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Anything that gives off bright, focused light just where you need it will do the job, including recessed lighting, track lighting, pendant fixtures that suspend from the ceiling, wall sconces, and occasional adjustable table and floor lamps. For task lighting over the bed, a desk, or kitchen counters, you want the light installed in front [...]
Lights! Lights! It’s all about lights this week. Its easy to add reading lamps that bend or have extending arms and pivoting shades on a desk or by a bed (trust me, we interior designers do this all the time!). The light needs to reach you. You can also use wall scones by a bed, [...]
Task lighting is critical. It makes a room multifunctional. You have to be able to see what you are doing after all!! Don’t you just hate going into a powder or ladies’ room that is so dim and dark, its impossible to touch up your lipstick or see if they spilled something on the front [...]
If you’ve got tall people in your home, give thought to clearance. My husband if 6 feet, 6 inches tall. he can’t even clear door openings without bending. Luckily, this little interior designer is significantly shorter! However, to be nice to him I don’t even use ceiling fixtures in my home for ambient lighting. I [...]
As an interior designer, I’ve had to deal with a lot of ceiling fixtures. Some falling on me, some staying up. No just kidding. What I have learned is that decorative ceiling fixtures, the kind that mount directly on the ceiling, should hang no more than 10 to 12 inches for an 8-foot-tall room. For [...]
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What a warm way to greet the holiday – with an authentic Arts and Crafts setting that includes a vintage mantel, a surround using Motawi Tileworks, and William Morris fabric on the windows. “It couldn’t look Arts and Crafts. It had to be Arts and Crafts,” Designer Debbie Wiener says of the directive she was [...]
November
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Enduring Design: “How to make the messy reality of family living stylish” Click here to view the article in PDF format
June
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Homeowner Debbie Appel Weinrich’s daughter took an active role in the design of her room, shopping for fabrics and furniture with Wiener and shaping the room’s funky ambiance. Comfort & Joy By Kim Orr View photos >>> It isn’t a design of grand proportions, nor lavish upholstery, nor modern genius, but Debra Appel Weinrich absolutely [...]
