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Using the right type of illumination and the right fixtures in the most appropriate places can hold great power over a design from the aesthetics of the space to the mood it presents. After all, we’ve all witnessed the calamity or even the liveliness a space represents when walking into a space with a specific type of lighting. For example, you may feel wide awake when walking into a bright grocery store or tired when sitting in a local coffee shop with mild, warm-toned lighting. If …

When one needs something a little more to finish off their design and fill up a pinch more space, what do they usually go for? A nice rug! Apart from the latter, adding a rug to an interior design can also add texture, comfort, color, and pattern. In fact, there’s a perfect rug out there for any interior space whether the room is formal or casual. With thousands of rug options at hand, however, it can be tough determining which will be the best fit for a certain room. Different c …

Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese principle frequently still practiced today, is all about balance to achieve the right flow of energy, also known as chi or qi (pronounced ‘chee’). This practice is often put in place in interior designs. Generally, whether one is house-hunting or designing their current space, Feng Shui is often deemed an important system that focuses on the particular arrangement, location, or direction of, for instance, beds, desks, doorways, rooms, and the like. O …

While not every household kitchen features a bar or an island, having the option to add bar stools in the kitchen is an excellent idea when the opportunity arises. Bar stools can add to the variety of seating in your space, add something vertical to your design, as well as potentially help create more space in a cramped kitchen as bar stools tend to be less bulky and spaced out when compared to their table-and-chairs counterpart. Just as when you go to pick out a dining breakfast …

Most of us spend a great chunk of time ensuring out indoor light fixtures are up to par, but when it comes to outdoor light fixtures, we tend to neglect the time we spend picking them out for some of the following reasons: we presume they will get faded and weathered in the great outdoors and thus just need to be functional and not beautiful, we think we will rarely use out outdoor lighting, we fear that our outdoor lighting will get stolen. For some people, exterior lighting just might …