How to Reduce Glare from Patio Doors

There are so many houses with a sliding door that goes out from an informal dining room to an outside patio. Several of my family members have this in their house and chances are you know someone that has this in their house too. Perhaps you have this in your house.

Have you ever noticed that glass doors can turn into black mirrors at night? Imagine looking at a sliding door in your dining room. This sliding door is mostly glass and allows a great view to a beautifully landscaped backyard during the day. But at night time, the glass reflects light at the top of this glass door from the hanging chandelier over the dining table causing an unpleasant glare.

What can be done to remove this unsightly reflection at night?

An easy way to counteract this visual clutter is to add a tall plant outside of the glass door and illuminate it with up-lights from underneath. The new brightness of the vertical object outside will act as an interesting distraction from the glare of the chandelier. It will also give you something interesting to see outside during the night.

Try this simple design trick and let me know how you like the results. You can email me at info@LaneArchitecture.net. Did you use a plant, a piece of sculpture, or something else as the vertical outside object? Did you use a white light or did you try this with a color light?

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The art of living in small spaces

After the miners were freed from the Chilean mine and after recently reading about how the Russians are studying people's reactions from being confined in tight spaces for a long period of time so they can better plan for a one way manned trip to Mars, I have been self-prodded to learning more about how people live and work in small spaces.

The miners in Chile would be a good resource because of their first hand experiences. We can also learn a lot from the space programs/tests conducted around the world.

To my delight, I found an interesting article written by a lady named Claire Wolfe who lives in a very small home. She says that living well in small spaces has four parts:

1. Coping
2. Building
3. Gadgeting
4. Decorating

Just click on the link below to read her interesting article and to find out how to design a small home using these four parts at


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THE CRISIS ON MAIN STREET: How Washington Continues to Ignore Small Busi...

Too often we just stay on the side lines and don't vote for many reasons. Maybe you don't like any of the candidates. Or there is always something that comes up that could make it inconvenient to get the polls.

This video is a simple but powerful way to better understand why your vote is so important. Take an look and see for yourself.

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Future of 3D

This tool would be a great thing for you to have. Wouldn't it be great to view your home by virtually walking around it before having to commit to the cost and time of construction?

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In-Depth Look - Renewable Energy Companies - Bloomberg

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