One of the most important aspects of any home or office remodel or construction is lighting. dental office design is an art in its own right. 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 should decide concerns source lighting. What is the origin of the light, where does it appear, 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 space has no outside light, or is mostly used at night then other considerations would dominate. A room with some windows, and both day and night use offers up another set of challenges.

Sunlight has a color hue to it that is distinct compared to other light sources. Sunlight is blue during the day with warmer tones at sunrise and sunset. Also, the tone will change with the seasons depending on location. Choosing supplies and furnishings can all be enhanced with this knowledge. The blue cast of a midday sun can pull up the blues in the wall. The warm shades of evening and morning can pull up the red hues in paint. Several important questions to ask 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 light 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. Everyone has been in a room where fluorescent light has washed the walls with unpleasant colors. Careful selection 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 bit of paint 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. Many paint departments are located deep inside 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 try it on the wall. Examine it during the day and also after dark. Change the wall the sample is on. Walls facing different directions reflect different light sources or the same source in a a unique way. Understanding the light is a major part of the design battle.