Yes. Sky panels such as Philips Skylight and Nanoleaf Skylight fix flat to the ceiling in place of an ordinary light, and Sunday Light, the artificial skylight we make in London, hangs from a ceiling rose like a chandelier. Neither needs a hole in the roof or the ceiling. The difference is the light: the brightest consumer sky panel gives 7,000 lumens, and Sunday gives 34,500.
The kinds that do need building work are the recessed sky simulators, CoeLux and Innerscene's Virtual Sun, which sit in a void above the ceiling, and tubular skylights, which need a hole through the roof. Prices for all of them are in the four kinds of artificial skylight.
What each option needs above the ceiling
| Option | How it fixes | Space above the ceiling | Light output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanoleaf Skylight | 30 cm squares fixed flat to the ceiling, 55 mm deep | None | 1,400 lumens per panel |
| Philips Skylight, Govee Sky Ceiling Light, Lumary Skylora | Fixed flat to the ceiling in place of a light fitting | None | 3,800-7,000 lumens |
| Sunday Light | Hangs from a ceiling rose like a chandelier | None | 34,500 lumens |
| CoeLux HT25 Mini, surface-mounted version | A box 25 cm deep fixed to the ceiling | None | 1,600 lumens |
| Innerscene Virtual Sun | Recessed | 254 mm (10 in) to sit flush | 4,455 lumens |
| CoeLux 45 HC | Recessed, hung from the structural slab | About 1.2 m | 4,100 lumens |
| Tubular skylight | A tube from the roof to a diffuser in the ceiling | A clear run up to the roof | Daylight by day, none at night |
Sky panels fix flat to the ceiling
A sky panel wires into the ceiling light point you already have, so an electrician fits it like any other ceiling light. Nanoleaf Skylight is modular: only the first square is wired in and the others connect to it. Nanoleaf had the three-panel kit at $149.99 on offer in October 2026. Govee's Sky Ceiling Light is a 21-inch fitting, 3 inches deep, at $399.99. Philips Skylight, launched by Signify in June 2026, is a slim surface-mounted rectangle from €499.99.
Cheaper printed sky panels, a photograph of clouds lit from behind, are made to drop into an office grid ceiling. Your Lights lists one with a surface-mount frame for plaster ceilings.
All of these look like a patch of sky, and the smart ones run a daylight schedule. Their output, 1,400 to 7,000 lumens, is what a good ceiling light gives. That suits a hallway or a kitchen that wants the look of a sky. It won't make a dark room feel like daylight, and how many lumens a room needs works through why.
Sunday Light hangs like a chandelier
Sunday hangs from a ceiling rose like a chandelier. Any qualified electrician fits it in 1-2 hours. Nothing is recessed, so there's no cutting into the ceiling, and a solid concrete ceiling is no obstacle. If the room has no ceiling light point, it can be powered by a cable run to a wall socket.
The LED sits at the bottom of the arm and shines up at a sheet 120 cm across. The sheet scatters the bluer light and reflects the warmer light. It's called Rayleigh scattering, the same thing that makes the sky blue. You see a sky glow with a warm sun-like centre, and the room gets 34,500 lumens of soft, indirect light, 10,000 lux at 60 cm. Water flows through the arm to cool the LED, in a loop that comes sealed and prefilled, so there's no plumbing.
It weighs 22 kg (49 lb) and needs a ceiling of 240 cm (7 ft 10 in) or more. For ceilings between 240 and 280 cm, a reduced-height mount holds the disc 11 cm below the ceiling, and below about 260 cm it belongs over a table or desk rather than a walkway. The drop can be adjusted after installation. We install it for £450 in London and $450 in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.
Sunday Light, our sunlight ceiling light, is £5,900 in the UK, $6,900 in the US and €6,900 in Europe, with free worldwide delivery.
Recessed sky simulators need a ceiling void
CoeLux and Innerscene build the illusion of a sun in a deep blue sky into the ceiling, and the optics need depth. Innerscene says Virtual Sun needs at least 254 mm (10 in) above the ceiling to sit flush, and it weighs about 35 kg (77 lb). CoeLux's largest system, the 45 HC, weighs 300 kg, takes a space 3.8 by 2.5 by 1.2 m above the ceiling, hangs from the structural slab on threaded rods and needs an inspection hatch.
Innerscene doesn't list a surface-mounted Virtual Sun. For shallow ceilings, Innerscene suggests recessing it partway and boxing in the sides that hang below, setting it at an angle into the corner of ceiling and wall, or dropping a section of the ceiling. Each of those is building work.
Two products from these makers do fix to the surface. CoeLux's HT25 Mini comes in a surface-mounted version: an 18 kg box with a 49 by 23 cm patch of sky and 1,600 lumens. Innerscene's Circadian Sky has a surface-mount option, under 10 cm deep with up to 6,000 lumens, and shows an evenly lit sky with no sun. What makes an artificial skylight look like real sky explains how CoeLux and Innerscene make their sun.
A tubular skylight needs a hole in the roof
If the room has a roof above it, a tubular skylight brings in real daylight. A VELUX Sun Tunnel collects light through a 25 or 35 cm opening in the roof and sends it down a reflective tube to a diffuser in the ceiling, and VELUX says fitting is often done within a day. Solatube puts a kit at $200 to $700. It costs nothing to run and goes dark when the sky does. It needs a hole through the roof and the ceiling, and a clear run between them.
