm tones of evening and morning can pull up the red hues in paint. Several important questions to ask concerning a room lit primarily by sunlight include the time of day the room is most likely to be used, the nature of the use, the colors of the floor and whether or not there will be supplemental lighting.
A space illuminated mostly by artificial light has several other issues to take into account. Artificial light comes in different color temperature as well. Fluorescent bulbs have a blue green hue, tungsten bulbs have a yellow orange hue. If the room is lit by fluorescent lights a color should be selected that will best work with the greenish cast. Everyone has been in a room where fluorescent light has turned the walls into unpleasant garish colors. Careful selection of paint color can minimize this effect and help create a room with an almost daylight feel.
Selecting a color using a sample card is usually a risky venture. First, a small quantity of color may be very different then an entire space using the same tint. Second, consider the source of light under which the color sample is being viewed. Many paint departments are situated in the middle of a store and lit by fluorescent lights. Take the paint sample, walk it to the window and examine the shade in the sunlight. Next, go home with the sample or a small can of paint and try it on the wall. Examine it during the day and also at night. Change the wall the sample is on. Different walls reflect different light sources or the same source in a a unique way. Knowing the light is a major part of the design battle.
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