Private Residence

Lighting a new build is the chance to work with your blank canvas to create an inspiring and bespoke layer of design for every client. For a lighting designer, the fresh architectural plans are almost a blank canvas for us to create something wonderful with. Although designs may have similarities, such as open plan space, natural light and expansive glazing, every client brings something different to the table. We meet them at the beginning of a thrilling journey and together add the dimension of creative and functional lighting to their new home. When thinking about garden lighting, the first consideration is task lighting. Can you see to get your key in the door? Have you got a bin or bike area that needs light? Next is to create a feeling of depth. Large-scale glazing may offer daytime views to the garden, but can become a dark mirror-like wall at night. Here, consider lighting the immediate external spaces, for example a terrace with low level lights, or highlighting an ornamental bay tree, or sculptured over-size pots as seen in the video, to bring the outside in, even when it’s dark. All products for the scheme where supplied form John Cullen's extensive range of exterior light fittings. Water features look wonderful lit at night, offering movement and glow. And deeper into the garden, you may have a beautiful tree that when lit would give a sense of depth and perspective. And for summer evenings on the terrace with friends, sipping rosé until midnight, you want a beautifully lit space around you. We can put different circuits in place to enable you to extend the view and have a view point, as well as a pleasingly lit usable space. Structural exterior lighting in porches or on walls need to be planned at the start, but some soft landscape lighting can be easily altered later on.