If you've been reading any of the posts I've made you will know that two or three weeks ago I made a post about the atrocious lighting of a typical Arroyo Vista dorm room. Today we will be continuing the series and looking at a different dorm room and how the residents of this room have used alternative lighting to completely change the vibe of the exact same set up room.
To briefly reflect, the original lighting of Arroyo Vista dorm rooms is a single fluorescent lamp positioned on one side of the room so that the cold light only hits one half of the room leaving the other half shadowy and dismal looking.
The residents of the AV room we will be looking at today have opted to not use the fluorescent light and have instead put two lamps on one side of the room and two strings of "christmas light" - esque lights (thanks Ikea) near the top of the room on the other side of the room. The bulbs of all of these lights have a much warmer temperature. The string lights are cooler than the lamps as they are LEDs but have been modified to have a warmer feel. The entire dynamic of the room feels a lot more homey than the other dorm room. The room also feels a little smaller but it is hard to say if that is because of the lighting or the mess. The way in which the lighting could make it seem smaller than the other room is that since more of the room is illuminated so the boundaries of the room are more apparent rather than part of the room being kind of shadowy. Overall the space feels a lot more comfortable and lived in rather than industrial.
Pictured: AV room with supplemental lighting (Please excuse the mess) (shoutout to Kristen the best roommate ever for letting me take this picture)
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