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Many designers have designed and delivered a home cinema - but you may not have actually had the opportunity to experience one.

SONA’s immersive home cinema experience in Cheshire lets you discover what’s possible for your clients.

Literally feel the difference that specialist cinema design, acoustics, layout and lighting make - before learning how these elements come together to create effortless, glamorous, indulgent cinematic immersion

SONA - where cinemas are being designed both emotionally and visually. Call 01625 541442 or DM us to book a visit you won’t forget! 🍿

Photo by @danielwrightphotography

#luxuryhomes #homecinema #cinemaroom #interiordesign #luxurycinema by @thinksona

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8 months ago

📣Calling all Northern Interior Designers! Come and explore how we can help you elevate the lighting on your next project.

A relaxed, hands-on educational session to explore how lighting can elevate any room or space. No matter how small. From retrofits to new builds - we got you covered.

Our approach is all about wellbeing and luxury that feels EFFORTLESS, not expensive! Most of what we can do can be done for less than the price of a luxury sofa or coffee table but takes the space to a whole new level.

The unique thing about SONA is we can support you - the Interior Designer - with lighting design, lighting supply, installation, technical project support; right through to programming the final perfect lighting scenes with you. Every base covered.

Through your vision and our technical expertise, we can take your ideas and bring them to life. No middle men, no coordinating between a lighting designer and electrician, joiner/cabinetry maker too.

We’ll handle it all ✨

We currently have a couple of spots left in the last week of Feb if you want to chat about your upcoming project

DM to book for an inspirational session today!

#LightingDesign #InteriorLighting #LuxuryLighting #SmartLighting lightinginspiration by @thinksona

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8 months ago

🚨MISSING HUSBAND🚨

Please share 🤦‍♀️🍿🎥

Thanks 🙏

#homecinema #cinemaroom #privatecinema #luxuryhomes #luxurytech #luxurytechnology #mancave #mancavestuff #homereno #raye #wherethehellismyhusband by @thinksona

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10 months ago

It’s not always about more light. It’s about better light.

A subtle change in quality and direction completely transforms how this artwork is seen — revealing a perception of the artwork that was almost lost before.
A simple demonstration of just how much considered lighting can change a space.

Lighting demonstration with @thinksona .

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#LuxuryInteriors by @thinksona

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In 2024 we bought the conversation around lighting and technology to @designcentraluk and bought a taster of what we were building at our experiential studio in Cheshire, that now hosts weekly CPDs for Interior Designers and Architects.

Have you been to our studio yet? If so let us know what you thought in the comments👇 Thank you 🙏

Today we visited Design Central to support the show, which is amazing - such a great vibe - and great to catch up with so many of you including @emmiebinteriors @avaroseinteriors @thespacemaker_interiors @lewisknox_ @fionawdesign @studiodimorauk @astrolighting @hannahbarnesdesigns @lisa.raynes

💡 Top Tip / Make sure you make a visit to the fabulous @larsenarchitecture_ stand where you can win a private cinema experience with us at The SONA Studio 🍿

Really enjoyed @lewisknox_ talk today which will be on @interiordesignbusinesspod in a few weeks - that’s defo worth a listen 🎧 if you didn’t catch it today! Sadly I missed some other great talks from our friends as I had to shoot off @thespacemaker_interiors @_txtured_

We sadly aren’t exhibiting or speaking at the show this year, but today had so many lovely messages from many of you who wanted to talk further with us as but didn’t get a proper chance, so if that’s you and you’ve still not been to our studio for an experiential CPD - Please do DM me and we’d love to have you 🤗

Well done Cath, Duncan & Team on another successful show.

#luxurylighting #technologyexperts #lightingdesign #lightingcontrol #hometechnology by @thinksona

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12 days ago

It’s Monday again, but we got the answer 🎥 🍿

#homecinema #privatecinema #cinemaroom by @thinksona

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13 days ago

CABLE DROP ✅ completed on our new London site with @designbyuber

Sometimes people don’t realise that we are involved really early in our projects but we are powering everything in it.

We are responsible for providing the infrastructure that is going to support all the technology that goes in to our projects; and sometimes these projects are like small hotels, housings tens of thousands of technological components all relying on the infrastructure.

WiFi is simply never adequate in a luxury home in our opinion, unless you want to risk infuriating performance - proper infrastructure is required. So we visit site to brief the electricians we’re working alongside, provide infrastructure drawings and undertake a walk through of the property to ensure clarity. Let’s face it guys, there’s some things AI just can’t do 😉

By this point it’s always ideal if the client has signed off lighting layouts and schedules as changes to fittings, quantities or loads can affect the electrical design and power requirements, as well as final positioning.

Even where clients have decided against things like automated shades etc, we’ll always recommend to pre-wire in case you ever change your mind.

For this project we will be using INVISIBLE speakers (if you’ve visited the studio you’ll know how amazing these sound!!!!) It’s important on this project therefore as usual that we work closely with the onsite team to confirm locations / positions EARLY as these need fitting before boarding starts.

This is just the early stages of this project but you can see how much communication is required, working with site in our area of expertise, and how decisions need to be locked down early on to avoid inefficiency, added costs, delays and frustration as the project moves forward.

So we’re busy getting all this in place, alongside the other 13 live projects we have right now and already getting booked up to Christmas 😮‍💨

If you have a project coming up in 2027 it is never too early to start the conversation with us. Book in to the studio so you can literally see, hear and feel whats possible.

#luxuryhomes #buildingdesign #luxurytechnology #interiordesign #lightingexperts taken in Blackheath, London by @thinksona

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For @thinksona Cheshire experience centre, @lewisknox_ were asked to create a space that felt immersive, welcoming and atmospheric – somewhere clients could experience integrated technology within a carefully designed interior, rather than a traditional showroom environment.

From the beginning, the ambition was to move away from the feel of a typical technology showroom. Instead of obvious displays and demonstrations, the space was designed to feel closer to a home, allowing lighting, sound and automation to be experienced more naturally and comfortably.

Learn more about Lewis Knox’s project in the 🔗 in our bio!
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#sbid #lewisknox #retaildesign #experiencecentre #sona by @thinksona

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Everyone wants to know what’s the difference and which is better, Lutron or Crestron.

Most of the what gets written online comes from those who only sell one or the other, that’s not an honest comparison, it’s a sales pitch wearing a review!

We install both, have done for over 20 years. The truth is the performance difference is close to nothing, and the real decision comes down to keypad feel, scope of a project and warranty preference.

I wrote an honest breakdown - link in bio. by @thinksona

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We often meet people who’ve had a bad experience with lighting control. They think it makes life more complicated. They think it’s not worth it. They’ve spent the money and been left with something that confused them, frustrated them, or simply never worked the way anyone promised it would.

We get it. Completely. 💯

What we will tell people over and over is that Lighting control itself was never the problem.

We’ll use a Chef 👩‍🍳 Analogy

Think of it like truffle. One of the most extraordinary ingredients in the world. But you don’t just stick it on a plate. It requires knowledge. Restraint. Experience. Finesse. Preparation. Skill. All of those things working together to make it what it can actually be.

In the wrong hands it’s a waste. A very expensive and disappointing waste. Just like lighting control.

In the right hands it’s transformative and you’ll never want to live without it. You’ll feel disappointed when faced with a normal light switch or dimmer.

Right now we’re working with three clients who have existing control systems that were installed by someone else. All three of them came to us untrusting. Understandably so. And all three of them - because of how we work and how we talk about what we do - gave us the opportunity to show them what it SHOULD have been from the beginning.
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And let’s not forget about the support afterwards for your system, and changes for lighting scenes. We include all that but we’ll save that for another post. The truffle analogy doesn’t quite stretch that far. 😂

Anyway, if you’re planning a reno or new home and think lighting control isn’t needed (but you’re investing in quality interiors and lighting) PLEASE come and chat to us so at least if you decide NOT to have it, you decided with full knowledge of what it’s capable of.

We created the SONA Studio for that very reason. To empower homeowners to make informed decisions before spending a penny. Book a tour at the link in bio and we’d love to show you our little world ☕️

#hometechnology #luxuryhomes #cheshirehomes #lighting #lightingcontrol taken in Cheshire, England by @thinksona

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2 months ago

Is lighting control really just an expensive light switch? Or should lighting control be an important conversation to have when you are investing in any kind of lighting scheme or design?

We hear this. And honestly, if a lighting control system has been installed without any design behind it, without conversations with the homeowner, without any scenes programmed, without any thought to how you actually live in that space?

Then yes. That’s exactly what it is. An expensive light switch.

We’ve walked into homes where a Lutron lighting system was installed for example - one of the best lighting control systems in the world - and the keypads were never engraved for the client. The scenes were never programmed. The client was handed an app on completion day and told they could program it themselves. Whilst we’re all for empowering clients, this does not feel like luxury to us.

That’s not what we mean when we talk about lighting control at SONA.

Instead imagine the lights in your kitchen gradually brightening as you come downstairs in the morning to the perfect curated scene that makes you feel supported. It’s your living room shifting from bright and energising at midday to warm and low as dusk falls helping you to relax - without anyone touching a switch.

It’s dimming capability that sets your bedroom lights at ten percent and the automated shades drawn when you walk in at night so your body already knows it’s time to wind down. It’s every light in the house going off and every blind closing when you press “sleep”.

SONA lighting control is the difference between a house that has lights and a home where the lighting has been designed.
It’s one of the most transformative things you can put in a luxury home and it’s still getting overlooked because people don’t understand it. Relatively speaking it’s actually one of the most cost effective elements given what it delivers every single day in every space, at all hours.

The question isn’t whether you need lighting control.
It’s finding a partner who can leverage its worth. Come and experience how it feels for yourself.

📍 SONA, Cheshire - come and see the difference in taken in Cheshire, England by @thinksona

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