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anyone have any tips on brightening up a room without much natural light?
6LilacMimeLions
add a light source and a mirror
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im moving to a new place mid-august and the room is bigger than my current room. problem however is that the only window faces an alleyway so there is little to no natural light during the day
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6LilacMimeLions : what kinda light source? just like a floor lamp or whatever
6LilacMimeLions
yeah, a floor lamp is fine
6LilacMimeLions
as long as you shell out for the good, daylight-spectrum bulb
6LilacMimeLions
(source: my SAD ass)
6LilacMimeLions
you don't need a ~light therapy~ lamp, but you want a daylight-mimicking color temperature
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nodding....might also be worth replacing the current lightbulb too
6LilacMimeLions
if you get a smart bulb you can pick your spectrum
6LilacMimeLions
(the actual validity of the blue light thing is iffy, but it's still nice to go more red at night)
6LilacMimeLions
also, big expanses of lighter colors
6LilacMimeLions
you don't have to eliminate everything dark-colored, but you want plenty of opportunity for light to bounce around the room
HALF A HEART
^^ if you can't paint the walls, hanging up light-colored posters and tarps are great
HALF A HEART
this migth seem silly but i've also had good SAD-fighting results with. i bought a tapestry that is a tropical sky and the undersides of a bunch of palm trees and it's hung up on the ceiling where I work
HALF A HEART
i keep meaning to get an actual light to put under it so that it can act as a soft-diffusing light fixture
which, if you have any lamps that are too bright to be comfortable, diffusing them with heat-resistant fabric or lampshades helps you have that lighting without it givin ya headaches or anything
6LilacMimeLions
might not suit your aesthetic, but i like having sparkly shit and prisms and just generally stuff that does interesting things with what light there is
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NODDING...all good tips tysmmm
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https://images.plurk.com/49MrLsKRrwRx7NhCKKTSOk.png ive been mocking up big furniture arrangement in a home modeling software lol so ive been like hmmmmm (window not pictured but its on the left wall near the bottom)
6LilacMimeLions
i think the bed sideways to the door might end up working better (aha)
6LilacMimeLions
2 isn't really the best use of space - not much you can do with the couple of feet at the end of the bed
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wait sideways do u mean like 1 or 3
6LilacMimeLions
putting a bookcase (?) there like in 1
6LilacMimeLions
i like 1 and am having trouble with words because it is almost 1:30 here
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yeh thats the um. whatever the ikea bookcase is thats like slightly A-frame shaped (picked a decorative one that i liked for displaying things)
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it is also nearly 1:30 am hi five
6LilacMimeLions
woo east coast
6LilacMimeLions
i guess you could put your laundry hamper at the foot of the bed in 2 (aha)
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either could work! tbh i have a laundry bag ive used since college lmfao so i just put it in my closet (this room has a hallway closet thing so it leaves more wall space i can use)
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id figure something out
bad feminist
not me thinking like: ah. the typical nyc apartment experience
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yeah. typical nyc apartment experience
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im moving to brooklyn and its exciting, ill be in walking/subway distance to a lot of my friends
bad feminist
BROOKLYN omg i think you will enjoy it! all the food!!! so many of my favorite nyc based jewelry
places are there too, including my favorite salon
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going to home depot today to pick up light bulbs yay
Silvie
My room is in a basement and having multiple lamps really helps
Silvie
I have one by the bed and one tucked in a corner. And then having art on the walls doesn't necessarily make it brighter but it does make me very happy so I think that counts!!!!!
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