Lighting interiors? How do you do it?

[newbie builder]

An interior designer friend has asked me to take some shots of kitchens and bathrooms she has designed and I was looking for advice on how to light that kind of thing. I've seen and read myriad tutorials about portrait lighting or product lighting, but I'm not sure how to go about lighting an interior like this. I've got two SB800s (Nikon flashes, I'm a Nikon guy) and access to Calumet Travelites with umbrellas for this shooting, and if needed I can pick up other modifiers since--assuming all goes well--I'll be doing a good bit of this type of shooting.
Thanks!

[DC Fan]

If the ceiling is white or neutral, start by bouncing the flash off the ceiling. Add a bounce card for exposure balance.

[sfaust]

If you start bouncing strobe lighting all over, you'll generally loose the lighting an architect or designer worked so hard to create. You want to blend the two sources together very carefully, that generally means the photographer needs a good grasp of lighting, balancing existing with strobe, color correction, and so on.

I would recommend a search on Amazon for interior lighting and photography. There are a couple good ones out there that deal directly with interiors and architecture. I know there is one by Gerry Kopelow, Michael Harris, and another by Eric Roth. I've read the ones my Gerry and Eric, but not the Michael Harris book. They all go into details of what it takes to light interiors, and will give you far more info that you'll get there. Unfortunately, there is no short easy answer.

[bigbaby987]

+1 with Stephen.. A good friend of mine taught this to me and it's how you mix the light or should we say, compliment the light you already have.

[rbethem]

You might want to do some reading here...http://www.flickr.com/groups/photographyforrealestate/discuss/

and

http://www.flickr.com/groups/photographyforrealestate/pool/ where they usually describe the lighting setup.