As Truly Lighting celebrates 10 successful years in business, it seemed timely to reflect on who we are, where we came from and what we offer our clients. Owned and operated by prominent lighting designer Christina Nicolaides, Truly Lighting is a fully independent lighting consultancy run from our boutique offices in London. Being independent means we can focus on you, our clients, not getting …
At Truly Lighting we believe the earlier a lighting designer is appointed on a project the better. The architect is usually the first consultant to be appointed, often followed by the interior designer and then the lighting designer. It is very important that we (the lighting consultant) are on board as early as possible as the lighting forms part of …
Truly Lighting’s owner, renowned lighting designer Christina Nicolaides, has a wealth of experience in creating schemes for leisure areas within a home. Having worked on many substantially-sized residential properties, including large country estates, she understands the key elements to a successful lighting design in a leisure area. Here are a few snippets from her expert knowledge. Leisure areas within the …
Creating a lighting scheme for a heritage building is a wonderful opportunity to enhance the architectural features whilst being sympathetic to the building. A good place to start is to think about how the building would have been lit years ago, most likely with candles, and enhance this by now using LEDs. Here is Truly Lighting’s approach to lighting a …
Lighting a restaurant can require a different approach to residential properties. Not only is it important to reflect the personality and atmosphere of the venue, it is important to think about the needs of the diners, which will inevitably change throughout the day. The lighting required by a diner at breakfast or lunch for example, will be quite different to …
Truly Lighting has been very busy lately commissioning projects, and one issue that keeps arising in this work is linked to decorative lights. Decorative lighting includes wall lights, chandeliers, table lamps and picture lights. This type of lighting is now using replacement LED lamps, and while this can only stand be a positive development, it is something that needs some research …
With years of experience in lighting design, our owner Christina Nicolaides has created unique lighting schemes for a number of exterior and garden spaces. These naturally need to be treated differently from interior areas, and any lighting scheme needs to be custom-designed as every garden is special in its own way. Here she shares some advice on creating the best …
At Truly Lighting we’re very proud of being an independent lighting consultancy. Being independent makes us responsive, flexible and above all else, we are on the side of our client, not our board of directors. We appreciate there can sometimes be an apprehension about working with independent companies, as we are inherently smaller teams. But this comes with a number of benefits. …
Truly Lighting was delighted that our owner, prominent lighting designer Christina Nicolaides joined a panel of experts at the Residential Lighting conference at this year’s [d]arc room. Christina drew on her many years of experience to share her expertise and offer advice on how to illuminate leisure areas and exterior spaces for a residential property. Christina used stunning photography of …