Illumination Lighting & Design

Great customer service, huge selection, good pricing and Blake is just a true professional –very knowledgable with such a pleasant demeanor. I’ve been a customer for several years and currently he’s helping me figure out the best LED bulbs for my home. What an all around better experience shopping here for lighting fixtures and bulbs rather than at any of the big box or chain stores. Plus they do repairs. I highly recommend.

Visited this business for the second time today and received great customer service as usual!
I had a few questions and they were all answered. I’m happy that a friend who’s been a customer for a while gave me the recommendation, I’ll keep on shopping here. Thank you!

LOVE this place! We recently remodeled our master bath & were looking for lighting. It was our 1^st remodel, so we were completely clueless, intimidated & overwhelmed. Blake is so friendly, knowledgeable & helpful, suggesting the amount of lighting we needed & the lighting companies that would fit our design & budget. He’s equally communicative, calling back when he says he will & following up with questions & answers. Not only does he have a keen eye for design, he has a wonderful variety of lighting. Blake also helped me with our old Victorian lamp that broke. He brought it back to life & for someone like myself who believes in reusing & upcycling & breathing life back into the old, I couldn’t be happier. We are definitely going to continue to patronize Illumination for our guest bathroom that we’re currently remodeling in addition to the rest of our home that we’ll eventually remodel. I highly recommend Illumination. Blake provides you that wonderful neighborhood feel & it’s refreshing to see small businesses like his still thriving — & that’s due to his impeccable customer service!

I have been a customer of Illumination lighting for many years. The shop feels like part of my Sherman Oaks neighborhood and the owner, Blake, is knowledgeable, professional and has a good design eye. I like that he carries all price points of lighting and design styles ranging from basic items to works of art! Illumination’s repair service is also excellent and affordable. Blake really takes care of his customers, gives attention to every detail and will always go out of his way to find that small part or lighting accessory that completes the order. He also carries lots of bulbs and takes care to make sure your lighting fixtures have the proper bulbs. Next time you have a lighting project, interior or exterior, make sure to stop by Illumination Lighting.

While renovating I happily discovered Illumination. Great selection of lighting fixtures at affordable prices. Lighting and lamps is something we take for granted most of the time, but having a beautiful lamp and good lighting in a room can make all the difference between a ho-​hum space and something that’s cozy and inviting. At least that’s what I saw after upgrading the lighting.
They were really helpful here, night and day when you compare against getting lost in one of those giant warehouse where you have to walk through a ghost town-​like atmosphere in hopes of tracking down someone to help.
At this point I’m done with the renovations, but I still end up at Illumination every now and again to pick up light bulbs. Same great service, even when only spending a couple bucks on bulbs.

Blake is so congenial and helpful. And he really knows about his lights! I happily support this small business to get great customer service and care!

We have been buying all our interior (and exterior) lights from Blake for the past 15 years. He is the most professional and pleasant person to work with! He even helped us create a pendant light that we designed. All of the fixtures we’ve gotten from Illumination have lasted through the years because of the excellent quality and installation. Illumination totally outperforms those bigger lighting stores.

Great, LOVE this place. They can fix anything!

Wow, this place has anything and everything that has to do with lighting. Came here to pick up some commercial type bulbs for my shop, and the guy behind the desk knew exactly what to get me. Very friendly and professional! If you need light bulbs, lamps or anything related, go to Illumination!

I went to this lighting store on the suggestion of a friend as I had a desk lamp that needed a weird-​o light bulb… it didn’t just screw in like a ‘normal’ light bulb.
They had a small lot in back of the store so I was not able to find parking and ended up parking on the street… no problem and it was free.
I spoke with Blake at the counter and showed him the lamp for which I needed a bulb. He located a light bulb and actually put it in for me …thank you for that. :-) He was very helpful and friendly.
This is a really cute, small store… all things lighting and unique fixtures.
If I ever need anything else lighting wise I will re-​visit. I like places that actually know what the term customer service means! If you provide great customer service, you get 5 stars from me! :-)

I sell light bulbs, and came into this store to leave a catalog. Blake is very friendly. The showroom has a lot of very different types of lighting. They have unique fixtures, that you do not see everyday. Its conveniently located, and you can park on the side street for free.
It is nice to deal with someone who is friendly in the valley. You do not see that much anymore. I would highly recommend Blake for all your lighting needs.

My neighbor recommended the store and I’ve been there twice now — once a few years ago to buy two little table lamps and recently to buy two wall sconces. It’s not a huge place so don’t expect to see a very large selection but what they have is good quality and enough to give an idea of what you want. When I went to look for the wall sconces I told them what I had in mind and they directed me to a catalog that hit the spot and I ordered the fixtures. They came in within 2 weeks, as promised. Note: When I was waiting for the sconces to arrive I looked at the catalog online and wanted to make sure I had ordered the right color/​style so I called Blake and he took the time to address all my questions. They’re installed now and I’m very pleased.

I found this gorgeous lighting store when I needed lighting for an area that had track lighting that wasn’t doing the job. The owner (I think) Blake came to my place the next day, made great suggestions as to what I could do to make the room brighter. He arranged to have fixtures made to my specs in a very short period of time. This business by far offers probably the best customer service ever. This is reason I like to support local business, instead of places like lamps plus where you get no personal attention.

I live down the block from Illuminations. I have been visiting this store since it opened. Blake has provided a level of customer service that is not usually seen in this day and age. Who ever heard of a store that lets you take a lamp home for a week to live with it on a trial basis? Most of the lights in my house and in my front and back yard are from Illuminations. When the quality of the product and the client recognition are this good loyalty is an easy choice!

Love Blake and this store. The customer service is amazing here. You can’t get better than this.

Lights. I needed ‘em.
Camera. Waiting inside the studio, in front of an impatient model and MUA.
Action — I drove to Illumination, met the Blake everyone is talking about here on Unilocal,and ordered a flank of Hollywood-​style vanity lights. Blake was patient and helpful, and I and my boyfriend watched him take excellent care also of a German-​American customer who was ahead of us. (Secretly, I kvelled: he’s also my same age cohort, Generation X, so I knew right away we’d be taken good customer care of.)
Well, here’s how it went down: Blake secured the order for our lights, boyfriend and I left, a week goes by, no lights. The shoot was imminent, so I panicked. I called Blake and calmly explained the situation. Blake immediately got on the phone with the lights vendor, and whatever he said, things got fixed fast:
The lights were at his store next day, ready for pickup, and when I got there, I learned Blake had not only given us free bulbs as a cheer-​up for the mix-​up, but thrown in an extra bulb as a lagniappe. The light fixture was meticulously wrapped, and he even offered to carry it to the car for me. I took it myself, but I appreciated that.
Basically, I have to chime in and join the chorus of happy voices praising this light fixture boutique and its hard-​working owner. Blake is a star, Illumination’s a great place to get your lights, and the customer service cannot be beat. I’d give Illumination ten stars if Unilocal would let me.

Selection was interesting and the selection from the catalog was massive. The owner is the staff and he is very friendly and after describing what we wanted he found it promptly and our order is now processing. We are sure the price was very good, but for me best of all is getting what I want with a convenience and understanding that will be long remembered. Thank You

Agree enthusiastically with all the other positive reviews here. We too have used this store many times and are finally getting around to writing a review. This is a great-​quality family-​owned «Main Street”-style business, like small businesses used to be. Great selection, and if they don’t have it they can get it. Blake is a super honorable guy who like other reviewers have said is not only knowledgeable and trustworthy but also warm, gracious and trusting of others. A very positive experience all around. This is what Ventura Boulevard used to be known for: wonderful little Mom & Pop businesses withgood products and personal service.

The store itself and the gentleman who helped me, Blake, are both awesome! I was trying to find bulbs to create very specific lighting for a video shoot and he was very knowledgeable and kind and took his time to explain my options to me even when they were about to close! I got there a few minutes before 5 because of a last minute, frantic search for lighting for a scene, and he stayed late to help me. Now that is customer service. I will be back!

I bought a Kovacs marriage saver light which is two lights on one fixture you put above your headboard. After 14 months it stopped working. The store fixed it for free and only charged for two bulbs. That is what I call service! Try that at home depot.