In this episode we’ll be taking you with us on a team visit to the John Cullen Interior and Architectural Lighting Design Showroom in London, where we attended one of their Masterclasses and got the chance to ask resident Lighting Design Expert and Author Sally Storey questions & queries submitted by our audience.
Sophie Paterson Interiors is a London and Surrey based design studio specialising in luxury residential interiors throughout the UK and overseas for both private clients and developers.
Led by Sophie our experienced team of talented interior designers and interior architects provide a personalised design service to create detail driven, luxury interiors that perfectly suit their context, the client’s needs and will stand the test of time.
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– Products & Event’s Featured –
John Cullen Lighting : https://www.johncullenlighting.com/
John Cullen Events & Masterclasses : https://www.johncullenlighting.com/events/
Sally’s Book : https://www.ribabooks.com/Inspired-by-Light-A-design-guide-to-transforming-the-home_9781859469057
Tala Bulbs : https://tala.co.uk/collections/light-bulbs
Floor Uplights mentioned by Anthony
https://www.oceanlighting.co.uk/table-lamps-c55/astro-4523-marasino-1-light-table-floor-uplighter-plaster-1218001-p24217/s25697?cid=GBP&glCurrency=GBP&glCountry=GB&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqeyHq5Kn_QIVbI9oCR2jWgWyEAkYAiABEgJmy_D_BwE
Narrow Beam Bulbs
https://www.corston.com/products/chester-50mm-gu10-led-bulb-12-white
Remote Control plug in Dimmers
Maplin ORB RF Remote Controlled Mains Plug with Dimmer and Remote Control
Sophie’s outfit
Skirt- https://rstyle.me/cz-n/hkj922cgxuf
Shoes- https://rstyle.me/cz-n/hkk9btcgxuf
Jumper – https://www.bamford.com/emilia-knit-eau-denil.html
48 Comments
This is awesome. Thank you Sophie. Lighting architecture is sometimes overlooked, thought
about afterwards. This shows how essential, and how dramatic it can be.🙏🏽✌🏽
This video is beautifully made as always and the tips so helpful. Thank you for you're amazing work! Love to watch everytime 🥰
A big thank you to Sally and Anthony for their time and expertise. Such an interesting and useful topic.
Sophie, your kitchen is absolutely beautiful and I always look forward to all of your posts. I learn something from each of them. Thank you for including us in your adventures.
Gosh, this was the best. Thanks so much Sophie, Anthony, Ollie and Sally. I love how warmly you all come across and the information is just so useful ❤
Hi there – what kind of free standing light is at the base of Anthony's fireplaces?
Oh my goodness! Brilliant! Like a movie set and a dream all at once. My brain is on fire with ideas. Love it!
Great video!
WOW, I never thought about lighting like how you presented it to us today in this video. Thank you!
So many good tips shared here. I’ve kind of also become a lighting geek since I started watching your videos and I will definitely bear these advice in mind for my future home!
This was such an informative vlog on a hot topic that is very often overlooked, packed with insider tips , your Q&A with John Cullens Creative Director Sally Storey was amazing, it would be brilliant Sophie to see you put Q&A to more leading industry experts in their fields in future episodes. Anthony is a natural in front of the camera more cameos please from him 🤗💫
Fantastic video! I love lighting and believe it is an absolute in every room! Just bought Sally’s book!!
You look like Katherine MIddleton
As always a super nice, warm and informative video. Thank you Sophie and your wonderful team!
So glad to have a place to debate these kind of questions! I agree with both Sophie and Anthony about the shower niche. I think that an LED strip is good for a long niche and a spot light is great for a smaller niche. And kudos to Anthony for debating his boss with such grace. Also speaks to the great culture in Sophie’s team!
I love your design tips. I'm a real fan of chinoiserie. It would be great if you did an episode with your team on how you choose chinoiserie for a project e.g. colors, textures and how the chinoiserie flows with your furniture.
I loved the chat with Anthony so much. Really helpful tips and advice from him especially how to apply lighting in your home if you’re on a budget. Your conversation together was so warm and engaging, it really is a testament to you Sophie as a boss that your employees love and respect you and how far you’ve come as a presenter because I know at the start you would always say you’re nervous but now you’ve become a natural at this. A woman of many talents! You should be proud of how much you’ve accomplished 💖
I love learning about this. I’m currently training to be an electrician, but I’d like to do lighting design on the side possibly. I feel like the two trades will compliment each other nicely.
Great video and for Anthony ❤
Very helpful and informative session, lighting is so important and can transform a room. Especially liked the tip about lighting corridors and hidden lighting. Quite fixated about lamps and how many I can squeeze in without over powering a space. There are no barriers we all need lighting its elevating to the next level to enrich our homes.
Yes thank you really helpful info, onnall aspects of lighting, gr8t to see the John Cullen designers, look forward to seeing the lighting book, 👏👏🌟✨🥳🌟💕
Great video! Thank you so much. I have 5 lamps in my bedroom and I thought that was maybe too much but Anthony has 8 in one room! Can you have a picture with a picture light and 2 sconces on either side of the picture?
Love your channel and you can’t imagine how much I’ve learnt about interior design from just watching your videos.
My question about lighting design for the living room in particular….how does one know where to position lights like down lights and spotlights on the ceiling before the layout of furniture/decor is finalised? I would have loved some sort of lighting illuminating my coffee table and a few side tables but unfortunately the exact furniture layout was determined after the Reno was completed. How do the experts do it?
Thank you 😊😊😊
Excellent topic & very timely! Thank you!! We are having quite a bit of work done to our home, and wanted to add some lighting redesign to the rooms we are updating. I had my partner watch this video with me and this helped him visualize what I was trying to explain to him. Again, thank you!!!!!
Sophie I don’t think you understand how grateful I am that you have a YouTube Chanel. You give us so much in sight, tips, sources etc that other people would make us pay for. Thank you thank you thank you. I wish nothing but bountiful success for you, your family and all your team ❤
Wow , I loved this ❤
Thank yous all
I’m like a child at Christmas when I see a new post 😆
I’m learning so much and making changes as we build our dream home .
My husband thought it was my ideas 💡 but I told him,”no it’s Sophie Paterson and her team 🥰”
Can’t thank yous enough
Still trying to twist his arm about antique mirrors 🙃
Great great video! Thank you for sharing such valuable info ❤
Love this, great episode and very engaging speakers, thank you
Hi I think lightning is one of those thing that for lots of us are unsure About and isn’t really discussed much
But is supper important to our homes thank you be great to do a real room and why the lighting was chosen
Great video
After watching the video I immediately purchased the book Inspired by Light – I look forward to reading it!
This was amazing – so beautifully done. Ollie is a genius! The aesthetic & quality of these videos is beyond YouTube!! Sophie & her team are the best!
A fabulous video, thank you Sophie! We always enjoy working with you on your stunning projects, and it was fantastic to welcome your team to the London Showroom!❤✨
I absolutely love your conversation on lighting. He mentioned a narrow up light, what type of light would that be, is it just a narrow spot light that you point up?
Hands down one of the best and most informative videos available on lighting! Sally and Anthony provide so much helpful, next level information. I have Sally’s Inspired By Light book and am learning something new on each page.
Sophie, thank you for making your very high end projects so relatable; and providing insight and resources for us. I’ll be watching this video many times. If possible, I’m very interested to learn how the hidden lighting is done. For shelving or on walls, what lights do we use and how it is installed would be so helpful and much appreciated. Your videos are so well done and you have provided lots of inspiration. Thank you and please keep up the great work! ❤
Great video guys, very informative. Will defo be picking up Sally's book!
Thank you so much, Sophie, John Cullen, and Anthony for this informative presentation.
Anthony needs to come more often! Loved this Sophie!
Great video. Sophie you look dashing, love you being just yourself, I'd love working with you.
Thank you so much for this video Sophie. I loved Anthony, he had some great suggestions and advice. I will definitely be looking for some of the items he mentioned. I’m always so taken with your grand projects and enjoy watching you execute the elaborate plans but it was refreshing to have you talk to us about some small affordable things we can do in our homes to bring some of the drama we see in your projects into our homes. Please keep doing what you’re doing! ❤
So helpful. Loved the tips at the end as well.
I love how Designer people are just automatically and instinctively with classic and chic dressing style too.
Wonderful video. Would love to see more interviews with your team
Absolutely enlightening!
Thank you for this informative talk. 💐
Would love to have more on lighting with demonstrations. Thx.
loved the interview with Anthony, looking forward for all your success in your future projects.
Thank you for the tips! Question about the free standing uplight mentioned by Anthony, how does that work? Do you plug it into the wall? Thanks a lot.
Perhaps it might be a lot to ask for but seeing the SP Team’s homes would be really interesting and engaging content! To understand their constraints and how they manage their own interiors,perhaps on a budget, would be very insightful. Cudos to Anthony for sharing that picture of his living room!
Thank You very much for this amazing video Sophie and Ollie… It really has inspired me to experiment with lighting in my kitchen to make it look fabulous as I prepare to embark on my YouTube cooking channel. These tips were super' helpful. Appreciate it… 🌿🇿🇦🇬🇧
I love how this influencer is always creating content that is inclusive and celebrates diversity, which is so important in today's world.