If a PICTURE is worth a thousand words, what is a VIDEO worth? ? Take a Landscape Lighting Tour to find out the value of a video vs a picture! We realize that it can sometimes be hard to visualize the impact Landscape Lighting can make to your home and property. LLG has been working hard to bring Landscape Lighting to life with video clips of
Not all outdoor rated landscape lighting fixtures are created equal. Why? Not all outdoor rated fixtures are built to withstand the outdoor environment. We will give you the tips you need to make sure you get quality fixtures. We've learned that just because something says outdoor-rated doesn't mean it's suited to last for the long term. There are far more products available that quickly fail
It's the most wonderful busy time of the year! The Guru has been very busy with not only our regular outdoor lighting installation but also with holiday lighting installation. We hope you are getting into the holiday spirit and are enjoying the holiday season. We so enjoyed this post that has been trending on social media! Hopefully you are way ahead of the "ditto" household
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.
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
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
The winter months are a perfect time to focus on indoor lighting. Consider updating and upgrading inside lighting to be more modern and efficient. The Guru installs new interior lighting as well as retrofitting current fixtures. Sometimes all it takes to upgrade a room is to switch from a hanging light fixture to recessed lighting (often referred to as can lighting). Recessed lighting has become
As the holiday season is in full swing, it is time to make sure the outside of your home is as decked out as the inside of your home. If you like the idea of having a cheery yard, but don’t want to spend the time or the money hanging lights from the roof line, there are other easy things you can do to make
