About Our Lighting

About Dana Creath Lighting

A timeless legacy of exquisitely hand-crafted lighting products and accessories.

At Dana Creath Lighting, we design and build handcrafted iron lighting that’s meant to last. Not just in materials, but in relevance. Every piece is made with intention, shaped by experience, and built to work beautifully in real spaces.

We’re a second-generation, family-owned manufacturer based in California. For more than five decades, we’ve focused on one thing, creating lighting that feels considered, well proportioned, and built to a standard that designers can trust. Our work is inspired by the timeless character of antique lighting, studied closely and reinterpreted for today’s architecture and interiors.

Everything we make is handcrafted. From the forging to the finishing, each fixture is built in house using premium materials and proven techniques refined over decades. We pay close attention to the details that matter, internal wiring, structural integrity, and the balance between form and function. The result is lighting that not only looks right, but performs the way it should.

Collaboration is at the center of how we work. We partner closely with interior designers, architects, and builders, staying hands on throughout design development, engineering, and production. Whether we’re scaling an existing fixture, adapting a design, or creating something entirely custom, the goal is always the same, to make sure the lighting fits the space, the vision, and the realities of the project.

Our team is small by design, which allows us to stay flexible, responsive, and personally involved. When you work with Dana Creath, you’re not handed off or routed through layers. You’re working directly with the people responsible for designing and building the fixtures.

For designers looking for distinctive, low quantity, high quality lighting, we offer more than a finished product. We offer experience, accountability, and a thoughtful approach to getting the details right. Lighting that feels intentional, personal, and built to stand the test of time.

Our Custom Lighting Capabilities

Custom work is at the core of what we do. Because everything is handcrafted, we’re able to adapt, adjust, and create lighting that fits the space and the project, not the other way around.

We regularly modify existing designs to suit specific ceiling heights, room proportions, and architectural conditions. That includes scaling fixtures up or down, adjusting projections and arm lengths, refining glass proportions, and accommodating ADA requirements when needed.

When a project calls for something that doesn’t exist, we design and build from scratch. We collaborate closely during the design phase, provide CAD drawings when appropriate, and engineer details so the fixture can be specified and installed with confidence.

We also have deep experience replicating and reinterpreting antique lighting. Using reference images, we can recreate the character and proportions of historic fixtures while updating them to meet modern performance and code requirements.

From subtle refinements to fully custom pieces, our focus stays the same, thoughtful design, solid engineering, and careful craftsmanship that holds up over time.