Lighting Plays a Major Role in your Remodel
Project Guru Designs understand the key aspects to designing the right lighting for your space.
Lighting is one of the most forgotten or neglected part of any space planning, and yet go into any museum, gallery or store and you'll soon realise how critical it is to a successful project.
Your lighting design should incorporate three key aspects:
Understanding Function of Spaces
Every area of your project will have specific lighting needs - and modern kitchen design is a great example of how those needs vary across a relatively small footprint.
Food preparation and cleanup areas, for instance, need bright task lighting that is not taking up counter space - so whereas in an office, you can used task lamps, in kitchens you need your lighting built in to cabinets, appliances or overhead spaces.
Dining areas - including breakfast bar types - need a softer, more flattering light, so lower wattage pendant lights and chandeliers are more common.
Finally, accent lighting enhances the beauty of the new design, and might be accomplished with dimmable under cabinet lights, glass fronted cabinet backlights or soffit height lighting options.
Creating Visual Interest
There are beautiful lighting options available, and choosing the perfect fixture brings a room to life, and pulls together the whole design concept. Imagine the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas without it's spectacular glass chandeliers, or the underwater lighting in their famous fountain display, and you begin to see how their lighting design is key to the experience.
Lighting must be chosen carefully to enhance the design rather than overpower it - a fixture that is lit will automatically draw attention, so make sure to view in person wherever possible to understand both the physical and visual scale of your piece.
Balance
One of the common challenges in any design is not just to bring light into a space, but to balance it with the available natural light, so that the overall feel is one of harmony and flow. Think of the difference between a bog box wholesale warehouse and your favorite 'light and bright' coffee shop. Both will be clean and well lit, but while the first will seem open and spacious, the second offers additional warmth and a welcoming, intimate feel.
Project Guru Designs is a full-service design firm with a passion for functional spaces centered on the individual needs of each client. They strive to understand your unique lighting needs. There use of the 3D VR design software allows their client to experiment with different locations, types and intensity of light, as well as test out the look of different styles of fixtures to find the perfect balance and blend. It helped the client feel confident enough to select the right lighting fixture for their space.
Project Guru strives to understand your unique style and present you with custom options to create spaces that serve their lighting needs for years to come.
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