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Lighting Design Discussed

Project: Loft Conversion, Episode 10, Part 1

With the electricians getting started on lighting at the loft project, Bob takes a look at how track lighting gets put together. Lighting designer Markus Earley gives Bob a tour of Lightolier's Tech Center in Fall River, MA, a working model that demonstrates the power of light to change the mood of a space. Back at the loft, an extra large mirror, a backlit shelf, and glass partitions for the shower stall are all installed.

Part 1: Lighting Design Discussed: Bob exhibits a complete proper lighting plan of the loft project. Plus, he meets Shawn and Bill (from Driscol Electric), who are hanging a suspended track light in the bedroom of the loft.

Bob also visits the Lightolier Tech Center in Fall River, MA, in business since 1904, when Lightolier made gas and electric lighting components. Markus Earley, manager of the Tech Center, gives Bob a tour of the facility, which demonstrates light quality, function, and design.
Part 2: Discussing Different Types of Light
Part 3: Installing a Mirror and Glasswork

Bob Vila highlights the world of stylish city living by chronicling the conversion of a loft apartment in Boston's Leather District. This unit is getting a top-of-the-line treatment: cutting edge design, custom-made furniture and casework, sleek modern fixtures, and up-to-date appliances.

Also from Loft Conversion

Episode 1 - Loft Conversion Initial Tour
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Bob takes a walking tour of some of Boston's best-preserved antique commercial buildings in the Leather District with architectural historian Brian Pfeiffer, ultimately winding up at the gracious brick front of the project building on Atlantic Avenue.<br> <br> The developers, Neal and Ron Gold, have gotten started converting this old fur storage building to residential loft space. Architect Greg Rochlin and carpenter Bob Ryley are on-site to consult about the possibilities for this unit.
Episode 2 - Plumbing, Heating, and the "Big Dig"
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Window installation gets underway in the project apartment, six stories above Atlantic Avenue, after Bob inspects the basement to see how the plumbing and heating installations are coming along. Also, Dan McNichol takes Bob down into the bowels of the earth to see how Boston's famous highway project, the "Big Dig", is progressing.
Episode 3 - Plastering the Loft
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The plastering crew is hard at work on stilts, while Bob goes on a field trip to Cambridge, where world-renowned landscape architect Martha Schwartz has made a spacious, and imaginative, home and office out of an industrial building on the railroad tracks. Back at our site, the architect and designer have modeled some intriguing ideas for Bob.
Episode 4 - Elevating the Kitchen and Bedroom
Episode 5 - Paint and Plate Glass Windows
Episode 6 - Framing a Wall With Built-In Cabinets
Episode 7 - Installing Plumbing Fixtures
Episode 8 - Installing Stainless Steel Countertops
Episode 9 - Drywall and Plastering Tips
Episode 11 - Building a Closet System
Episode 12 - Kitchen Work and Shutters
Episode 13 - Loft Conversion Final Tour

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