After our past few posts about common DIY lighting mistakes; lighting overkill and lighting placement, the question becomes should you hire a professional to install your landscape lighting or should you do it yourself? For some DIY homeowners, the potential cost savings of installing the lighting themselves is worth the challenge. Lighting installation requires technical skills that most people don’t have and there are also risks in
A recent study by Houzz reveals nearly two thirds of U.S. homeowners (57%) who are planning outdoor renovations in 2016 are looking to upgrade their exterior lighting. More than half of those homeowners are planning on hiring a contractor to do the work. With our recent post on the different types of lighting, we thought this breakout was interesting. Among the outdoor features that homeowners
In our past post, we covered a common DIY mistake when installing outdoor lighting - lighting overkill. We will continue with that theme on this post as well with outdoor lighting placement. Another common mistake we see in DIY installation is the placement of outdoor lighting. It is important to consider what features of your property should be highlighted, visibility and safety issues as well as how
Homeowners put a lot of effort and money in creating curb appeal for their home. Real Estate agents will tell you curb appeal is one of the most important factors when selling your home. The home improvement networks have entire shows on creating curb appeal. Yet, as soon as the sun sets, all that curb appeal is hidden. With the short window of daylight during
Contemporary Patio by Troy Interior Designers & Decorators Colorworks Studio We were at a friend's home on Super Bowl Sunday outfitted with a great outdoor living space with a television to view the game. It was fabulous to be outside watching the game and having the kids running around outside. However, we were quickly shrouded in darkness once the sun set and could really
Happy New Year! We hope you had a relaxing holiday season and are ready to jump into the new year. So what can you expect in lighting trends this year? Lets take a look at the top trends. While it isn't a NEW trend, LED lighting continues to be the hot topic in the lighting world. Currently, LED fixtures comprise of 30% of the market but
As we have posted about recently, we are currently experiencing the time of the year with the shortest period of daylight. Last week we experienced the earliest sunset around 5:30pm and in a few weeks we will have a day with the shortest amount of daylight for the year with only ~10 hours of daylight. But all that darkness doesn't mean you have to hibernate
Warm LED down lighting Now that daylight savings time has ended, it is getting darker earlier in the evening. And we haven't even gotten to our darkest days which happen during the winter solstice. Winter Solstice is December 22nd and it will be our darkest day with only 10 hours of daylight. Compare that to summer solstice in June where we have 14 hours
