Calgary Fall Home Show: Count the ways to better designed homes

Good design starts with crunching numbers, says interior designer Karl Lohnes.

It comes with knowing some handy ratios for what really works visually.

Take chandeliers, for instance, Lohnes says, honing in on mistakes people make with lighting during in his talk, the Top 5 Decorating Mistakes and How to Fix Them. Lohnes presented on the Main Stage at the Edmonton Fall Home Show on Oct. 19 and 20, and at the Calgary Fall Home Show in September.