Houstonian's often assume that because a large number of nationwide, branded retailers offer enormous selections of exterior lighting fixtures for houses, yard decorations, and landscaping fixtures that they can save money by purchasing attractive fixtures and performing their own installations. This never pays off in the long run because retail-grade outdoor light fixtures are not built to withstand the elements, require lighting maintenance and they are also more difficult to connect to automated lighting controls like Lutron Radio Ra.
A professional lighting design company like Illuminations Lighting and Design carefully studies your home and surrounding property and spends extensive time consulting with you to in order to learn the many particulars of your personal lifestyle. Outdoor lights are chosen that will accent and magnify your home environment on an intensely personal level, and careful attention is paid to a number of very important factors that only a trained consultant can properly assess to develop a system of outdoor lights and lighting controls.
Theme and Style
The theme and style of residential lighting reflects your personal tastes, the physical style of your home architecture, the sizes and styles of the homes in your neighborhood, and even the geography in which you are located.
Houses in River Oaks often look like stately old-world mansions like fine art. Homes near Memorial often reflect early American or colonial architecture, whereas many two story houses in Bellaire feature of blend of traditional architecture and eclectic customization.
These architectural keynotes have to be considered when choosing architectural light fixtures in order to build a system with complimentary aesthetic. ILD professionals work to enhance the architecture and location of a home, never diminish it, with the physical style and size of the outdoor light fixtures we install.
Architectural and Whole House Lighting
Many outdoor lights have been specifically engineered to easily mount to the exterior of the house itself. Knowing where to put them, however, presents the greatest challenge to the home lighting installer. If the lighting angles are not calculated accurately, house lights will cause light pollution and glare that overwhelm the architecture and spill into neighboring yards and windows. Outdoor lighting contractors such as ILD are trained in special installation methods that enable them to install outdoor lights from concealed positions that place just enough light on the house without casting shadows or shining light into the house next door.
These trade skills prove extremely valuable in Houston suburbs such as Pearland, The Woodlands, and Sugar Land where families often have early bed times due to the need to get up early for long commutes and getting young children to school on time.
Landscape Lights
Outdoor light systems can be configured in such a way as to unite Nature and human architecture into a blended whole. Special outdoor tree lights, path lights, garden, and step lights can be installed along an illuminated network of natural vantage points that in turn serve as points of aesthetic definition and function as practical anchors for critical fixtures, transformers, and landscape lighting accessories necessary to linking system components together.
ILD is one of the few residential landscape lighting contractors that uses only environmentally-friendly outdoor lights and installs them using special techniques that protect trees from scarring and ensure their future growth.
In Royal Oaks, these techniques have worked hand in glove with special deed restrictions landscape and whole house lights in lieu of prohibited streetlights.
Deck and Patio Outdoor Lights
As homeowners cut personal fuel costs and increasingly entertain at home, deck lights, garden and patio lights have risen in popularity throughout Houston neighborhoods such as Spring Valley, Hedwig Village, West University, and Rice Village.
Decks and patios can be lit with minimal power costs by using a combination of led lights and lighting controls, making it possible to have cool-burning lights left on throughout the night into the wee hours of the morning.
Security Lights and Alarm System Integration
ILD professionals will make even the most powerful, High Intensity Discharge security lights cost effective by linking them to lighting controls and motion sensors that only turn the main floodlights on if human body movements are detected.
Perimeter lighting can be done by using a variety of low voltage lighting fixtures that keep shadows away from the corners of the house and yard.
We will also connect your security lights to your existing alarm system, and we can install manual controls that will enable you to instantly turn on every indoor and outdoor light in the event of suspicious activity or impending home invasion.
Working with the experienced professionals at Illuminations Lighting Design combines the value of commercial grade outdoor light fixtures and the advanced design and electrical skills of one of Houston’s premier electrical and design service firms. We offer landscape lighting maintenance agreements to keep your system in tip top condition.
Contact us today Toll-Free at 1-800-863-1184 for a free consultation. We are located in Houston Texas but provide lighting and design services in Austin TX, El Paso Texas, San Antonio TX, College Station Texas, Beaumont TX, Dallas Texas, Midland Tx and points beyond.
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Many upscale restaurants offer diners an outdoor area in which to relax and enjoy a meal. In order to strike the right balance between functional lighting and ambient lighting, the lighting consultant must have a keen eye for design, landscaping, and exterior architecture. Everything from the height of the ceiling, the material build and proximity of adjacent walls, and decorations influence the type of fixtures and levels of light for outdoor areas of the restaurant.
Because these fixtures are continually exposed to the elements, it is strongly recommended that restaurant’s never use retail grade materials in their outdoor garden lighting designs. Commercial grade materials are designed to bear the brunt of the elements and are only available through licensed, professional installers. Hiring a lighting design firm like ILD may cost a little more than a do-it-yourself job, but it pays for itself in two years or less when you consider the benefits of minimized replacement costs.
A variety of fixture types can be used to light the outside of a restaurant.
Outdoor lighting systems frequently use wall sconces, patio lights, rope lights, step lights, and path lights around the perimeter of the restaurant. These lighting fixtures save money in many cases because almost all of them are available as low voltage devices. Some use LED lamps that make them even more energy conscious and almost impossible to break.
Decorative lights such as these can create a perimeter of artistic lighting that separates dining space from the surrounding landscape. Keeping illumination to a low, ambient level eliminates glare that can interfere with a clear view of an urban landscape or scenic resort locale.
Lighting creates mood and romance around table areas.
For romantic dining at small, two-person tables, LED tea lights are becoming very popular restaurant lighting fixtures. They resemble ornate candles and can be adjusted to different lighting levels. They are perfect for romantic moments.
For larger tables made for groups, pendant lights and chandeliers can hang suspended from the patio ceiling to provide down light over the table. These lights tend to create a “wash” of light that descends gently to the table, giving everyone plenty of light to see. Some restaurants will then position LED decorations on the tables for added color. Lighted ice buckets can grab the attention of potential guests as wine is served or to announce a birthday or anniversary. Low voltage recessed lights may also be used in certain instances for feature lighting of sculptures or fountains.
In some cases, where tables remain static, well-placed pin spots can illuminate tables with attractive dots of light. This does not work in a fluid setting, but it is well worth discussing with a lighting consultant if your patio features a static table layout.
Vegetation around a restaurant is actually a key part of its outdoor lighting design.
It is absolutely necessary to pay close attention to surrounding vegetation. A great many patios are built on, or even around, large trees. Well-placed tree lights and path lights configured with lighting controls can be used to set many moods and create different layers of light for outdoor restaurant areas in conjunction to a variety of events and special occasions. This requires working with a vendor like ILD that has experience in environmentally friendly tree lighting, garden lighting, landscape lighting in Houston.
Multi-Specialization Is the Key for Outdoor Restaurant Lighting
Working with an organization like ILD can ensure that outdoor restaurant lights are not only manufactured and installed with the highest level of commercial grade quality, but also configured in a way that truly compliments every unique element of the dining area.
Click here to read about Illuminations Lighting Design and our five specialized disciplines and how each of these brings something unique to the table in the world of high-end and five star restaurant lighting. We invite you to call toll free 800-863-1184 or visit our lighting blog to see how lighting can set the mood.
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As a reflection of luxury, lighting combines the universal, the functional, and the aesthetic in a phenomenon that is both a science and an art.
Resort lighting represents the most sophisticated expression of light found in the lighting design services industry and requires a blend of multiple disciplines that must be applied in such a fashion as to separate and elevate the experience of a luxury resort to the level of the timeless and the impeccable.
Resort landscape lighting has recently moved to the forefront of the outdoor commercial lighting industry as resort management teams realize the need to showcase the entirety of a property as a single point of differentiation from the world of daily life.
It bears noting at this point that truly superior resort lighting must address interior facilities with equal attention to detail and finesse as that paid to the external layout of the grounds themselves. Without this, the uniqueness of the experience will diminish when guests enter the building.
Illuminations Lighting and Design foresaw many years ago that the current explosion in resort landscape lighting would one day sweep the nation, and we also anticipated an equal need would arise to congruently match the sophistication of interior lighting to exquisite and custom outdoor lighting presentations.
As an eclectic firm focused on bringing custom solutions through multi-disciplinary blends of various high end lighting design methodologies, we positioned ourselves to rise to the forefront of the resort hotel and high-end lighting market when the time came to do so. To prepare ourselves, we formed a network of strategic alliances with some of the worlds leading architectural, landscape, and lighting fixture-manufacturing firms. This network of strategic partnerships has enabled us to cross-train our professional teams in domains normally not directly addressed by standard lighting companies.
This overlap of skill set has also enabled us to customize methodologies specifically created for hotel, hospitality, and resort lighting in three crucial areas necessary to create a truly balanced and superior lighting system.
Outdoor Lighting Design
Interior Lighting Design
Fine Art Lighting
Lighting Control Systems
Simultaneous attention to all three areas allows us to address every element of the resort as a unique, individual component of an interconnected whole. The restaurant is set apart for romance, conversation, and sublime escape from the mediocrities of ordinary life. The banquet hall is both decorated and illuminated with lighting themes that invite to celebration. Layered landscape and architectural lighting arrays emphasize the multi-dimensional elements of natural beauty blended with the finest human engineering and design. Pathways, outdoor dining areas, tennis courts, and even parking lots are both lit for safety and decorum, contributing like strands in a web of light to the exclusive world that resort lighting creates.
To learn more about how we specifically achieve these results, click here to read additional articles on our multi-disciplinary approach to lighting design, hotel lighting design, country club lighting, and high-end lighting.
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As a distinguished lighting consulting firm and our single-vendor source of commercial grade holiday lighting fixtures, we stand as a unique position of both industry mainstay and industry leader. With history and experience, we can accommodate tradition. With technical readiness, we can drive evolution forward. Outdoor holiday lighting installation no longer requires limitations to be environmentally sound and conservation-focused. New LED fixtures have emerged on the market and now make it possible for us to offer our commercial and hospitality clients extremely large lighting displays with limited circuits and only minimal power. This is a key benefit even for large hotel chains and resort facilities with enormous budgets that can afford the very best in outdoor tree lighting equipment. Regardless of revenue, funds are always better invested in impeccable design and superior technology than on consumable, non-renewing energy. LED holiday lighting brings outdoor landscapes to new levels of light and variety. We have literally thousands of ornamental, accent lights, decorative, and task-oriented fixtures in both specialty and traditional designs that will transform architecture and property into a virtual reality world of Christmas and specialty lights.
For resorts and hotels it is a convenience to have premier landscape, Christmas tree lights, and various architectural keynotes brought to the forefront with affordable outdoor holiday lighting. For commercial properties in the corporate world, however, even many larger budgets have to when investing a small fortune for seasonally relevant design work. For these entities, it is vitally important that any design we install incorporate two key elements to produce justify their investment: ease of operability and long equipment life. Since outdoor holiday lights showcase a corporate facility with a visible presence, it is necessary that they be left on longer at reduced costs and that they require only a minimum of hands-on operation. Outdoor maintenance crews on campus normally do not have the time or expertise to operate and maintain these systems, and many employees are often on vacation at this time of year. For this reason, ILD installs the highest commercial grade equipment that is both weather resistant and capable of enduring multiple setup installations over the years to come. To improve user friendliness, we uses sophisticated timers and dimmers that automate outdoor holiday lights so holiday events and visiting strategic partners can enjoy the lights as a self-sustaining aesthetic that requires no visible human interface to control.
Integrating the new with the traditional is not something every lighting company can accomplish. Not only does it require superb knowledge of electronics and safety, but it also involves the ability to apply creativity on a practical level. One of the many elements that differentiate ILD’s holiday lighting installation methods is our ability to minimize physical wiring. Physical wires pose a number of problems on several levels. The risk of short-circuiting poses both reliability issues and possible safety concerns, and from and aesthetic perspective, they are also something of an eyesore. By contrast, our professionals normally substitute standard wires with custom wiring harnesses that support fixtures but hide their own appearance. Our holiday lighting themes are therefore cleaner, and they appear to the observer to be linked by rays of light rather than insulated copper. Specialized lighting equipment and advanced electrical installations of this sort are not commonly available through lower grade manufacturing channels, and it is almost completely absent on the open retail market. In order to make our highly customized and painstakingly installed displays not only shine—but last over time—we must use the very highest quality UL Approved, commercial grade fixtures, lamps, and supports.
To learn more about specific equipment or consulting services that could enhance your next holiday event, please contact us today at 1-800-863-1184 to request a consultation and preliminary design proposal.
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Illuminations Lighting and Design installs commercial sign lighting at entrances to subdivisions, hotels, high-rise buildings, golf courses, and other land based signage. We focus on creating commercial sign lighting that is tasteful, well shielded, and energy efficient. Sign companies value partnership with ILD because we enhance their workmanship with a universal aesthetic that accentuates the subtle points of differentiation that brand their workmanship. Property owners, developers, and landscape contractors seek us out because of our award-winning skills in concealing commercial sign lighting equipment in plant materials and unobtrusive positioning. Our work results in an illuminated radius extending from the signage itself that unites natural landscapes and corporate branding with key architectural elements such as monuments, columns, and gates. ILD Commercial sign lighting systems create a grand entryway of light that welcomes guests and distinguishes properties and organizations with sophistication, elegance, and a feeling of comfort and safety.
Making the decision to invest in commercial sign lighting requires a mindset that places high value on branding and advertising. We readily admit less expensive solutions saturate the marketplace in the form of self-installing kits and smaller organizations that specialize in billboard and over-building lighting. Our value lies in helping organizations create a superior first impression to residents, guests, clients, and even passing motorists who view our work. Land-based commercial sign lighting creates an illuminated display where the source of light remains hidden and theme and design assume a dominant position on the landscape. Our multiple partnerships with architectural and landscaping firms, and our five specializations of expertise in our own industry, enable us to congruently link and synthesize sign lighting with commercial exterior, landscape, and architectural lighting designs. This proves especially valuable for facilities with gated entrances and long, winding driveways, and adds mystique and sensibility to grounds and buildings alike.
Our Commercial sign lighting clientele covers a broad spectrum of industries, vertical markets, and physical locales. Almost any business with a land-based sing will benefit from highlighting their brand and logo to passing traffic and nighttime visitors. This highly effective form of advertising requires only a one-time investment in consulting services and equipment, and other than our optional maintenance agreement, requires no ongoing expenditures. Commercial sign lights prove invaluable to gated apartment communities and suburban developments. Bright, clear visibility increases security and diminishes the odds of criminal mischief and trespass. Our landscape and security lighting services can actually blend the entryway lighting into ornamental parking lot lights and special landscaping features surrounding the main driveway. On the very high-end of our service tier, five star hotels, resorts, and country clubs normally subcontracts us for a number of specialty services to ensure that our commercial sign lighting immediately creates mood and atmosphere that extends into the fairways, gardens, outdoor dining areas, building architecture, and interior lighting.
Guest and visitor parking areas enjoy enhanced security and safety from commercial sign lighting and entrance illumination. Attendees to evening events enter a realm of special effects and functional brilliance that sets the activities of the night apart from the stress of daytime working hours. Residents returning home to high rise residential facilities enjoy a feeling of safety and seclusion set definitively apart from glaring street lights and dark building shadows in the surrounding neighborhood. Commercial sign lighting can create the theme for an entire nighttime vista when interwoven with landscape accent lighting and tree canopy lighting, creating the optical effect of unity between human engineering and Natural beauty. With a touch of architectural lighting and moon shadow lighting, arches, waterfalls, and ornamental sculptures experience a mystical touch of light that appears to magically appear around individual forms and creates a symmetrical balance between signage, construction, outdoor decorations, and indigenous vegetation.
Illuminations Lighting and Design builds every lighting system custom to the individual client. ILD specialists work throughout greater Texas and also travel nationwide for selective high-end projects. Call 713-863-1133 for a complimentary consultation with our Vice President, Rick Luberger.
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Every house in Texas has light, but few houses have lighting designs that add aesthetic preeminence to the physical dwelling itself. The universal nature and psychological power of light make it the most effective decorative element available to man when layered proportional to architecture, landscaping, and indigenous vegetation surrounding the residence. The complexity of truly impeccable house lighting requires a level of expertise and sophistication simply not available through retail channels or online superstores that push bargain products without any corresponding design or installation services. However, when installed correctly by a professional firm such as Illuminations Lighting and Design, fixtures remain hidden and glare disappears altogether. All that remains is a house enveloped by light as if magically illuminated from a powerful, unseen source.
The term house lighting differentiates from home lighting by referencing proprietary methods of architectural and landscape lighting that distinguish and compliment the physical structure of the house and the aesthetic elements of the surrounding property. Because our team cross trains and partners with a number of architectural and landscaping firms, we are able to synthesize outdoor lighting elements with architectural lighting themes so that every aspect of our design points at least a portion of the light back toward the house itself—making it appear the central, dominant feature of the landscape.
The architecture of a house distinguishes it as a unique residence of a distinctive individual style, design, and nature. Because of this fact, effective architectural house lighting constitutes an absolute design requirement upon whose quality the success of the entire project depends. To meet this challenge, we position special fixtures at key points on roofs and along walls so as to keep them hidden from viewers on the ground. We utilize advanced CAD software that enables us to customize beam spread and “wash” the entire surface of the house in light. We then accentuate gables, window shutters, balconies, and ornamental fixtures with additional uplighting or downlighting fixtures that add a second, more prominent layer of light in select places. Many custom home clients have remarked that from a distance their house now appears to be almost made out of light.
We then compliment the lighting of the house with additional layers of illumination positioned and distributed throughout the property. One of the many ways we do this is to turn darkness into a servant of light by creating moon shadow effects on the ground. Mercury vapor lights carefully concealed in trees cast pools of light downward onto the earth so as to combine soft light with shadow and to form moving patterns that enhance vegetation, water features, pathways, patios, porticos, and Southern-style porches. We can then add accent lighting to landscape and house lighting by giving extra emphasis to decorative elements that homeowners most desire to showcase, bringing out the rich color and texture of outdoor sculptures and structures and making the greenery, garden, and resident water features clearly visible at any hour of the night.
As every house and yard require a clear sense of boundary to set themselves apart from neighboring properties, tree canopy lighting envelops the entire perimeter of the property in an intimate circle of illumination that delineates the property line, highlights the wood and foliage of the trees, and balances the house light with outdoor lights that work toward completing the project with a unified theme. Up lights positioned on the ground shine illumination onto branches and leaves above with beam-spread proportional to tree growth, age, degree of foliage, and general form. This helps make the illuminated house appear in harmony with nature. Further harmony develops by lighting the larger trees (if present) that stand next the house itself and partly overshadow the roof. With a combination of up lighting and down lighting, trees immediately adjacent to homes can dual function as decorated compliments to building style and simultaneously house mercury vapor lights that scatter moon shadow movements along hedges and flowerbeds next to the walls.
Our award-winning professionals have worked for many years throughout Houston and greater Texas in all of our city’s most exclusive neighborhoods. Knowing that every home is a homeowner’s castle regardless of size, we have made it a point to develop custom solutions for every home—not just homes classified as custom. Call Illuminations today to see what we can do to make your home a world of light that enhance your lifestyle with satisfaction and sophistication.
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Commercial outdoor lighting systems are far more complex than they appear at face value. A multitude of factors influences the choice of equipment, placement of fixtures, and degrees of illumination appropriate to structures, terrain, and after-hours activity. Many companies fear the costs associated with outdoor commercial lighting and seek to reduce overhead with generic equipment. This creates more problems than it solves. Cheap fixtures and poor design creates blinding spots of glare that cast shadows, creating both an eyesore and a number of safety and security hazards. It is better to make a one-time investment in a system that comprehensively addresses the five key elements required for effective commercial outdoor lighting. As a single-source, multi-specialty vendor of the world's best equipment and design strategies, Illuminations Lighting develops outdoor commercial lighting designs that address these five major arenas and customizes each particular element to the specific size and style of the individual facility.
Security
Security ranks as top concern for building owners investing in outdoor commercial lights. Both vandalism and theft constitute a major risk of loss that proper lighting can do a great deal to help prevent. Particularly for organizations with night crews working on loading docks, or maintenance and cleaning crews entering and exiting the building in the dark, outdoor commercial lighting creates a safe work environment and provides visibility crucial to safety and awareness. Illuminations Lighting consults with building management to determine the extent of nighttime activity on property, and then combines perimeter flood lights and exterior lighting to ensure that all personnel on premises can clearly see their surroundings without being blinded by glare and without any shadows that could hide an intruder or lead to an injury in the dark.
Parking Lot Lighting
Appropriate visibility in the parking lot constitutes a major factor in commercial outdoor lighting. Parking lot lights are actually regulated by the government and by law must produce a minimum of four foot candles of light. Neglecting this element in a commercial outdoor lighting system not only places drivers and pedestrians at risk in the parking lot, it creates even further liability in the form of possible government fines. Illuminations Lighting and Design both tests lighting levels in parking lots and offers a wide variety of poles, lights, and fixtures to create bright, glare free outdoor lighting for commercial parking lots of all sizes.
Commercial Exterior Lighting
Exterior lighting constitutes a very critical element in commercial outdoor lighting systems as it illuminates all sides of the building and ensures that building access points are clearly lit in a balanced level of light that dispels shadows without glare. ILD designers utilize skills learned in architectural design cross training programs that enable them to link multiple buildings together in a field of natural-looking light that prevents unauthorized personnel from approaching the building without detection and also keeps walkways, sidewalks, and doorways in clear and constant view for nighttime visitors and workers. We also place additional, selective lighting around driveways and signs to ensure safe after-hours access for authorized vehicles and night deliveries.
Architectural Lighting
Hand in hand with exterior lighting is architectural lighting, which adds an aesthetic element to a commercial outdoor lighting system. Every building, regardless of size or builder design, features on or more unique points of differentiation that set it apart from surrounding structures. Because ILD has trained and worked for so many years with some of Houston's leading architectural firms, we are able to turn apparently ordinary structures into illuminated edifices of light that stand preeminent against the skyline and make a company stand out from its neighbors and competitors with a unique, impeccable appearance.
Landscape Lighting
As more and more smaller companies landscape their grounds to beautify and differentiate their property, and as increasing numbers of high-end clients look to upgrade and expand their commercial outdoor lighting systems, ILD completes almost every commercial lighting project with landscape lighting design combinations that work to highlight natural beauty and unite terrain with human engineering to create a synthesis of terrain and structure. After many years of partnership with Houston’s leading landscapers, we have perfected a technique of combining four distinctive layers of light that enables us to illuminate atriums and flower beds to water features and tree lines at high-end resorts.
By combining layered lighting and cost-effective energy saving technology in each of these five major arenas, Illuminations Lighting can Design an outdoor commercial lighting system for any company of any size, anywhere in Texas. Call 713-863-1133 now for more information and schedule a complimentary consultation to develop a custom, one-source solution.
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There is nothing more enjoyable and relaxing than sitting around your pool or outdoor pond on a beautiful evening with friends and family. Having a well designed outdoor living space would not be complete without lush landscaping and magnificent landscape lighting from Illuminations Lighting Design.
For over twenty five years Illuminations has been professionally illuminating some of the finest homes, gardens and pools in the Gulf Coast area with
OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE LIGHTING. We frequently work with pool contractors and landscaping professionals who rise to the top such as
MOSS LANDSCAPING and
TEXAS POOL COMPANY. As a result, we have built a fine working relationship that translates into a synergy of ideas, creativity and construction. Working as a team we are able to navigate through any sized project with precision and seamless integration.
So if you are considering adding a pool, landscaping, landscape lighting or just want to discuss the many possibilities to enhance you outdoor living space, contact the lighting professionals at
ILLUMINATIONS LIGHTING DESIGN.
Illuminations Lighting Design is a full service design build firm specializing in residential and commercial indoor lighting and outdoor lighting installation, service and maintenance as well as home automation, home theaters and lighting control systems. Feel free to
CONTACT US is we can be of service.
Illuminations Lighting Design is the only “One Stop” destination for lighting design, engineering, landscape lighting services and installation in the state of Texas, and remains unrivaled by any lighting firm in the United States for
lighting that is art. As homes grow larger and needs become more complex, having a single resource provides home owners with peace of mind. This translates into a smoother process, reduced costs and a better product.
We invite you to contact us toll free 800-863-1184 or
request a proposal online.
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Do you have any before and after pictures of landscape lighting that shows facade lighting on a two story home? I have had several lighting companies come out and I am just not satisfied with what I have seen so far. Your name was given to us recently by a friend who has used your lighting services. Do you have any pictures that I can show my husband before we schedule a time to meet? Thank you.
Here are the before and after landscape lighting images that you requested. I would be happy to meet with both you and your husband to discuss the many benefits of outdoor landscape lighting for your home. Illuminations Lighting Design has been illuminating fine homes for over 25 years. Our experienced team of LANDSCAPE LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS are experts in selecting the right landscape lighting equipment for your home or office. Special consideration is given to the the size, type and wattage of the lights, as well as mounting techniques to protect trees and shrubs. We use only tree friendly landscape lighting equipment and take great pride in concealing the lights, wires and junction boxes visually, while allowing for tree growth and expansion.
Illuminations Lighting Design is a FULL SERVICE DESIGN BUILD FIRM specializing in residential and commercial indoor lighting and outdoor lighting installation, service and maintenance as well as home automation, home theaters and lighting control systems.
I have a complete portfolio showing all types of exterior and interior lighting installations that we can review at our meeting. Please give me a call at your earliest convenience to schedule a no obligation consultation. I can be reached at 713-863-1133 or by email at tom@illuminationslighting.com. I look forward to meeting you and bringing your garden to life!
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Ever notice that when you look out your windows at night you see...yourself? When the inside of your house is lit and the outside is dark, your windows become like mirrors. Many people will spend much time, effort, and yes, money to construct their yards and their landscaping, but then lose the views and the functionality of the space as soon as the sun goes down. This scenario is all too often the case for most homeowners, but it doesn't have to be. By bringing lighting into the garden, you can not only make it functional at night, you can maintain your view from the house year round.
Lanterns, porch lights and exterior floodlights can create glare and do not, on their own, constitute well designed landscape lighting. These lights serve a distinct purpose and should not be the only light source in the garden. They should be kept at a very dim level so as to not create overwhelming glare. Proper landscape lighting, used in conjunction with other light sources can transform your garden into a nighttime extension of your home and enhance your outdoor investment.
One popular way to add a soft blanket of light to a property is through a technique called "Moonlighting." Like a full moon, lights mounted high in the trees and aimed back through the branches will create a dappled display of light and shadows across your property. This effective landscape lighting technique is perfect for soft, even illumination of the property from the aesthetic view and well as providing a security function. One of the main benefits of mercury vapor tree lighting (the type of lamp used most often in moonlighting) is that the fixtures are out of your normal field of view and the color of the light is very close to natural moon light. This type of equipment has a tremendous lamp life and requires very little maintenance.
Moonlighting should be done by lighting professionals who are trained in fixture selection, fixture placement, wattage requirements and tree preservation, since controlling glare, light level, aiming, and understanding the needs of the tree are very important to a successful installation.
To compliment the tree lights, professional lighting designers typically illuminate small ornamental trees, sculptures, fountains, pathways or structures with a contrasting color of light. Lighting architectural elements of the home, such as columns or entry ways, or even washing the facade, can also add huge amounts of beauty, function, and security to your valuable investment. This layering effect of different light sources, intensities, and textures produces a very dramatic effect.
Finding a company you trust to do the installation should not be taken lightly. Besides the inherent design pitfalls of glare and intensity that can be challenges for outdoor lighting, there are the issues of safety and respect for your existing landscape. Installing electrical fixtures and wiring outside where it will be exposed to the elements for years to come is serious business and should only be handled by experienced professionals. It may be tempting to try to save money by staking some solar lights (that, by the way, don't put out ANY usable light) along a pathway or hire a landscaper to put in some low voltage lights, but the lack of appropriate fixture and/or the lack of true electrical and lighting design expertise will most likely leave you sorely disappointed and spending more money in the long run.
So how should you evaluate the different companies in your area? Do you homework and ask questions. Request to see a company's credentials, insurance, press releases and portfolio. Ask for references, pictures or testimonials. This highly specialized art has been mastered by Rick Luberger, landscape lighting designer, and the trained staff at Illuminations Lighting Design. For over 25 years, Illuminations Lighting Design has worked on both residential and commercial projects to create some of the most elegant and tasteful creations in the industry.
Join us in celebrating our 25th Year of business by viewing our Client Testimonials to see what people are saying about our services. Like music, lighting sets the mood! For more information regarding professional landscape lighting services contact Rick Luberger by email at or by phone at 800-863-1184.
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We have a Landscape Client Gallery on our web site that contains many digital images of our Landscape Lighting work.
Our staff of Landscape Lighting designers and licensed installers are both uniquely qualified in all forms of landscape lighting techniques. Whether you are looking for a simple low voltage lighting system, or a more comprehensive moonlighting installation, the professionals at Illuminations Lighting Design can turn your home and landscaping into a nighttime masterpiece.
For more information regarding a landscape lighting design services, repairs or installation please contact Rick Luberger by email or by phone at 832-607-5200.
Labels: Commercial Landscape Lighting, High-End Lighting, Independant Residential Electrical Contractor, low voltage lighting systems, Outdoor Architectural Lighting
Houstonian's often assume that because a large number of nationwide, branded retailers offer enormous selections of exterior lighting fixtures for houses, yard decorations, and landscaping fixtures that they can save money by purchasing attractive fixtures and performing their own installations. This never pays off in the long run because retail-grade outdoor light fixtures are not built to withstand the elements, require lighting maintenance and they are also more difficult to connect to automated lighting controls like Lutron Radio Ra.
