Sectors we work in

Residential lighting design.

Calm, layered schemes for private homes, from a single room to a whole new build. We plan the light around the way you live, then specify the fittings that deliver it.

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A studio note

A home rarely needs more light. It needs light in the right places, at the right level, at the right time of day. That is the whole of the job.

Residential lighting

Lighting designed around how you live.

Lighting does more than illuminate a home. It shapes how a space is experienced, how it feels to arrive, to gather and to rest. Good residential lighting is not defined by brightness or embellishment, but by restraint, precision and an understanding of how people live within a space.

We work on private homes of every kind. Period cottages and Cotswold stone farmhouses, contemporary new builds, apartments, extensions and whole house renovations. Some clients come to us for a single room. Others bring us in alongside their architect and interior designer at the very beginning of a project.

Every scheme starts with the architecture and the way you use it. We look at where daylight falls, where you cook, read, bathe and entertain, and where light needs to be quiet rather than present. From there we layer general, accent, task and effect lighting, then set the controls so the house moves from morning to evening without a thought.

The result is lighting that works in harmony with the architecture and interior, adapts to daily life and endures well beyond trends. Discreet, intentional and made for your home.

Our Design Process

Residential lighting design by Lightmaster

Case study

Greens, The Mumbles

Lighting design for Greens in The Mumbles spanned a kitchen showroom, contemporary offices and private accommodation. Three distinct schemes, one shared standard of craftsmanship, and a collaboration built on mutual respect from start to finish.

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