Below you'll find a list of all posts from December, 2016
Outdoor lighting design follows some design “rules” and patterns, but each home has its own unique needs. We love making your home look its best by addressing its particular needs, not by taking a prearranged kit and forcing it on your house. Recently, Southern Lights did a project for a home that required lighting on the long set of stairs leading to the …
Adding outdoor lighting to your home is an investment. It is not a minor expense that you can shrug off or toss in the trash if it doesn’t work out the way you’d like. Landscape lighting is an investment in your safety, security and the aesthetic appeal of your home. If it doesn’t do its job, someone may get hurt. Or your home …
There’s an old proverb, “When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago. When is the second best time? Now.” In other words, it’s never too late. And with landscape lighting, it’s almost never too early. In the best of all possible scenarios for new construction, a landscape lighting designer is retained during the planning and designing stage of the house, before …
Beautify with Bollards There are aspects of lighting design and installation that are fairly consistent from job to job. But we just love it when we get to go outside the norm and show off our creativity! One of the ways we can do that is with bollards. With what? Bollards! Historically, “bollard” is a nautical term, describing the post to which …
Old-school halogen and incandescent bulbs use filaments. When the filament breaks or burns out, the bulb no longer works. Remember shaking them to hear if the filament had broken? If it was broken, then you replaced the bulb. Easy-peasy. And it happens often, so you learn to keep some on hand. LED lights are very different. Take them apart and they look very much like …
