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Simply illuminating

Despite often being left until the last minute, lighting plays a formative role in a room’s design. It affects the way in which colours and textures are seen and, therefore, how they work together. Leaving lighting decisions until the end of a project runs the risk that your carefully curated space will no longer work cohesively, once viewed under the lights, and this will be most noticeable in the principal spaces for relaxing: living rooms and bedrooms. When planning a lighting scheme

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