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When a prominent Toronto designer built a home of her own, her palette included light, space, her own firm's furniture and infinitely versatile Corian used in highly inventive ways.
What the Pros Know
Chromatherapy is the ancient practice of using colored light to balance energy and effect healing. The ancient Egyptians, for instance, built solaria fitted with colored glass panes to build up the body’s immune system. In the West, chromatherapy gained acceptance in the late 19th century thanks to the work of Dr. Edwin Babbitt. As a firm, Cecconi Simone frequently uses chromatherapy lighting for its residential clients. “It works best in a more neutral-colored environment,” explains Cecconi. Ideal places for chromotherapy, she says, are in a living room niche or framing one wall, in a bedroom ceiling or built into a tub or a shower in a bathroom. Chromatherapy lights are fiber-optic or LED and can be adjusted to stay on one color or cycle through the color wheel. Whatever the health benefits may be, chromatherapy lighting certainly lets you change the mood of a room with the flip of a switch.
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