Had a weird moment last week with a seam in a sunroom

I was finishing up a job in a big old house in Tacoma, laying this patterned wool in a sunroom with huge windows. The light hit a seam I'd just made at about 3 PM, and for a second it looked like a perfect line, but then the whole pattern shifted and it just vanished. It made me realize I've been judging my seams in shop light for 20 years, not in the room's real light. How do you guys check your work in different light before you call it done?

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jamierodriguez26d ago

Flashlight on the floor at night works best.

hernandez.miles26d ago

Yeah, @jamierodriguez is right about that low angle. It throws long shadows that make every little bump and crack way easier to spot. You end up seeing flaws you'd totally miss with overhead light.