I keep envisioning what you'd see when you walk through the main door and look through the new screens. I have this image in my head of a glowing living room beyond, so that the dark wood screens are backlit and appear even more intricate. The clients like earthtones and I am imagining for them a living room with very muted and creamy brown walls and strong white built-in features, with small hits of dark wood finishes for contrast. The impressive two-story walls that the fireplace is set within can be highlighted with a special finish material (wood? something stonelike?) If costs prohibits that, we can go with the universal Plan B: paint (not ideal, but a plan B nonetheless.) In front of the two-story walls, I imagine for the clients either a large pendant lamp, or a cluster of three small pendant lamps, to really draw your eye straight up to the ceiling. Below are some of the lamps I found - all modern spins on the traditional lantern motif, all super lightweight and almost ethereal.
