When you step into a home that feels calm and balanced, it’s often the lighting quietly setting the scene. We recently spoke with Eddie Buyukbekir at Amphis, our lighting partner and supplier. As a lighting designer, Eddie understands the importance of considering how to illuminate your new home. Whether you’re designing your dream kitchen or creating a restful bedroom retreat, lighting design is a key part of making your home truly work for you.
Thoughtful illumination improves how you live
“Lighting has the power to shift how you experience a space,” says Eddie. “It can create intimacy, energy, or calm.” When building your dream home, thoughtful lighting design offers the opportunity to align your environment with your lifestyle: your routines, your priorities, your pace. Intentional lighting brings that vision to life.
“A well-designed lighting plan helps define the purpose of each area,” Eddie notes. “It’s tailored to how you live every day.” Your lighting should consider how you move through your home, where you’ll relax, work, or gather, and how you want each space to feel. That might mean soft, indirect lighting in a dressing room to create a sense of calm, or accent lights in a hallway that guide you gently through the space after dark. When lighting is tailored to your lifestyle, every room feels more intuitive and intentional.
How lighting enhances interior finishes and textures
When every element of your dream home is carefully considered, from the wall colours to the tapware, lighting should be no exception. “A high-end kitchen with marble benchtops and bespoke cabinetry deserves lighting that highlights their craftsmanship,” insists Eddie. “Without it, the details you invested in fade into the background.” From brushed metal to natural stone, good lighting allows these details to shine.
What to expect from a custom lighting design consultation
Lighting design goes beyond picking out decorative products. At Webb & Brown-Neaves, lighting design is seamlessly integrated into your homebuilding journey through a dedicated electrical consultation. This process looks at how you’ll use each room, and how lighting can support those moments. “You might want to create a flexible space where you can either energise or relax, depending on your mood.” Eddie says. “Or you may have artwork or family photos that can be emphasised with directional spotlights. Every decision serves a purpose.”
From the warmth of your globes to the angle of a downlight across a feature wall, your consultant will create a plan that brings your home to life.
How lighting design supports your wellness and sleep
Lighting affects more than aesthetics. It plays a role in your wellbeing too, impacting sleep, focus, and your general sense of ease at home. “Harsh overheads at night can disrupt your circadian rhythm” Eddie acknowledges. “We design with flexibility in mind – soft, indirect lighting in the evenings and brighter options to energise you in the morning.”
Warm tones, dimmable fittings, and thoughtful placement all help shape a space that works with your body, not against it. In a new home, wellness should be built into the design, and lighting is a simple, effective place to start.
When you design a home with WB, you’re not just choosing premium finishes and beautiful architecture – you’re partnering with a team that thoughtfully considers how your home will feel, function, and support your lifestyle, every day.
We understand that lighting plays a subtle yet powerful role in shaping your space. To guide you in making the best lighting design decisions, we offer expert consultants and the Amphis catalogue at your fingertips, ensuring it’s approached with the same care as every other design decision.
