For aesthetics or practical use
We’re into the second century since Thomas Edison first commercialized the electric incandescent light bulb. The tide of progress has not halted it has increased—and modern lighting is not only up to 90% more efficient, but it's thousands of times more durable.
Progress
Edison was pleased when he could make a single light bulb operate for an entire day without failing. We now
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LED Lighting
Building Value
There’s Gold in them thar Walls!
Nearly everybody is familiar with the expression “Do it for the kids!” It’s an invitation to invest in the future of your descendants. And so we put money in education funds, or buy them a laptop for school (or a tablet, or whatever device will give them some educational advantage).Maybe we’ll even capitulate and get them a new game console, or the latest $1,000 phone, so
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Home Automation
The Wave of the Future
For those of us that grew up in the 50s-80s, there has been a tremendous amount of change. Some of us saw TV for the first time, albeit in black & white, replacing radio, or actual musical instruments, as standard home entertainment. Back then at least one person in every home could play the piano.Some of us remember TV being there all the time but saw it become colored. Not long
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Renovating and Updating
“Economical” builders cause more problems than they solve!
Recently we received this delightful note from a “Happy Houston Customer” who had this story to tell:
In April I did renovations on a condo before moving into the unit in May. One of the major problems with the condo was the lighting. It was truly awful — glaring halogen track lighting in the kitchen and single overhead light sources in all of the other
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The Secret to Art Lighting
From Hot to Cool
Hot Lights
Back in the olden days art lighting was accomplished with incandescent bulbs because all other bulbs were inadequate for the task. Fluorescent lights, although long lasting, had a very limited spectrum, and they tended to dim and change color over their lifetime. Plasma discharge bulbs, such as neon, were monochromatic, so also completely useless.So we worked with incandescent
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`Tis the Season for Re-lighting
Getting the right light for the job
A lot of designers use whatever they have on-hand to get the job done. If they have a lot of one type of item that doesn’t seem to be selling, you can bet they’re going to try to convince you that it is exactly what you need. The truth is that it is exactly what they need—to get their money back for something they over-invested in!At Illuminations Lighting Design we say it
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What our customers are saying:
Why We Love our Customers:As Fresh as All Outdoors
Recently, as we were going through the mail, we were reminded of a delightful landscaping lighting project we designed and built for one of our clients. It was a great redesign, eliminating old power-hungry bulbs that are leftovers from 1890, two centuries ago, from when they were invented.Old Tom Edison may have commercialized the incandescent light bulb
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What our customers are saying:
Neatness Counts!
Sometimes our family members can drive us crazy. Maybe the kids ran into the house, directly from the garden, and tracked globs of mud all over the kitchen. Maybe our spouse who just fixed our car, but wiped poorly-washed hands on our new towels. We are quick to reassure our clumsy guest who spilled a glass of red wine because they are, after all, our friend.We teach our children to be
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What Our Customers are Saying:
"A testament to unique solutions
Our customers love us…and believe us, the feeling is mutual! Without you we wouldn’t have stayed in business for nearly 40 years… We couldn’t be more delighted than when our clients sing our praises!John Malone very kindly dropped us a note, and said:"I just got home and saw what y’all did. It wasn’t what I expected however! I didn’t know that you could do what you did,
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Chandelier Lifts
Almost Anything is Possible
The word genius is far too overused for us to consider it here. Our installers are engineers who are stunningly creative, inventive, intelligent, possess a truly incredible amount of experience, and can solve virtually any problem.These folks are so skilled that it is not too far removed from having modern day versions of Leonardo da Vinci working in your home… All right, perhaps
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