With daylight saving time ending, it will get darker earlier in the evening. Is your outdoor lighting system ready? We recommend checking the timer on your landscape lighting system as it is getting darker earlier now and many systems are set for our long summer days. This is especially important if you have a manual timer. If you have an updated astronomical timer, it will adjust automatically.
Want to enjoy your property and trees at night? 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 a piece of art! There are two main types of tree lighting; up lighting and down lighting. Up
What a difference a little light can make - Sculpture Lighting! We recently completed one of the Guru's favorite projects in Fredericksburg. It's really fun when you get a chance to highlight spectacular sculptures with proper sculpture lighting. You may have a statue, sculpture, or water feature in your yard. If has not been properly lit then you are missing out on half of its
Light Emitting Diodes (LED) now have an additional 25% tariff on Chinese manufactured products. More than 85 percent of LED lighting products are manufactured and assembled in China. The lighting businesses in China has great advantages in overall cost compared to other areas and has therefore become the global center to produce lighting products. As a result, it will be difficult for the consumers in
The upgrade to LED is a simple for most, but the real question is what type of fixture is right for you: LED ready or integrated LED Fixture? A fully integrated LED fixture is a complete outdoor light fixture assembly including the LED array built in. Unlike LED ready fixtures, the diodes in this type of fixture is designed with a specific color temperature and
As LED has become the most popular choice when it comes to choosing a lamp, there is a wide variety of brands and type now available. But are all LED lamps the same? No! Like just about everything else in life, there is a big variance between quality LED lamps and LED lamps that are poorly made. One of the first things to look for
A dark stairway is dangerous. Every year, over a million people are either injured, hospitalized or killed due to stair trip and fall issues. Proper stairway lighting can help prevent accidents and provide guidance as you and your guests as you traverse the stairs. Don’t underestimate the importance of illuminating your exterior stairways! You may be wondering whether or not you can add lighting to
Landscape lighting should be easy for the homeowner. Once your landscape lighting is installed, owning and enjoying a lighting system should be effortless. Yet, not everyone has the same experience with their "professionally installed" landscape lighting. The inexpensively thrown together system, with low quality fixtures and bad lighting designs will fail. But more importantly than that is the fact that not just anybody can
To make it easier to envision how outdoor lighting can transform your home, we are going to periodically showcase a project we have completed. Our project porfolio starts with this Inwood home had a spectacular pool and waterfall but you couldn’t see them at night. We highlighted the Waterfall with warm LED. We used LED moon lighting in the trees to cast shadows around the
Spring has finally arrived and it is time to get your outdoor living area spruced up! With so many new lighting options available these days, there is absolutely no reason to be sitting in the dark! We love these landscape sculpture lights from Attraction Lights. Not only are they heave duty lights but they are also landscape sculpture and yard art. Also, the lighting is
