Feeling overwhelmed at the thought of upgrading your lighting to LED? Not sure where to start? The easiest way to start is to replace the incandescent bulbs in the five most often used fixtures in your home with LED. According to the EPA, these energy star rated bulbs will save you about $75 in energy costs each year. If you want to take a current
Up Lighting Down Lighting Often when you think of outdoor lighting, you think of highlighting the features of your home. Trees are often a lower priority but tree lighting can make such a dramatic difference. Just one light can make your tree just shine! There are two main types of tree lighting; up lighting and down lighting. Up lighting is lighting fixtures
Do your outdoor wall lights look worn out but you still like the design? Instead of replacing them, you can reuse them. Landscape Lighting Guru offers the service to rebuild and refurbish your fixtures. The sconces pictured here were old and worn but now they look brand new! We took them down; took them completely apart; sanded, cleaned, painted; converted to LED; and put them
Have you ever wished you could control your landscape lighting, water features, or virtually anything that plugs in with your phone? You can start creating a smart home with this new home automation system. The system offers a convenient way to automate your low voltage lighting and other landscape features in an easy-to-install wireless system. Best of all, it is conveniently used with any iOS® or
Want to dance right into 2017 this New Years Eve? The Twin Sisters Historic Dance Hall is hosting a New Years Eve dance that is sure to be a good time. The Guru supports the dance hall by not only enjoying the wide variety of community events they host, but also by helping them to raise money for upkeep of this historic dance hall. They currently
It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the homes the Guru is busy decorating this holiday season. Majestic live oak trees look magical when their twisting limbs are highlighted with LED holiday lighting. Looking for something easier? Swap out your current outdoor lighting lamps to colored LED for the easy holiday lighting. This picture is the effect seen on the ground when
Have to buy a gift for someone who already has everything? Consider a different gift this year with the Landscape Lighting Guru gift cards. They are available in any domination and can be used on installation and service calls. This is a great gift for that special somebody who has dreamed of warming up their outdoor space with beautiful landscape lighting. Or perhaps someone who wants
At Christmas time, we often receive calls regarding electrical problems with the bathroom, garage or outdoor outlets not working. The usual cause for this problem is that the outdoor Christmas lights have tripped a GFI outlet or circuit breaker in your home. Standard circuit breaker will trip if you over load the wiring with too many lights on one breaker. GFI circuits are a little
With the days getting shorter, we are using our indoor lighting a lot more in the evenings. If you haven't already made the transition to LED bulbs for your indoor lighting, NOW is the time. Not sure where to start? Overwhelmed by the choices at your local home center? Landscape Lighting Guru will guide DIYers with a quick and easy LED cheat sheet to get you
Daylight savings time ends this Sunday so remember fall back by setting your clocks back an hour. We also recommend checking the timer on your lighting system as it is getting darker earlier now and many systems are set for our long summer days. If you need help setting your timer, please let us know. With the time change, you can expect it to get dark
