Consulting in Aesthetics

Lighting,
designed around
your home.

Bespoke lighting schemes for homes, architects and institutions — considered room by room, matched to your materials and your architecture, and managed all the way to the final switch-on.

3+Years in lighting
End‑to‑endDesign to install
BespokeNever off the shelf

Good lighting is felt before it is noticed — it shapes how a room breathes.

CIA Concepts is a lighting design consultancy led by Mercia Wolfaard. We work hands-on with homeowners, architects, builders and institutions — including schools and hospitals — to design lighting that suits the space it lives in.

Rather than sending you to a showroom to choose your own fittings, we assess your home's colour scheme, materials and architectural style, then design a scheme to match. We work directly with your electricians and installers, and quality-check every fitting before it reaches site.

What we do

A complete lighting service, start to finish

Four disciplines, one continuous process — so nothing falls between the design on paper and the light in the room.

Lighting design

Bespoke layouts drawn zone by zone — ambient, task and feature light balanced to the way each room is used.

Aesthetic consulting

Fittings chosen to sit with your colours, materials and style — so the light feels part of the architecture, not added on.

Fitting supply

We source and supply the specified fittings directly, and inspect each one for quality before it goes anywhere near your site.

Managed install

We coordinate with your electricians through installation and snag the result — so the finished home matches the plan exactly.

The CIA difference

Not a showroom.
A designer at your side.

Hands-on

Mercia assesses your home in person — the light it already has, the finishes, the way you live in it — and designs from there. You are never left to choose fittings alone.

Matched to your aesthetic

Every fitting is selected to complement your colour scheme, materials and architectural style. The scheme belongs to your home, not to a catalogue.

Managed to completion

We work directly with your electricians and installers, quality-check fittings before they arrive, and stay involved until the last detail is snag-free.

The journey

From your plans to switch-on

01

Share your plans

Send us your drawings and ideas. We learn the home, the finishes and how each space will be used.

02

Design & proposal

You receive a detailed proposal — zone by zone, with full fitting specifications.

03

Approve & order

Refine together, approve the scheme, and we order and supply the fittings directly.

04

Delivered & installed

Fittings are quality-checked, delivered, and installed alongside your electricians.

05

Snag-free aftercare

We walk the finished home, resolve any snags, and see the project through to a clean finish.

Selected work

House Webster

Residential · Double-volume home
Bespoke residential scheme

Sculptural light for a double-volume home

A layered scheme built around the home's architecture — feature pendants that hold the double volume, warmth in the living spaces and quiet, considered light where it is needed most.

  • Sculptural metal-and-foam feature pendants in the double volume and over the staircase
  • Staggered raffia pendants bringing texture to the formal lounge
  • Starlights set into the kitchen overhang
  • Discreet exterior wall lights framing the approach
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Start your project

Let's design the light your home deserves

Share your plans and we'll take it from there — a considered proposal, the right fittings, and a finish managed to the last detail.