The formula: indirect light, bounced off gold-leaf ceiling and soffits, mixed with pink light that is cast by pendant lamps suspended at different heights.
The restaurant space is sleekly designed - curved blond ceiling, swoopy black chairs, pendant lamps shaped like the lids of ancient cooking vessels - yet it still feels personal.
One client wanted to hang a pendant lamp but had a room with a low ceiling.
Wooden crossbeams and round pendant lamps give it the feeling of an updated gentlemen's club.
In a small kitchen, a good pendant lamp is often sufficient ambient light.
"So if you put a down-lit pendant lamp over a table, you'll draw attention to the table."
A pendant lamp that is open at the bottom will focus attention on the table.
To avoid having glare when seated at the table, use a pendant lamp shaped like a curved dish or bowl rather than one open at the bottom.
The Sopran pendant lamp of crumpled handmade paper is $15 (cord is an extra $9.95) at Ikea, (800) 434-4532.
Such CFLs are unsuitable for use in pendant lamps and especially unsuitable for recessed light fixtures.