One of the first things we did in this house was to replace three interior doors on the ground floor with doors with windows in them - four panes of glass, in the style of the front door, allowing daylight to flood through the rooms, and the spaces to flow into one another. Apart from the clackety door handles (must do something about them) it's been a great success.
Another way to increase the light is to have mirrors strategically placed, and to have glass - jugs and vases, candleholders, and something else I learned in Sweden, gilding. I'd never liked it or used it before this house - I thought it a bit grand, and not appropriate for my simple lifestyle. But there is something about the Swedish way with it....For one thing it's not ultra shiny, but 'distressed' a bit, and semi matt. I'm thinking of on picture frames particularly, but I also have glasses with silvery rims, a glass candleholder with a siver engraved top, and a tiny picture frame with quietly glinting stones around it - these last two are Indian and came from Monsoon. These things all catch and reflect whatever light is going.
Another way to increase the light is to have mirrors strategically placed, and to have glass - jugs and vases, candleholders, and something else I learned in Sweden, gilding. I'd never liked it or used it before this house - I thought it a bit grand, and not appropriate for my simple lifestyle. But there is something about the Swedish way with it....For one thing it's not ultra shiny, but 'distressed' a bit, and semi matt. I'm thinking of on picture frames particularly, but I also have glasses with silvery rims, a glass candleholder with a siver engraved top, and a tiny picture frame with quietly glinting stones around it - these last two are Indian and came from Monsoon. These things all catch and reflect whatever light is going.
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