05/06/2026
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You’ve spent weeks on tiles. Days on tapware. Hours on paint swatches.
How long have you spent on lighting?
For most renovators, the answer is almost no time — and that’s exactly how homes end up feeling flat.
Here are the 5 most common lighting mistakes we see:
1. Downlights everywhere, nothing else
2. Wrong colour temperature in the wrong rooms
3. Leaving lighting to the last week of the build
4. No task lighting where you actually need it
5. Never thinking about how the room feels at night
The frustrating part? These are all avoidable.
Lighting is the last decision most people make, but it’s the thing that makes your renovation actually feel like home.
