For ten years, the ideal room was white, empty and lit from the ceiling. The pendulum has swung. Chandeliers are back, brass is polished again, and light comes from many small sources instead of one.
The new splendour is not about excess. It is about warmth: a room that glows in the evening, metal that catches the light, a sense that someone took care.
Start small: one brass lamp, one warm bulb, one mirror to double the light. Splendour, it turns out, is mostly a question of evening light.
