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The room is beautiful. So why doesn’t it feel right?

By Beth Allen

How natural and artificial light shape the home you’re imagining.

A room can have the right paint color, furniture and finishes and still feel different from what you imagined.

Sometimes the missing piece isn’t another decorating decision. It’s the light.

This Roo Notes article looks at how daylight, window placement and artificial lighting shape the way a room actually feels—and why those conversations belong in the planning stage, not just after the house is finished.

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