Design Guide: Get Great Light At Home
This DESIGN GUIDE will help you define WHAT you want to SEE in your home and work out what matters most to you in your lighting design.
You’ll be guided through your home, room by room, helping you see your home through the eyes of a lighting designer. This step by step guide will help you work out what lighting you want in your home.
This resource is for the homeowner who wants a practical guide on how to improve the light in their own home, for the design professional looking to level up their lighting plans for their clients and for electricians and builders looking to add something special to the lighting in their projects.
What you can expect:
Ten pages dense with expert tips, essential lighting design knowledge, helpful graphics and inspiration images.
A step by step walk through, directing you as you tackle lighting in each room of your home.
The tools and confidence you need to choose beautiful lights that will transform your space.
References back to MINT Lighting Design blogs and other educational resources to help you navigate your lighting plan.
This guide is for you if:
You want to create a beautiful, healthy home for you and your family.
You want to make thoughtful improvements to your home.
You’re undertaking a partial or complete renovation of your home.
You’re building a brand new home.
Picture this:
You have a vision for your dream space—a balance of style and comfort, carefully curated details, an ambiance that feels just right. But when it comes time to pick out the lighting? Total overwhelm. There are endless options, and every decision feels like it could make or break the design. You go back and forth, unsure whether you need soft or dramatic light, or what “lumen output” even means. Hours (and several confused searches) later, you’re more lost than ever, wondering if you’ll ever get it right.
And here’s the thing—you’re not alone. Lighting is one of the most challenging parts of home design. From understanding light behaviour and colour temperatures to choosing styles that work with your decor, it’s easy to feel stuck. That’s where this design guide comes in.
With easy-to-follow steps, room-by-room tips, and a breakdown of essential lighting terms, you’ll be able to transform your home without second-guessing every choice. Forget about the overwhelming options—this guide gives you a clear, confident path to lighting that fits your space and your style.
Instead of spending another minute (or hour) staring at fixtures online, let us guide you through the process.
Here’s why this guide is a must for anyone wanting to improve the light in their home:
You’re not getting a one-size-fits-all solution—you’re learning the fundamentals of lighting design to help you choose lighting that works for your own unique home, lifestyle, and interior design.
You can use this guide again & again, for your current home and any future ones.
The biggest benefit, though, is the immense amount of time and money this guide can save you. No more time wasted browsing lighting retailers websites without knowing what you’re looking for; no more unfortunate light fitting purchases that don’t work in your space and don’t fit your vision.
FAQS
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The guide comes in digital PDF format. Once you’ve clicked “Add to Cart” and gone through the checkout process, you’ll be able to download the guide. You can then save it on your computer and access it anytime.
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Yes, once you’ve purchased the guide, you may print it out for your own use.
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Please Note
The content in this document is owned by MINT Lighting Design and your purchase of this document does not give you the right to use/redistribute/re-make or in any other way use this content as your own, or for your business or for any other commercial or non commercial purpose. If you are an educator and want to use this document for your students, reach out to MINT Lighting Design directly to arrange the permissions needed.
MINT Lighting Design is not legally responsible if this resource doesn’t give you the results it’s given other people. This educational resource is a guide to assist you in thinking differently about light and lighting design. It does not constitute professional advice, nor does it guarantee that a lighting design created using this guide will be effective or compliant.
MINT Lighting Design is a professional team of designers who are very experienced and excellent at what they do. Our clients enjoy amazing results from working with our team. We are delighted to share what we know in this, and other educational content for you to enjoy however we trust that you understand that our many decades of experience can not be captured in one document, and that any educational content we provide is to help you gain a greater understanding of light and lighting design – and will not make you a qualified professional in this field, nor will it guarantee that you can create your own lighting design. The results you achieve from using this guide will depend on a combination of factors we have no control over such as your experience in construction and design, the effort you put in and the advice you take from other parties.
Your implementation of the suggestions set out in this resource does not create a professional relationship between you and MINT Lighting Design. If you want feedback or advice about your specific project, our professional team would be delighted to help – please reach out to discuss which of our design services will help you achieve your lighting goals.