Fine Art Lighting

Are you ready to make tracks? Balanced, well-considered lighting is essential for art. Absolutely nothing compares to using silhouette spots, complete with non-destructive lamping, to bring out the very best in your collection. We are the undisputed experts in fixed lighting for your fixed-in-place art. That being said, sometimes you have art that changes, evolves, or needs something more adaptable. That is where
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Light can be Art, too! Many people, when they think of art, immediately think of the painting Grand Masters, such as Rembrandt, Vincent, Michelangelo, and Leonardo, and galleries graced with their works. Others think of Rodin’s “The Thinker” or Michelangelo's "David." Still, rarer are those whose first thoughts turn to the Vatican, the Louvre, the Guggenheim, or even the Chrysler Building, for their Architectural
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Throughout human history, the wise and the great have often referred to music as the true Universal language. As a lighting company specializing in universal visual phenomenon, Illuminations Lighting and Design decided long ago to incorporate our clientele’s passion for top-quality audio into the home automation systems we designed and installed. Neither our clients nor we have ever regretted this decision. As t
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The immense city of Houston, Texas keeps its residents on the go. People who live in this beautiful metropolis take pride in their work, especially when it comes to landscape decorating. Many residents embellish their homes and businesses with scenic floral arrangements, along with picturesque features such as fountains, waterfalls, and pebble pathways. There is plenty of greenery in Houston as well. Many trees dot
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Home design requires lighting as well as decoration to create comfortable and personalized living space.  Home designers in the Houston area frequently partner with lighting and electrical experts like ILD because they know their services will only look better when placed in the best possible light.  Home remodeling often requires advanced home electrical systems and circuitry work that only
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Houston home bathroom lighting plays two roles in your home.  One is an exclusively utilitarian role, while the other is a purely aesthetic role.  Both require multiple layers of light and lighting controls in order to fulfill their respective purposes.  Special fixtures may be needed in larger bathrooms as well in order to create a seamless balance between the functional and the decorative. As a
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Custom kitchen design for Houston homes should be well illuminated by several layers of light.  General lighting must provide basic visibility.  In food preparation areas, task lights make it safer and easier to work.  Accent and specialty lighting support unique interior decorating elements.  Lighting controls allow homeowners to adjust individual light fixtures to support any number of moods,
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The picturesque city of Houston, Texas encompasses plenty of land and offers many things to do. Fine dining, shopping, and sightseeing are taken to a new level in this sprawling metropolis. You can never get bored in this vast city, but if you need a change in scenery, Houston’s location makes it an ideal travel spot. Major routes out of the city lead to other nearby Texas locales, such as Austin, San Antonio, a
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Within five short years, the city of Houston, TX will have tripled in size.  Already the nation’s fourth largest metropolitan area, Houston is about to become a lot more congested and a lot more busy.  Home automation will go from being a luxury to an almost-necessity, as increasing numbers of Houston residents turn to their homes as their sole source of emotional renewal and entertainment.  Who wants t
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As a Houston based company, Illuminations Lighting and Design services a broad segment of the Houston homeowner community. We routinely encounter extremely large and custom homes and unique architecture throughout the many neighborhoods we service. As such, home automation for Houston clientele has to be a custom science congruent to the diversity of the marketplace. As an unzoned city, the diversity of floor plans
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In other portions of our site, we have noted the growing trend for today’s homeowners to migrate away from cafes, restaurants, lounges, and public theatres back to their neighborhoods and private homes on the weekends. With this new emphasis on home-based entertainment, home theatre automation has risen both in demand and technological quality to rival public entertainment venues traditionally considered superior to t
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Nothing quite says “convenience and lifestyle” more than a home automation system from Illuminations Lighting and Design. With the workplace often demanding more than it offers, and with the increasing complexity and instability of society, more and more of our clients are looking into the benefits of home automation. System configurations for these clients vary on a case-by-case basis because each homeowner has spe
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Clients from all over Greater Texas bring their home automation projects to Illuminations Lighting Design. Headquartered in Houston and leading our industry with twenty-seven years of lighting design and electrical contracting experience, ILD takes an eclectic approach to each home automation project and delivers a unique, individual solution that fully meets each client’s needs and desires. We begin a home a
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The Houston retail market has seen a recent upsurge in home automation equipment.  All you have to do is drive through any retail business district and you will see home automation equipment advertised on signs in front of storefronts that distribute electronics and entertainment systems of multiple brands and models.   Since home automation equipment consists of emerging and highly sophisticated forms
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Imagine a room configured with home automation controls and equipment that seem to read your mind through your fingertips. A world where audio, video, lighting, and temperature control devices all tie into a central home automation system that gives the home a life of its own reflecting your unique, eclectic lifestyle. Imagine these home automation devices having the capability of working equally well both
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Illuminations Lighting and Design offers comprehensive custom designer home automation services that deliver the best fusion of technology and creative thinking found anywhere in our industry. It is rare to find such equal blend of ability in any company, and to be honest; it is something that we have consciously cultivated, not something that just fell into our lap. We have spent many years servicing home automation
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ILD has one of the most extensive and systematic methodologies for home automation design, and we have a highly trained, certified, and brilliant team of creative individuals who know how to best combine aesthetics with technology. Our home automation design process leaves nothing to mystery in the eyes of our clients. As we do not offer generic packages like some retailers sell over the counter, it is necessary for
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Throughout human history, the wise and the great have often referred to music as the true Universal language. As a lighting company specializing in universal visual phenomenon, Illuminations Lighting and Design decided long ago to incorporate our clientele’s passion for top-quality audio into the home automation systems we designed and installed. Neither our clients nor we have ever regretted this decision. As t
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Digital media design represents the next step in video evolution—and possibly an entirely new direction for media in general.  Digital media design unites computer memory with high resolution and high definition video, completing the first successful step toward the blending of computer technology and television that many have predicted will unite all media into one in the near future.  In addition to its s
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Illuminations Lighting and Design utilizes the most sophisticated and user-friendly home lighting controls today’s market has to offer. With manufacturers such as Vantage, Lutron, and Boston Acoustics, we develop solutions for our clients that cover every aspect of recreation and function. As increasing numbers of people stay home on the weekends to entertain, we see a rising demand to automate the home with c
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One of the most common questions we are routinely asked by interior designers who work in high-end, custom home decorating markets is, “Do you still provide xenon cabinet lighting solutions?” The answer to this question is a resounding, “Yes!” We are fully aware of the need to provide our commercial design clients with every possible light source to meet the needs of their clients.  In spite of the new de
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Lighting sculpture on a pedestal requires a blend of technical expertise and aesthetic awareness.  Illuminations Lighting and Design art lighting consultants deliver value in both arenas.  As a consulting firm, we specialize in all forms of art lighting services and recessed art lighting design.  As an equipment source, we operate as a specialty vendor for the most advanced equipment manufactured
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Art lighting on pedestal places art in both a special position and a special kind of light.  Pedestals have always represented elevation and importance.  In some cases, they have served as icons of worship and transcendence. Placing any piece of art on a pedestal essentially gives it a position of preeminence in one’s collection.  The task of lighting such a piece requires expert knowledge of art, l
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Custom cabinets are exactly what their name indicates: custom.   As such, generic cabinet lighting solutions seldom deliver what they promise when installed in antiques, antique reproductions, and high-end display cases.  Retail linear light fixtures are designed for retail cabinets built to standard dimensions.  Seldom are these types of cabinets the ones found in the living rooms, family rooms,
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