Take special notice of:   How you can see the music on the piano; the wood stove is highlighted;  the vase on the dining room table is highlighted along with the statues on the sideboard; the desk surface has plenty of light for office tasks; the kitchen has a combination of indirect lighting as well as task and accent lighting.

Getting the opportunity to do the Lighting Design on Jerry W.’s home has been one of my most gratifying projects.  With 22’ ceilings in the great room, and the ceiling divided by the beams, focusing the lighting was a big challenge.  But with help from my electrician, Minner Electric, we got it done.  In photographing lighting projects, no fill light may be added, so these pictures were taken at night, without a flash.

Dan and Sherrie R’s Formal Living Room—Light and Airy decorative window treatments to add natural light to  the room, but also the ‘light’ feeling of the room.

I have worked with Mary M. on many of her projects, but the last transformation was one of the most fun.  With older kitchen cabinets that she did not want to replace, it was our challenge to up-date the kitchen, and the informal dining area to reflect new colors and styles.  Mary is such a gem to work with, because even if she doesn’t know what she likes, she definitely knows what she doesn’t like. 

We had the cabinets painted (Carlton Painting), some doors changed to glass doors, changed the hardware (hinges and door knobs),  and added a room divider using the fabric that we had used in the kitchen valance.  We involved a faux painter, Christine MacShane, to add a little detail to our project.  Although our original project was from the 50’s, Mary was very happy with her updated kitchen.

Not shown in this picture is the coordinating window seat and pillows that we made.  In the adjacent dining room we used a coordinating fabric with small green bead trim to pull the two rooms together.

Abby M.’s living room windows presented a challenge in that there were 3 windows side-by-side, all on different walls and at different heights.  The box pleated valance with the contrasting edge to set off the valance provided a great solution. 

This beautiful dining room belongs to Steve and Heather F.  We first covered the windows with Roman Shades in a deep rich burgundy color, and then we dressed the window by adding swags and jabots, hung on custom rods.  The striped silk fabric and gold tassels looked stunning against the gold walls.  We finished the room with this beautiful chandelier from 2nd Ave. Lighting.

In this formal dining room we considered many options for the windows and the room, but in the end we choose Top Down/Bottom Up Duettes® from Hunter Douglas and the bright red walls.  The color and lack of window ‘dressing’ allowed the garden to be the focus.

The dining room has pink cold cathode lighting in the niche at the ceiling giving the room a very warm glow; the family room has turquoise cold cathode lighting in the ceiling niche.