Stone and brick facade softly grazed with warm light, highlighting the stonework texture and arched windows at dusk

Think Hiring a Professional Is Expensive? Professional vs Amateur Landscape Lighting

Think hiring a professional is expensive? Here is what real lighting experience brings, and what to ask before you hire.

Lacy tree shadows spread across a stone paver walkway lit softly from above at night

Working with Light and Shadow to Create Unique Art

Light and shadow landscape lighting brings depth back to your property at night, the way the sun does by day.

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Curb Appeal Landscape Lighting That Also Keeps Your Family Safe

Landscape lighting can help to transform the look and feel of your home and improve its curb appeal. But it can also reduce slips, trips, and falls.

Cedar pergola and slatted lattice entry glowing in warm light over a curving paver garden path at night

Raleigh Landscape Lighting Experts: What to Look For Before You Hire

Looking for Raleigh landscape lighting experts? Enhance the beauty of your outdoor space with professional landscape lighting. But how do you know who to trust? Here is what sets a true lighting designer apart, and what to ask before you hire. What makes someone a Raleigh landscape lighting expert? It takes a lighting designer to … Continue reading Raleigh Landscape Lighting Experts: What to Look For Before You Hire →

Wooded gravel driveway softly lit by downlights hidden high in the trees, with the canopy and sky left dark

Dark Sky Friendly Landscape Lighting in Raleigh, Built to Last

Good landscape lighting should light your home, not the sky. At Lite Visions, we design and install dark sky friendly landscape lighting in Raleigh. We also build every system to last for many years outdoors. What does dark sky friendly landscape lighting mean? It means putting light only where it is needed. We use lower … Continue reading Dark Sky Friendly Landscape Lighting in Raleigh, Built to Last →

Shingled Cape Cod–style home at dusk with a warmly lit arched entry, glowing windows and soft light on the garden beds

Mastering the Art of Landscape Lighting

Lite Visions Landscape Lighting is Mastering the art of landscape lighting for luxury homeowners in North Carolina

What Do Stage Lighting Techniques Have to Do with Landscape Lighting?

What do concert and stage lighting have in common with landscape lighting? More than you might think. Many of the same stage lighting techniques work beautifully on landscapes. Joe Yanulevich, a Raleigh native and owner of Lite Visions, uses them on every property he lights. Which stage lighting techniques work for landscapes? Joe spent more … Continue reading What Do Stage Lighting Techniques Have to Do with Landscape Lighting? →

Custom Landscape Lighting Design in Raleigh: From Lighting the Stars to Lighting Under the Stars

No two properties are alike, so no two lighting plans should be either. That's the heart of custom landscape lighting design in Raleigh. At Lite Visions, every system is designed for one home and one family. Joe Yanulevich likes to say he went from lighting up the stars to lighting under the stars. What is … Continue reading Custom Landscape Lighting Design in Raleigh: From Lighting the Stars to Lighting Under the Stars →

My Paintbrush Is the Illumination of the Landscape

A painter works with brushes and color. As a landscape lighting artist in Raleigh, Joe Yanulevich works with light. His paintbrush is the illumination of the landscape. Every tree, wall and path becomes part of the picture. What does it mean to paint with light? Painting with light means choosing what to show and what … Continue reading My Paintbrush Is the Illumination of the Landscape →

Integrated vs. Semi-Integrated vs. Drop-In LED Landscape Lighting

Shopping for LED landscape lighting fixtures in Raleigh? You'll find three main types. There are integrated LED fixtures, semi-integrated LED fixtures, and LED drop-in lamps. Each one looks similar in the yard. However, they differ a lot when it's time for service. Here's the difference in the three. What is an integrated LED fixture? In … Continue reading Integrated vs. Semi-Integrated vs. Drop-In LED Landscape Lighting →