Overview
Lighting design brief builder: plan a more considered home
Not sure where to start with home lighting? Organise your room needs, priorities and project stage into a clear brief for a lighting design conversation.
Your home. Your priorities.
Start with the feeling, not a ceiling full of fittings.
Lighting has to work for real life: cooking, reading, entertaining and winding down. Our lighting brief builder gives you a calm starting point, helping you explain what is important before you choose every fitting or commit to a design.
Give every room a purpose.
Think about the activities in each area, the features you want to emphasise and the lighting you find uncomfortable today. The brief brings your room needs, project stage and priorities together so the first conversation can focus on your home rather than starting from a blank sheet.
Separate the light from the way you control it.
Fitting selection and lighting control are related but different decisions. You may need task lighting in a kitchen, softer light in a bedroom and scenes across an open-plan space. We can help you decide where dimming, grouped control or a wider control system will make a useful difference.
A practical starting point for a budget discussion.
This brief builder does not calculate an instant equipment or installation price. Share your priorities and the scope you have in mind; we can then review the design and prepare a scoped quotation. Highlight what is essential and what could be adjusted if the budget needs to change.
Ready to explore actual fittings and controls?
Use the Orluna fitting builder for product selections, or the Lutron HomeWorks builder for lighting-control planning. Sonos, Orluna and Lutron can share one room-based project. This general lighting brief remains a separate enquiry, rather than automatically becoming a priced package in that project.
A clear way to begin
From an idea to a useful design brief.
Open the brief builder
Start with the rooms, requirements and project details you know. You do not have to arrive with a complete technical specification.
Share your priorities
Use the questions to describe the result you want. If something is uncertain, explain that in your brief rather than treating an assumption as a final specification.
Review your answers
Check the brief before adding your contact details. You can return to change answers before submitting.
Discuss the design and cost
Send the brief for review. We can clarify the scope and prepare a quotation; there is no instant equipment price or order at this stage.
Before you start
A few useful answers.
Do I need drawings before I start?
No. Start with the details you know. If you have a drawing, the brief tool offers room import, with an opportunity to review the extracted information.
Is this a lighting layout or specification?
No. It creates a brief for discussion. A finished layout, fitting specification and any calculations are separate design work.
Can I speak to someone instead?
Yes. Use the short form below and tell us what you are planning. You do not need to complete the builder first.
Make the first conversation more useful.
No pressure to finish everything today. Start with what you know, or ask us to help you shape the brief.
Start my lighting brief →Prefer a conversation?
You do not have to do it all yourself.
Tell us what you are thinking about—even if you are not sure where to start. Leave a short message and we can discuss the next step with you. No builder required.