Residential design
Villas and apartments, from one room to the whole house.
Design from$1,200 per room
Interiors & lighting · Dar es Salaam
Rooms designed
Rooms designed
around the light.
Interior designLayered lightingMade to order
We design villas, apartments and hotels across Tanzania, and we plan how every room looks at noon, at dusk and at midnight.
Services
What we design
Hospitality & commercial
Hotels, lodges, restaurants and offices that photograph at night.
From$38 per m²Lighting design
Layered plans, dimming scenes and controls, ready for your electrician.
From$950 per floorFurniture & joinery
Made to order with our partner workshops in Dar es Salaam.
From$650 per pieceFeatured spaces
Four rooms, four moods
Living Room
Modern eleganceOyster Bay villa · 3 scenes · 2700K
Kitchen
Minimal & functionalMasaki apartment · task + plinth light
Bedroom
Comfort & styleMbezi house · hidden cove · 2200K
Hospitality
Warm after darkStone Town hotel bar · 40 seats- 90 minOn-site consultation, $150, credited to your project
- 10 daysFrom site survey to your full lighting plan
- 3 scenesDay, evening and night, set with you after dark
- 2 yearsWarranty on every fitting we supply and install
Light scenes
One room, three moods
Every Kandili lighting plan is built from scenes. Switch this living room from noon to midnight and watch which circuits do the work.
Picture cove
Table lamp
Dining pendant
Floor washers
12:30 · Daylight
Day
Daylight does the work. One circuit lifts the artwork so it never looks flat against the window.
Colour4000K
Overall20%
Power38 W
- Picture cove0%
- Table lamps0%
- Chandelier & pendant0%
- Floor washers0%
Simulated on one photograph. In your home we programme the real circuits on site.
Process
From first visit to first evening
- 1
Consultation
90 minutes, on siteWe walk every room with you, at the hour you use it most, and measure as we go.
- 2
Concept & light plan
10 working daysMood, materials and a layered lighting plan, with a budget you can hold us to.
- 3
Detailed design
3–4 weeksDrawings, joinery, fitting schedules and samples you see in daylight and lamplight.
- 4
Install & set scenes
Final eveningWe supervise the install, then come back after dark to set every scene with you.
Consultation
Book a consultation
Pick a format and a time. We confirm by email within one working day.
Start your project
Let’s light something extraordinary.
Tell us about the rooms you live in after dark. We will show you what they could look like.
Start your journey