Question The Source: Interior Design Is Inspired By Lighting Choice

April 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Technology and Gadgets

A key consideration of any home or office remodel or construction is the lighting plan. 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 private home design or a interior lighting design. Lighting can improve or defeat all the considerations of a good interior design plan.

One of the first decisions an interior designer should decide concerns source lighting. Where does the light come from, how does it fall, 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 room has no windows, or is mostly used at night then other considerations would dominate. A space with mixed light, and both day and night use offers up another set of challenges.

Sunlight has a color hue to it that is different from other light sources. It is blue during the day with warmer tones in the mornings and evenings. In addition, the color will shift with the seasons depending on location. Selecting paint, floor material and furniture can all be improved with color temperature awareness. The blue cast of a midday sun can bring out the blues in the wall. The warm shades of evening and morning can bring out the red hues in paint. A couple important considerations concerning a room lit primarily by sunlight include the hours of use, the nature of the use, the colors of the floor and whether or not there will be supplemental lighting.

A room lit primarily by artificial light has several other issues to take into account. Light source other then the sun varies in color temperature as well. Fluorescent light has a blue green hue, tungsten bulbs have a yellow orange hue. If the room is illuminated by fluorescent lights a shade or tint of color should be choosen that will best work with the greenish cast. Most people have seen a room where fluorescent light has washed the walls with unpleasant colors. Careful selection of paint color can minimize this effect and help produce a spance with a daylight feel.

Choosing paint color from paint chips is usually a risky venture. First, a small quantity of color may be very different then an entire space using the same tint. Second, factor in the lighting under which the color sample is being viewed. A lot of 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 look at the color in the sunlight. Next, go home with the sample or a small can of paint and put it on the wall. Look at it during the day and also at night. Change the wall the chip is on. Walls facing different directions reflect different light sources or the same source in a different way. Knowing the light is a major part of the design battle.

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