Light and shadow

Great home design pays attention to elements of light and texture. Fiona McPhillips guides you through the essentials

Designer: Suzie McAdam Photographer: Ruth Maria Murphy
Designer: Maven Photographer: Sarah Fyffe

Let the light in

Light allows us to put a shape on the world around us. It’s not just the quantity and source of light that matters but also the contrast it offers, the interplay of light and shadow in a room and how this shading moves over time. These changes affect our perception of colour, texture and space, to the extent that the same room can have a different ...