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Lathika Nair Design

Architecture-trained interior designer
New build specialist · Melbourne
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04/11/2026

Some features already exist.

They just need to be seen.

This lounge had a fireplace all along — but a dark wall meant nothing drew the eye to it.

Stone cladding, an LED ledge along the edge, and custom seating built around it turned it into the room's focal point.

Walk in now, and the eye goes straight there.

By design, not by accident.

Save this if your existing fireplace deserves better than it's getting.

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02/11/2026

There was a fireplace here already.

But the wall around it was just dark — nothing drawing the eye to it.

We clad it in stone, added an LED ledge to highlight the edge, and built custom seating around it.

Now it's the first thing you see walking into the space.

Layered lighting and large, comfortable seating do the rest.

Building your forever home?

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30/10/2026

Three fixtures.

One family of light.

This wide shot is the one that tells the story best — living, dining and kitchen sharing a ceiling, each with its own fixture, all of it working together instead of competing.

The client's existing cabinet stayed put. We simply built the rest of the room to work with it.

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28/10/2026

One open space.

Three rooms.

Lit as one system, not three separate decisions.

The living room's existing cabinet stayed exactly where it was — we built the feature stone wall and floating shelves around it.

Kitchen, living and dining each got their own fixture, different in shape but matched in warmth, so the whole space reads as connected rather than divided.

All of it together, or zone by zone.

The builder's downlights are barely switched on these days.

The client said so herself.

Save this if your open-plan lighting feels like an afterthought.

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26/10/2026

This client already had a cabinet in their living room.

So instead of ripping it out, we designed around it — a feature stone wall with floating shelves built to work with it, not replace it.

Living, dining and kitchen share one ceiling here, so the lighting had to work as one system.

The dining pendant is long and sleek, chosen to echo the same line as the living room's ceiling lights — different fixtures, same language.

Bring the whole space up together, or layer one zone at a time.

The client told us themselves — they don't use the downlights the builder installed anymore.

Building your forever home?

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23/10/2026

Height changes what a room can hold.

This dining space carries a long, sculptural pendant, arranged to suit an 8-seater table rather than sit in a straight line above it.

Some fittings need more than a ceiling.

This one needed a conversation with the electrician before it could go up at all.

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21/10/2026

Not every double-height space gets the same treatment on both sides.

One wall here opens to the alfresco.

The other carried a handrail above and needed its own presence — a panelled wall edge, layered lighting, and a textured finish that ties back to the rest of the home.

Even the pendant over the dining table was considered against the room, not just the table.

Save this if you're planning a space with real height to work with.

Complimentary Chat — link in bio

19/10/2026

The builder said the support for this pendant was fine.

Before it went up, we checked. It wasn't enough.

The electrician rebuilt it the support.

The lights we selected were heavy and the electrician wasnt sure of what the builder had provided so we reinforced that support.

This is what a double-height space with two very different sides looks like, done properly.

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Address

17 Tully Road Clarinda
Melbourne, VIC
3169

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+61422573151

Website

http://lndesign.com.au/

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