OUR STORY

Cordero Home & Lighting (CHL) embodies a new era of extraordinary, custom-made lighting. We offer bold and sleek lighting designs arranged from unique combinations of material, form and serious craftsmanship. CHL designs have an international following with displays in a wide variety of venues from restaurants, film festivals, storefronts and celebrity homes. Check out our press page and customer gallery for more displays.

Lighting isn’t just an accent. It’s a statement.

FOUNDER

North Carolina-based designer Dan Cordero launched his lighting label in 2012 following a career in award-winning video editing and producing. Dan’s passion and technical skill in multimedia storytelling set the perfect stage for his lighting concepts and attention to detail. After a weekend project repurposing an antique General Electric table fan into a highly-prized and elegant Edison-bulb light fixture, a lightbulb went off for Dan (no pun intended). He quickly realized that whether in our home or work space lighting creates a different kind of story. It reflects a personal statement – how each of us chooses to balance function with beauty.

Cordero Handcrafted Lighting Founder

“I’m proud of the fact that every light fixture that leaves our North Carolina workshop has been carefully designed, prepared and hand-packed by our team. The story starts here but lives on in new and beautiful spaces around the world.”

 

CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER 

After 15 years working in corporate and non-profit Business Development, Operations, and Leadership Dawn Cordero joined her husband in 2021 to blaze a new path in creative lighting design.  At CHL she is responsible for providing leadership and strategic vision, refining the company’s processes’ and putting best practices and operational controls in place.  Additionally, innovation and exceptional product quality and service are a top priority.  As both a creative individual and perpetual organizer, Dawn pursues extraordinary spaces where form, function and beauty collide and create an unbelievable experience for each client.

“Form, function, beauty.  It’s all in the details.  From our hands to your home we hope to pass along an illuminated story that brings rich light to your space.”

 

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Cordero Handcrafted Lighting COO
Cordero Handcrafted Lighting

“Form, function, beauty.  It’s all in the details.  From our hands to your home we hope to pass along an illuminated story that brings rich light to your space.”

 

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Since 2012, the Cordero Family has supported agencies aligned with Dawn and Dan’s heart for vulnerable communities.  Their passion to serve and give back led to the creation of “Cordero Cares” as a way for the company to support the community in meaningful ways. 

Dawn and Dan are proud parents to an inventive son who is learning how to read as well as the difference between a Phillips and flathead screwdriver…like every second grader should.