Decor
Restaurant Table Setting Design: Linens, Centerpieces, Lighting, and Service Space
A practical table-setting plan for linens, centerpieces, lighting, place settings, service space, laundry, accessibility, and daily resets.
The lighting journal
Journal
Practical guides on lighting, wall decor, and tabletop styling for restaurants, cafés, and bars.
Decor
Restaurant Banquette Seating Design: Comfort, Spacing, Tables, Lighting, and Cleaning
A practical banquette plan for seat comfort, tables, bases, lighting, accessibility, upholstery, cleaning, repairs, and full-size testing.
Inspiration
Restaurant Mood Lighting: How to Create Atmosphere Without Making Tables Too Dark
A practical restaurant mood-lighting plan for tables, faces, walls, controls, glare, day-to-night transitions, service, and cleaning.
Decor
Restaurant Host Stand Design: Plan the Arrival, Queue, Storage, and First Impression
A practical host-stand plan for arrivals, queues, storage, lighting, accessibility, takeaway handoffs, and the first minute of service.
Decor
Restaurant Wall Art Size: How Large, How High, and Where to Hang It
A field guide to restaurant wall-art size and height: choose the visual anchor, compare two full-size paper options, set the lower edge...
Lighting
Restaurant Bar Lighting: A Layered Plan for Counters, Bottles, Tables, and Service
A practical layered lighting plan for bar counters, bottles, tables, walls, and service routes, plus the mockups and control scenes to test...
Decor
How to Use Plants in a Restaurant Without Creating a Maintenance Problem
A practical restaurant greenery plan built around four zones, a living-versus-faux selector, an off-service care loop, and checks for drainage, pests, tables,...
Color
How to Use Blue in a Restaurant Interior Without Making It Feel Cold
A practical way to use navy or indigo in a restaurant: one architectural role, a warm material bridge, a five-view sample test,...
Design trends
5 Restaurant Design Trends to Watch in August 2026
Five restaurant design directions gaining momentum for August 2026, shown through complete RestoGlow rooms with practical lighting and material ideas.
Lighting
How High Should Restaurant Pendant Lights Hang? A Practical Guide
Original RestoGlow pendant-height study created for this guide.Pendant height looks settled on a drawing. Then the room opens, the first two guests...
Lighting
How to Light a Small Restaurant: A 5-Zone Plan That Works During Service
A five-zone lighting plan for small restaurants, with practical checks for tables, service routes, wall depth, and after-dark testing.
Buying guides
Restaurant Table Decor: 9 Tabletop Elements Compared
<p>A practical field test for restaurant table decor: mock the smallest table with a full order, edit every object to a clear...