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EMBRACE A NEW ERA OF LIGHTING AND SHADING

Lighting Design


Creating a stunning home encompasses more than selecting the perfect furniture and color schemes; lighting is crucial. It should accentuate architectural details, highlight premium furniture, and make colors pop. Beyond aesthetics, lighting enhances your daily life, uplifting your mood and aiding in various tasks. Engaging a professional ensures your lighting design and control are optimized for a luxurious living experience.

Why hire a lighting designer?

Opting for an independent lighting designer might seem unconventional, especially if you've previously relied on electrical engineers and interior designers. However, relegating lighting to a secondary role results in it becoming an afterthought. A lighting designer combines technical, scientific, and artistic skills to provide tailored solutions, ensuring lighting is a central element of your home.
  • Proficient in the most advanced lighting technologies, thanks to continuous education and training.
  • Mastery in converting unseen light into vibrant and impactful architectural elements.
  • Comprehensive knowledge in physics, optics, electrical systems, regulatory codes, and environmental considerations.
  • Reduction in equipment expenses achieved through strategic bidding and strong relationships with manufacturers.
  • Preliminary financial assessment provided, highlighting lighting strategies that minimize both equipment and labor expenditures.
  • Dedicated team focused on creating inventive and personalized design solutions, tailored to your unique home and lifestyle preferences.

Color Temperatures at a Glance


Lighting Tones

1,700 K

Red lighting reminiscent of a match flame offers a calming effect in the evening.

2,700 - 3,300 K

Elevate warm interior colors and wood finishes with warm, soft white lighting.

4,100 - 4,150 K

Stay focused on tasks in workspaces or kitchens with cool, white lighting.

5,500 - 6,000 K

Enjoy vertical daylight hues in the afternoon to stimulate your mood and décor.

6,500 K

Deliver lighting in main living areas with hues reminiscent of overcast skies.

15,000 - 27,000 K

Reserve clear blue lighting for activities that require ample energy or focus.

1,850 K

Craft the perfect date night light with romantic candlelit or sunset hues.

3,000 K

Facilitate relaxation with neutral white lighting while reading in the family room.

5,000 K

Employ crisp-white daylight hues to highlight artwork and bolster security.

6,200 K

Blue-white light mimics natural sunlight and delivers bright, energizing illumination.

6,500 - 10,500 K

Turn to blue hues for hyper-focused task lighting in your primary workspaces.
Lighting Tones

1,700 K

Match flames & low-pressure sodium lamps

2,700 - 3,300 K

Incandescent lamps & soft-white flourescent lamps

4,100 - 4,150 K

Moonlight; cool-white lamps

5,500 - 6,000 K

Vertical daylight

6,500 K

Daylight; overcast fluorescent lamps

15,000 - 27,000 K

Daylight; overcast fluorescent lamps

1,850 K

Candle Flame, sunrise, sunset

3,000 K

Warm-white fluorescent lamos

5,000 K

Horizon daylight

6,200 K

Xenon short-arc lamp

6,500 - 10,500 K

LCD or CRT Screen

LAYERS OF LIGHT: A NECESSITY


A single-tone lighting design can lead to eye strain, harsh shadows, and a lack of flexibility. Utilizing ambient, task, and accent lighting creates a balanced and adaptable space.
Ambient Light
Sets the overall mood with soft lighting from natural sources, ceiling lights, or pendants.
Task Lighting
Provides focused illumination for specific activities through pendants, desk lamps, or under-cabinet lighting.
Accent Lighting
Highlights artwork and architectural details, requiring lighting three times brighter than ambient fixtures.
  • Daytime

    As you step into your workspace, you'll be welcomed by bright, white-blue ambient lighting and focused desk illumination, creating an environment that fosters concentration and efficiency.

  • Bedtime

    Ease into a peaceful night's sleep with the "Bedtime" lighting scenario, accessible from a remote or tablet by your bedside. This setting gradually lowers the light intensity and shifts to a warm, orange tint, creating a tranquil atmosphere that promotes relaxation and rest.

  • Entertaining

    Host unforgettable gatherings with the "Party" lighting scene, illuminating your kitchen and living area with a vibrant white-blue glow that keeps the energy high all night long. Extend the ambiance to your outdoor spaces with added landscape lighting, drawing your guests to enjoy every part of your home.

  • Movie Night

    Create the ultimate home cinema experience with the "Movie Night" lighting scene, easily managed from your remote or touchpad. This setting dims overhead lights and highlights decorative sconces, while floor track lighting ensures safe navigation without disrupting the movie magic.

Architectural Fixtures


A successful layered lighting design incorporates a variety of fixtures, not just ceiling lights. Our designers utilize high-end pendants, downlights, and track lights to ensure even, layered lighting that adds depth and beauty, facilitating all your daily tasks.

Linear Pendants

Contemporary Elegance
Elevate your space with our diverse range of pendant lights, offering a variety of colors and finishes to complement your aesthetic while fulfilling your ambient or task lighting needs. Enhance your interior with these stylish fixtures, whether suspended from the ceiling or integrated into a track lighting system.

Downlights

Sleek Ambient Lighting
Primarily utilized for creating a soft, ambient glow, downlights can also serve as task or accent lighting in certain settings. These fixtures sit recessed or flush with your ceiling, available in round or square trims to seamlessly blend with your existing décor.

Retrofit Downlights

Upgrade With Ease
Effortlessly modernize your space by swapping out old fixtures for our sleek, low-profile retrofit downlights, designed to fit into most existing recessed housings. Choose from our premium selection of tunable LED options, available in both round and square trims to suit your style.

Track lighting

Flexible, Focused Illumination
Discover the versatility of track lighting, a perfect solution for accentuating artwork or brightening up workspaces. Adjustable spotlights can be mounted on a track or rail system, allowing you to direct light exactly where it’s needed. Choose from a variety of track shapes, including straight, round, or curved, to find the perfect fit for your space.

LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEMS


Seamless control is crucial for maximizing your lighting design's potential. A lighting control system provides easy management of diverse fixtures, ensuring consistent layering and a clutter-free space in your Healdsburg or Santa Rosa, CA area home.

Interfaces

Experience unparalleled control with our advanced lighting automation systems, boasting user-friendly interfaces accessible via dedicated touchpads or mobile applications. Navigate through intuitive graphic menus, displaying the status of lights in each area, and make adjustments with a simple touch. Tailor the brightness, hue, and color temperature of individual fixtures or entire groups in your Sonoma County area home, save your preferred settings, and retrieve them effortlessly whenever needed.

Processor

At the core of our lighting control system lies the processor, ensuring seamless communication between your control devices and lighting fixtures. Opt for a top-tier processor to guarantee instantaneous, lag-free responses to your commands, regardless of the source. Our lighting specialists will assist you in selecting the ideal processor model during the initial design phase, considering its bandwidth and processing power to best suit your requirements.

Dimming Panels

Stand out with our professional lighting automation system, centralized through the use of dimmer panels. These panels, discreetly housed in an equipment room or utility closet in your Sonoma County area home, streamline all dimming and control functions, reducing wall clutter, minimizing wiring complexity, and enhancing programming capabilities. They also control fans and motors, eliminating the need for additional power boosters.

Smart Dimmers and Switches

Further declutter your walls with our sophisticated smart dimmers and switches, capable of executing complex commands and scenes. These elegant keypads replace traditional switch banks, enhancing your décor while providing immediate access to lighting scenes, whole-house control, and integrated dimmer-switch functions in a single unit. Discover a range of models to suit any interior style, including flush-mounted options in various finishes such as matte, metal, or glass, available in a wide array of colors.

Illuminate Your World

Elevate your daily living with professional lighting design and control, bringing a new level of luxury to your home. From conception to installation, our experts provide unparalleled service and quality.