Meet Amanda Guglielmi

The Kreitsek Family continues to run Suffolk Designer Lighting, but we could not survive without our loyal, knowledgeable (and spunky!) team. We have worked with them for years - and many of our loyal clients know them well, too - but we're excited to start introducing them here to anyone who has not yet had the pleasure of being assisted by the best team in Southampton. Today we start with Amanda Guglielmi. . .

Amanda Guglielmi

Amanda may wear heels instead of a hard hat (although she's been known to sport the latter, and quite well!) and doesn't pull any punches: "Whatever you need, I can do. I have been in the lighting business for twenty-five years." 

Amanda is sympathetic to clients who are building homes from scratch, and shares, "We see clients frustrated, exhausted, tapped out. There's a lot that goes into a custom home. . .I can walk in there and work with their team just to GC their punch list. . .do a walk through with their AV guy and talk him through how to put a dimmer on all the switches. I've been on projects with thirty men working under me. If they wonder what a woman knows about lighting, I am more than happy to tell them where to put the junction box."

We can't think of anyone - male or female - who will argue with a woman who lists Bumblee Manor, Shelter Island on her list of credentials. Which sections of it did she light up?

"All of it," Amanda responds calmly. "There is a difference between a salesperson and a designer. If you want a salesperson, you go to J.C. Penny."

You get it. She's amazing.

We love Amanda because she's brisk, efficient, incredibly capable, and perhaps the only person you want telling your crew where to put. . . the junction box. Amanda softens, though, as she mentions her daughter, Victoria, age 8: "Her teacher told me that Victoria says I'm the smartest, most powerful woman on the planet." Amanda laughs, but we think the little girl might be on to something. . . 

Victoria, the Kreitsek family and the team at Suffolk Designer Lighting may have to politely concur. Eight-year olds can be bright lights, indeed, and your Mom just might be exactly how you describe her to be. . .

Come say hi if you're in the neighborhood - whether you're in the market for a lamp, or you're looking for that one, magical person who will work with your crew and help the custom house of your dreams finally take shape, Suffolk Designer Lighting is your one-stop shop for all your lighting needs.