""You know how in a nice store, the merchandise looks really good?" says Cecilia Ramos, Senior Director of Architectural Markets at Lutron. "A lot of it has to do with multilayered lighting." Designers with fashion-loving clients are following suit. Ramos, who previously designed lighting for LVMH, explains that strategic lighting integrated into both the front and rear of shelving enhances color, texture, and dimension."
"For a New York project, California Closets consultant Nina Leese (working in collaboration with interior design firm Jennifer Newman Interiors) installed LED strip lighting across shelf fronts to ensure even visibility, plus rear lighting in deep recesses to eliminate shadows. (Deep recesses over 24 inches should always be lit, says Leese.) The closet design pro even illuminated the jewelry drawers with a closet island, allowing the homeowner to view her favorite baubles through the glass countertop. "The result was a jewel-box effect," says Leese."
Closets have evolved into luxurious dressing rooms that combine boutique display, boudoir ambiance, and organizational command centers. Multilayered, retail-inspired lighting enhances color, texture, and perceived dimension of garments and accessories. Strategic front-and-rear shelving illumination, recessed cove backlighting for shoes and bags, uplighting beneath hanging garments, LED strip lighting on shelf fronts, and rear lighting in deep recesses improve visibility and define silhouettes. Jewelry drawers can be illuminated beneath glass countertops to create a jewel-box effect. Classic Old Hollywood–style vanities inspired by 1920s and 1930s film aesthetics reintroduce elegant, timeless dressing table moments into modern closets.
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