Ready to take the leap into remodeling? To be successful, don’t forget about
Gansevoort Hotel
Natural light highlighting the interior
lighting your space because that’s critical to a successful design.
A great example of wonderful lighting can be seen above in the photo of the Gansevoort Hotel where my daughter lived in Florida. Don’t you just love the way the column’s architecture’s highlighted with accent lighting?
As an interior designer I always begin by doing a walkthrough of my client’s space during the day so I can see how the sunlight plays off the interior and then find ways to bring natural light deeper into the rooms whether the project’s in Kansas City or across the country. (see example above)
And when walking through your interior with a interior designer or contractor, remember to consider all three types of lighting from ambient/general lighting that illuminates your space overall to task lighting (cooking, reading, etc) to accent lighting that can beautifully showcase your home’s archictecture or artwork.
Of the three types of lighting for a home, ambient light seems the most misunderstood. By definition ambient means to go around so in order to accomplish this feat make sure diffused lighting dominates to create a glow instead of a glare.
Gansevoort Hotel
For more great tips on successful remodeling and what pitfalls to avoid, don’t miss Living Large this Sunday at 10am CST on News Radio 980 KMBZ (streams live on kmbz.com) as Laura Hunt, one of the top designers in the U.S., reveals how to successfully remodel your space along with local design expert David Jimenez who just completed a remodel of his new condo. And if you can’t tune in Sunday, listen to the show’s podcast later by clicking on our blog’s Living Large podcast link at the top.
If you want more ideas for finishes and fabrics too, then tune into Living Large at 10:30am this Saturday on Classical 1660 KXTR as New York designer and Kansas City native Marshall Watson talks with me about the latest in finishes for interior design plus fabrics.
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