Layering helps create intrigue by encouraging you to explore around each edge and corner. Successive layers give the illusion of a larger area. Light to Walk Towards . Add light at the end of a hallway, say a window, lighted painting or some other illumination and you are drawn towards it elevating the experience of moving through a corridor. Visual Weight .
Visual cues can extend a greater sense of shelter to a room.
Darkening a high ceiling, adding texture or both can help you manipulate the sense of scale. Theme and Variations . A theme repeated with variations throughout the design of a home helps maintain expressive integrity. For more articles by Broderick Perkins, please press here . Experienced in daily print, electronic, and consulting journalism, he is executive editor of San Jose, CA-based, DeadlineNews.