Professional Electrical Contractors, Installing Emergency Generators & Whole House Surge Protection. Illuminations Lighting and Design has worked since 1980 as an award-winning electrical contractor servicing the entire Texas Gulf Coast. Our team of certified electrical technicians brings to the table a combination of standard electrical service disciplines combined with many advanced techniques not
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Fine Art Lighting & Art Lights
What makes ILD the most qualified go-to source for art and light in the city of Houston? In the 1980s, we originally began as an art lighting firm whose specialty was the superior presentation of fine art. Over time, we expanded into other areas of lighting, including interior home lighting, architectural lighting, landscape lighting, electrical services, and home automation. This expansion taught us
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Splish Splash…Outdoor Lighting Enhances That!
Summer is here! Enjoy your pool, enhance it with lush landscaping and illuminate it with dramatic landscape lighting. There is nothing more enjoyable and relaxing than sitting around your pool or outdoor pond on a beautiful evening with friends and family. Having a well designed outdoor living space would not be complete without lush landscaping and magnificent landscape lighting from Illuminations Lighting
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Thunderbolts and Lightning – Surges Can Be Frightening
Protecting Your Home From Lightning and Electrical SurgesThe Houston area is more than familiar with nature’s light show as it flashes across the sky. The Space City’s recent storms more than prove how important surge protection in your home can be.According to the Insurance Information Institute, over $800 million in lightning claims was paid out to property owners in 2016. Many claims due to lightning are
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Lighting from Above
Ceiling lights are most effective when they produce multiple layers of light that provide a sense of sourcelessness to both task and decorative lighting types. Ideally, ceiling lighting should minimize the physical appearance of fixtures and create an even distribution of general lighting that maintains at all times appropriate levels of light necessary in whatever environment they are located. With very few
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Art Lighting Showcases Your Artwork Like a Pro
A new masterpiece graces the once empty wall in your home. You feel the pride and joy that often comes with adding a piece of art to your collection. You’re ready for it to be admired. But, what’s the best way to display it and show it to your friends and family?
Art lighting showcases your art like a professional.
Whether you’ve gotten your art from a high-end auction house, or you’ve painted
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Electrical Services
Electrical Services
Truly effective Texas electrical service requires much more than simple wiring and electricity. Today’s houses and buildings are so much more sophisticated than they were in the past; featuring more elaborate floor plans, more space consolidation, automated wiring and more custom interior architecture.When you find yourself facing a basic or minor electrical problem, more than likely you
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Outdoor Lighting Design
Outdoor lighting design can create a unifying aesthetic between the natural and the man made.
Houses, yards, landscape features, trees, indigenous vegetation, patios, gazebos, and gardens can all be made to look like they not only fit together, but belong together. There is a vast multitude of fixture types and lamping options to consider when planning an outdoor garden lighting system, and there is a
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Landscape Lighting with a Plan
Your yard and landscape are just as much a part of your home as your house...so planning your landscape lighting should be done with as much care as you have taken to light your home’s interior. Covered patios and porches, and outdoor entertaining areas may need indoor lighting techniques such as recessed down lights and wall box dimmer controls that allow you to adjust light levels, show off the structure, and make
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Fine Art Lighting that really Wows!
Art Lighting
Fine paintings are used as ornate decorations in custom homes and in offices. This is not surprising when you stop to realize has been with in one form or fashion for at least 40,000 years. Light in a paintings itself contributes to the tone of the work by creating a sense of depth through the interplay of light and shadows. Lighting for paintings should not cast shadows, however, but rather must
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