Beautiful landscaping, a backyard patio area, and a water feature already highlight your backyard space. Perhaps even a walled privacy fence with some beautiful plant material in front of it. Could life be any better?The answer is yes, with outdoor landscape lighting you cannot only enjoy that area into the evening hours, but with the right lighting, you can create your own personal backyard escape.Imagine walking down your newly illuminated pathway with a glass of wine enjoying the moonlit effect heading down to the softly lit gazebo to chill out and listen to the crickets and frogs singing beside the now artfully highlighted bridge over your water feature.You sit back, enjoy your glass of wine and ask yourself why you did not do this eight years ago. Life is good in your new private backyard escape.
One of the fastest and easiest ways to boost your curb appeal and show off the beauty of your Raleigh NC home is to add outdoor lighting in the areas that will provide maximum impact. By highlighting the best features of your home, not only you can be sure it looks its best, even after night falls; outdoor lighting can also be used to show off the other investments you’ve made to improve your curb appeal.
Taking the time to properly light the exterior of your home can showcase your home and call attention to the features you love most, without making expensive changes to the structure of your home or yard.
HIGHLIGHTING YOUR HOME
WITH OUTDOOR LIGHTING
Some of the changes you make to the exterior of your home won’t even be visible after dark unless you highlight them with your lighting choices. outdoor lighting is one of the least expensive ways to boost curb appeal and makes a big impact on your home’s exterior. With lighting, you can pick out and highlight your home’s best features – while leaving those you’d prefer not to show off or that are in need of attention in the dark.
Home During the Daylight HoursSame home with Outdoor Lighting providing Safety & Security
SHOW OFF YOUR LANDSCAPE FEATURES
WITH OUTDOOR LIGHTING
The landscape, garden, even that beautiful statue or water feature will shine after dark if you highlight them with the right lighting. Exterior lighting enhances all the other improvements you’ve made and improves your home’s appeal, even after dark. By highlighting your improvements with up lighting,tree lighting and other lighting effects, you can be sure you get the most from your curb appeal investment.
OUTDOOR LIGHTING BOOSTS
SAFETY AND SECURITY
An investment in outdoor lighting does more than just make your home look great; by illuminating your lawn and yard you make your home a less appealing target to potential burglars and those possibly wishing to do you harm.
Lighting up the areas around windows and doorways and walkways can and will enhance the look of your home and boost your security as well.
Outdoor lighting is about more than crime prevention; by using lights to illuminate walkways and paths, you make your yard safe and easy to navigate. Your family and guests will appreciate being able to navigate the yard and reach your home without safely in the evenings.
Whether you want to enhance your curb appeal, show off the unique features of your yard and home or improve your home’s safety, outdoor lighting can help. Call Lite Visions today at 919-518-9950 to find out how easy it is to make a lasting impression with the right outdoor lighting. We can help you decide what you need to showcase your home’s best features and to give you peace of mind about the safety and security of your home, too.
Outdoor lighting installed on bridge over water feature and walkway providing safety in the evenings.
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As a lighting designer I come from working in a creative field my whole life, I sometimes visualize things other people simply can’t. I feel I have been blessed with this gift.Years ago when I talked to my mom about a privacy fence in the backyard she just said no way. After it was installed, the first thing her and my sister said was WOW, we never really noticed the plant material in the yard. Yes, I said, do you know why?We simply took some material and created a backdrop for the plants that were already in place.We sometimes do the very same thing with outdoor landscape lighting. Why would you have beautiful landscaping or hardscaping that you paid good money for only to have it all disappear in the evening hours? By using several different lighting techniques we create depth and dimension and pull your eye away from looking into your neighbor’s yard. Have you ever noticed a home with all the lights on inside? If your home has outdoor lighting, peoples eyes are pulled away from the inside lights when they see your home with outdoor landscape lighting. Let us create some outdoor evening ambience for you to enjoy tonight..
I did a home and garden show recently and spoke to a lot of couples who were building homes. When we started talking about things they were doing I was surprised to find out LED lighting isn’t a standard in every home built today. I can’t imagine installing landscape lighting today with the old, not efficient halogen light bulbs that do not last. With most LED manufactures giving a warranty of 5 years or 50,000 hours I can’t imagine why LED lamps are not required and why the old very un-efficient halogen can lights used in most homes are still installed in this day. If you are building or remodeling a home, please do yourself a favor and ask the builder or electrician about the many LED options available from can lights to very nice track lighting and wall sconces. Visit a professional lighting showroom and have them go over the options with you. Most LED sources are also able to work with dimmers and if you are installing a beautiful stone fireplace, do yourself a favor and have them install some LED track lighting just above the stone with the lights focused down along the stone. There are also many nice outdoor LED fixtures for garages and floodlights. There is ever a very interesting LED candle flame effect that looks really nice in the outdoor lantern type fixtures. Do yourself a favor and use energy-saving green friendly LED lights in your home and watch the power bill go down.
I have had several people ask me recently, what makes me and Lite Visions Landscape Lighting and outdoor lighting in Raleigh NC different from everyone else who does outdoor lighting and landscape lighting in Raleigh NC.
First and foremost I have been a lighting technician and lighting designer since 1979 in the music business when I started working with local bands.I went on to tour with bands from theatre to arena concerts and when home in Raleigh worked as a stagehand in lots of the local concert venues and still do to this day part-time. From climbing in the ceiling and focusing stage lights to operating a spotlight for a show at Memorial Auditorium. I simply love being creative and feel fortunate to have been able to travel a lot of my life and see many different cities and sights. I love the feeling I am an artist who simply paints with lighting.
My first huge TV special and first major arena tour I was a lighting tech on was this 1984 Kool and the Gang show at the New Orleans Worlds Fair for HBO’s video jukebox, the Light Designer most recently lit up the American Idol TV Series and it was a learning experience. The beautiful venue was built right on the river. We had a giant heart that came down from the ceiling during the show’s opening.I got to run lights for KC and the Sunshine band, some new band called Run DMC and a girl singer called Shannon, her hit was called Let the music play, they were some of our opening bands on the tour. My job was to set up one of the lighting trusses as well as connect all the wiring to the lighting dimmers and babysit our dimmer area during Kool and the Gangs show beside the stage.
As an outdoor landscape lighting designer in Raleigh NC, we work with Triangle area homeowners to determine how you enjoy your outdoor space, particular features or a structure that you would like to highlight. What you like most about your homes architecture, specific trees or plant you like. A walkway or path you would enjoy or use more if it was illuminated. A favorite pond or water feature. Features you love most in your outdoor kitchen or along your hardscaping.
Accent outdoor lighting gently grazing the surface of the stone, stucco, and brick will add depth and dimension your home’s architecture as well as showing the features
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Adding outdoor lighting to such things as an arbor, fence a statue or structure and trees will give you a dramatic and attention-getting visual lighting effect, creating a lighting scene with a backdrop as well as mimicking moonlights natural effects.
Water feature outdoor lighting.
Illuminating a water feature, pond or pool combines 2 effects, you might have some trees or plantings near the water that will look interesting with up lighting. You also get stunning mirrored images on the water’s surface, creating dreamlike effects rippling across the water’s surface.
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Add outdoor lighting and illuminate a bridge over a water feature to highlight it’s features and create safety
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Adding path or walkway outdoor lighting will create a sense of security along stone pathways and lawn walkways as well as adding a hint of intrigue to plant beds and boulders along the way.
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Adding down lighting with lights placed up in trees shining thru the trees creates stunning shadows on the ground below mimicking moonlighting effects.
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Patio and deck outdoor lighting will feature and accentuate all of the architecture, beauty and detail of your deck, patio, outdoor kitchen, hand railings, steps and more while creating safety.
Hardscape outdoor lighting brings out your stone features along with your outdoor kitchen, retaining walls, steps and more.
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Sometimes I will get a phone call from a customer in the Raleigh asking if it is possible to come and look at their 15 year old landscape lighting system in and around the Raleigh area and possibly retrofit it to the new LED bulbs. I am always glad to come look at an older existing system as long as it is a professionally installed system with professional landscape lighting fixtures and not some of the big box store lighting that someone installed themselves. If the light fixtures are high grade materials and there is an existing professional transformer in place and the wiring and connectors are still in good shape, it is possible to upgrade an older landscape lighting system to the new energy saving and green friendly LED bulbs. There are many options available ,from just retrofitting the existing fixtures with drop in LED lamps,to redoing the system’s connections,updating wiring and installing the new long lasting LED chip on board landscape lighting fixtures. Some of these nice fixtures even have a variable wattage and focus on the fixture.
When I started Lite Visions landscape lighting, I decided to take myself over the top by giving a warranty along with the Manufactures warranty. I also give a FREE Annual maintenance agreement as well. I do this simply to show my gratitude for my customers and I want to help keep their lighting system looking 100% always.
Coming from my music and touring background. I feel confident in my skills as a lighting technician and lighting designer, as well as lighting fixtures and installation methods I choose. I back our systems with the best warranty and Annual year service contract in the Raleigh area! It’s not about the sale, it’s about providing a stunning lighting design for our clients for years to come.
I want you to tell your friends & neighbors about us!
Most of my landscape lighting business is word of mouth referrals from friends and neighbors who saw your night time demo or lighting system.
From cleaning your fixtures, adjusting them due to growth or simply cutting a few small branches that are in front of a light fixture, I always want your lighting to look 100%
I have worked in the concert and live entertainment industry most of my life. I feel this gives me a huge advantage over anyone else in the NC designing and installing outdoor landscape lighting. Recently I had the chance to design and install lighting and the home of Trans Siberian Orchestra’s lighting designer and then to visit Vegas for a week to put our heads together and put our colorful lighting thru it’s paces. We used a new WIFI Color changing lighting system and installed the most color changing lighting of it’s kind to this date in one place. The backdrop of his pool walls combined with some unique desert plants and several different palm trees gave us a wonderful area to paint with colored as well as some white lighting in a few niche places. Here are a few photos from the install. We wanted to create some depth to his small backyard pool and patio area’s and I feel we accomplished a unique yet colorful design together.I have been receiving different photos every few days of new and unique looks he has come up with. Thanks to Kevin Smith from Brilliance LED for his help with the colored LED lighting and ideas and thanks to Bryan Hartley for allowing me to help light his beautiful home in Vegas. Oh yea,we ended up adding 11 more lights at the end 🙂
Protect Your Home and Yourself with Landscape Lighting :Brightening your lot at nighttime is a way to reduce the chances of dangerous falls and dissuade criminals. Learn why landscape lighting brings not only beauty, but also safety to your property.
ILLUMINATE MORE THAN YOUR FRONT DOOR While 81% of burglaries happen on the first floor, only 34% involve the front entrance, according to the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors. That’s why you should illuminate more than just the main entrance of your property. Use landscape lighting to brighten doors and windows on all sides of your home, making it easier to monitor criminal behavior. Strategically placed accent lighting or perimeter lighting will also remove those dark corners of your yard.
BALANCE THE GLARE OF STREET LAMPS Picture a scene with bright light in the foreground, but none in the background. Your eyes adapt to the light in front, making it tricky to see what’s beyond that light. That’s the unintentional problem created by street lamps and the reason some call them criminal-friendly. By contrast, landscape lighting brings balance to what you and neighbors can see from the street, making it easier to keep an eye on all areas of your property.
SEND A STRONG SIGNAL OF A WELL-WATCHED SPACE Landscape lighting is a clear statement that you care about your property. Like other property upgrades, it sends a signal that University of Washington researchers have called “implied surveillance.” You’re someone who pays close attention to your home. Dreaded burglars would be fools to mess with someone so smart and aware.
BE SAFE OUT THERE – MOST FALLS OCCUR OUTDOORS As the National Institutes of Health points out, outdoor falls made up 72% of total spills among middle-aged men and 58% for middle-aged women. If you want to make your property safe for all ages, brighten your walkways with landscape lighting to keep everyone upright.
MOST FALLS DO NOT INVOLVE RISKY BEHAVIOR Among all ages, the most frequent activity at the time of a fall is walking, which accounted for 47% of outdoor falls in a National Institutes of Health study. Steering clear of risky activities can’t spare you from a possible slip. Illuminating your outdoor walking paths will help.
