Another excerpt from Sarah Susanka’s More Not So Big Solutions for Your Home
"It would seem to make sense that if a room is on the dark side, you should add a window or a skylight, but this may not be necessary. First, see if there’s a way to make the light that’s already entering reflect farther into the space. A simple way to do this is to add a shelf directly above the existing window or to frame the window with something I call a “wing” wall, which creates a reflecting surface immediately adjacent and perpendicular to the window. As a result, the room appears to have more daylight and is therefore significantly brighter. In essence, you are using your wall and ceiling surfaces as reflectors, just like the reflectors you find in a lighting fixture. When you implement this strategy, you may find that you gain more daylight than you would have with the addition of several windows, and you’ll save money too (pp. 21-22)."
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