A key consideration of any home or office remodel or construction is the lighting plan. dental office design is craft all by itself. Light can turn a beautiful room into a space with the ambience of a warehouse or an operating room. It’s the same if the project is a rustic log cabin retreat or a interior lighting design. Lighting can improve or defeat all the efforts of a good interior design plan.
A major consideration an interior designer needs to make concerns source lighting. Where does the light come from, how does it fall, and how does it change. The initial challenge of designing a room is determining what the major source of light will be. If it is a room used primarily during the daylight hours and has adequate windows, then the designer may have a major component influencing the choices of color and even the form of the room. If the room has no windows, 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.
Sunlight has a color hue to it that is different from other light sources. Sunlight is blue during the day with warmer tones in the mornings and evenings. Also, the tone will change 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 pull up the blues in the wall. The warm tones of evening and morning can pull up 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 space illuminated mostly by artificial light has several other issues to take into account. Artificial light varies in color temperature as well. Fluorescent bulbs have a blue green hue, tungsten light 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. Most people have seen a room where fluorescent light has washed the walls with unpleasant colors. Thoughtful choice of paint color can minimize this effect and help create a room with an almost 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, 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 look at the color in the sunlight. Next, take the chip home and put it on the wall. Look at it during the day and also after dark. Change the wall the chip 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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