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This is a topic rarely discussed which I've never really thought about. Quote is from the Interior Design Quote of the Day.

"Just as with color, I choreograph luster throughout the room to ensure that there are no dead zones." Jamie Drake, New American Glamour

How do you use luster in your rooms?

Hmmm. . . I assume this means the glow from metals like brass, nickel, or copper. Or it could be the gleam from glass or the sheen from fabrics like satin, silk and nylon.

I truthfully have never thought of luster as a separate phase of decorating. So whatever examples I do have of this. . . like the mercury glass door knobs I fastened to a board for hangers or my crystal ball, or glass lamp shades and chimneys and globes would all be just accidental. I will be interested in what others have to say. Do they consciously do this or are their results also accidental?

Luster is the room's jewelry. It also reflects light and adds life to dull, matte spaces. I am a fan of color, contrast, textures, patterns and *sparkle*. So...I guess you can say, I favor luster.

I guess I call my lustre "bling" and I have lots of it. A little too much when it comes to cleaning it.

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Originally posted by joyluck:
This is a topic rarely discussed which I've never really thought about. Quote is from the Interior Design Quote of the Day.

"Just as with color, I choreograph luster throughout the room to ensure that there are no dead zones." Jamie Drake, New American Glamour

How do you use luster in your rooms?

Through lighting. I use lamps, many of them , to showcase my table accessories, and my china "sparkles" when I have the china cabinet lights on. Especially at night everything just shines and glitters. Haven't actually thought about it until now.

Like LoS and GP I've never really thought about 'luster' or 'bling' altho I do use mirrors, silver holloware, brass, and glass which qualify. On reflection I think it does add life to a room and something that is missing in some rooms, especially those neutral RH type rooms where there is lots of texture but little or no luster.

although maybe more fittingly, a separate topic; this thread reminds me of a recommendation I once read that every room should have something that expresses Movement. i.e. a fish bowl or curtains blowing in the breeze etc.