Lighting design · for home and hospitality
Considered, layered lighting design for homes, holiday lets and hospitality venues. Based in Devon, and available to put together a cost-effective lighting plan wherever you're building or renovating.
We bring together decades of design and hospitality experience, tried-and-tested relationships with trusted suppliers around the world, and a genuine eye for how light should feel, to create spaces that feel extraordinary to live and work in.
What we do
Whether it's a family home, a holiday cottage, a pub, or a project anywhere else, we design lighting schemes that genuinely transform how a space feels.
From a single room refresh to a full smart lighting scheme, we design layered lighting plans that respond to your daily life. Morning scenes, evening ambience, garden uplighting. All specified for you or your electrician to bring to life.
Lighting that earns its keep. Great lighting often features in guest reviews, and is one of the most overlooked line items in the budget. We help create the atmosphere guests want to stay in.
True smart lighting goes beyond a dimmer switch. We design scenes, schedules and automations, wake-up graduals, security triggers, away modes, circadian rhythms, specified against professional protocols so whatever's installed just works, reliably, every time.
Why South West Lighting Design
Most lighting consultants charge a fortune for overspecified solutions, or installers simply fit what's in the trade catalogue. We take a different approach, combining serious design depth with a designer's eye and sourcing relationships that keep costs genuinely competitive.
With lighting plans from as little as £100, and no mark-up on products, our goal is to help people and businesses without big investors behind them shine too.
Consumer-grade, commercial-ready. Decent consumer-level hardware is now reliable enough for commercial use, saving you thousands.
No mark-up, ever. Tried-and-tested relationships with UK and global suppliers mean premium-grade fittings at a fraction of typical cost, and you order direct.
Personal & accountable. You deal with one person, Ben, who designs and specifies your system personally, and supports it long-term.
Design-led thinking. We think about shadow, texture, colour temperature and layers, not just being able to see at night!
Who's behind it
Ben has been advising on design across the hospitality and interiors world since 2001, twenty-five years of getting the details right (and learning from his mistakes!). You deal with Ben directly, from the first conversation through to final scene setting.
Smart Living / Assisted living
For older adults who want to stay independent, and for families who want peace of mind without intrusive cameras, smart lighting is one of the most practical and dignified home technologies available.
The process
No surprises. Just a clear, considered process from first conversation to finished result.
A call or video chat about your space, wherever you're based. We listen to what you want it to feel like, not just look like.
A clear lighting plan, fitting positions, colour temperatures, control logic, and a fully itemised shopping list.
You order direct from UK and global suppliers, no mark-up. Your electrician handles the install.
On hand for questions through installation and beyond, so every scene and schedule ends up exactly as planned.
Get in touch
No-obligation quotes.
Drop us a message and we'll get back to you within one working day. Prefer to call? We're happy to chat through your project over the phone, it's usually the quickest way to get a feel for what's possible.
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