Lighting Gallery Design Group

Lighting Design Begins Long Before Fixtures Are Installed

Successful lighting design requires planning, coordination, and an understanding of how a space will actually be built and used.

LGDG works with homeowners, designers, architects, builders, and electricians to create lighting plans that integrate with the architecture, layouts, finishes, and technical requirements of each project.

Design Support From Planning Through Installation

Whether building a new home, renovating, or updating individual spaces, LGDG creates lighting plans that are intentional, functional, and fully coordinated with the project.

Whole-Home Lighting Design

Coordinated lighting plans for renovations, new construction, and large residential projects.

Lighting Layout & Planning

Room-by-room lighting plans that consider placement, layering, ceiling conditions, and functionality.

Mockups & Visual Direction

Visual guidance that helps clients and trades understand the design intent before installation begins.

Trade Coordination

Collaboration with builders, electricians, designers, architects, and installers throughout the project.

Coordinated Lighting From Concept to Completion

Successful lighting design involves more than selecting fixtures. Well-executed projects require coordination between homeowners, designers, builders, electricians, installers, and suppliers throughout the process.

LGDG stays involved beyond the initial design phase — helping review specifications, answer technical questions, coordinate with trades, and support the final execution of the lighting plan.

The result is lighting that not only looks beautiful, but also functions properly in the finished space.

Lighting Designed Around the Way You Live

Thoughtful lighting solutions designed around the way people live and experience a home.

Every Project Begins With a Plan

Lighting Gallery Design Group develops detailed recommendations that help homeowners, designers, builders, and electricians move through projects with greater clarity and confidence.

Depending on the scope of the project, the process may include fixture specifications, lighting layouts, finish coordination, mockups, visual references, and room-by-room recommendations designed to support both the aesthetics and functionality of the space.

By combining creative design direction with technical planning, LGDG helps create more cohesive and well-executed final results.

A More Personal And Collaborative Design Process

Boutique lighting design with direct principal involvement throughout the project.

LGDG was created to offer a more collaborative and hands-on approach to residential lighting design while still delivering a high level of creativity, technical understanding, and project support.

Every project is led directly by Michael Lichtenstein, allowing for closer involvement throughout planning, coordination, and installation.

The result is a more personalized design experience tailored to the architecture, lifestyle, priorities, and goals of each project.

Direct Principal Involvement

Every LGDG project is led directly by Michael Lichtenstein, combining thoughtful lighting design with direct involvement throughout planning, specification, and installation.

From early layouts and fixture specifications to on-site review and final execution, the goal is to create lighting that feels intentional, functional, and fully integrated with the architecture of the home.

FAQs

Answers to common questions about our lighting design process and services.

Yes. LGDG provides lighting design services for entire homes, renovations, additions, and new construction projects throughout the New York metro area and for select projects nationwide. We also work on individual rooms and focused design challenges where lighting plays a major role in how a space looks and functions.

Absolutely. Many clients hire LGDG for kitchens, dining rooms, primary bathrooms, foyers, stairwells, home offices, outdoor spaces, and other areas where lighting plays an important role in how a space feels, functions, and is experienced every day.

Yes. LGDG regularly collaborates with homeowners, interior designers, architects, builders, electricians, and installers throughout the design and construction process.

Depending on the scope of the project, we may also provide focused design guidance and coordination for specific spaces, technical challenges, or lighting-related decisions requiring a more specialized approach.

Audio/visual systems, home automation, and smart lighting integration are typically managed by dedicated AV specialists. While LGDG does not install or program those systems, we understand how they interface with the lighting plan and coordinate specifications accordingly — including dimmers, load types, driver compatibility, and infrastructure requirements — so the entire system works together cohesively from day one.

Every project results in clearly defined, actionable deliverables — not general advice or mood boards. Depending on scope, this may include recessed lighting layouts, reflected ceiling plans (RCPs), CAD drawings, fixture specifications with sizing and finish coordination, scaled mockups, factory samples, and trade documentation your electrician and builder can work directly from.

The goal is to provide a fully considered lighting plan that supports both the design vision and the realities of construction.

Design services are billed at $150 per hour. Smaller projects or individual spaces are often completed within a few hours, while whole-home and renovation projects vary depending on scope and level of involvement.

Project requirements, estimated hours, and deliverables are discussed during the initial consultation so expectations are clearly defined before any work begins.

Yes. Clients have access to Lighting Gallery’s curated selection of decorative and architectural lighting from leading brands including Fine Art Handcrafted Lighting, Hinkley, Visual Comfort, Troy Lighting, Bover, and many others — available at preferred client pricing through our Huntington, New York showroom.

That said, there is never any obligation to purchase through us. The goal is always to create the best overall lighting plan for the project, regardless of where fixtures are ultimately sourced.

Yes, appointments are required. LGDG operates as a professional lighting design practice with dedicated project meetings focused on plans, goals, scope, and overall project direction.

Following the initial consultation, we develop a formal proposal outlining the recommended scope of work, deliverables, and level of involvement before scheduling the project.

The process is intentionally structured, collaborative, and tailored to the specific needs of each client and project.

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