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 ag
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Lighting Design
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, an
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Chandeliers
They have their ups and downs…
The word chandelier comes from Old French and means “candle-holder.” Long before electricity, a chandelier was one of the brightest sources of illumination possible, so naturally, we folks at Illuminations Lighting Design find them absolutely fascinating.
Designs have varied over the years but early ones were simply circular objects like a wagon wheel, or ship’s wheel with candles a
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Cabinet Lighting
Updating, Repairs, and Maintenance
There is a lot to be said for the brave artist who first puts a brush to canvas. Defiling that pristine blank area with any color seems like hubris of the highest order.
Once s/he has made that incursion, however, it's too late to turn back, so continuing is the only choice. Making that first mark doesn’t merely give permission, but instead requires that one proves that there w
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Neatness Counts
No mess… and we vacuum, too!
Back in your school days, on top of the requirements for a test or quiz, your teachers would often add “…and Neatness Counts”. At the time we might have regarded that as unfair since knowing the answers might have seemed hard enough. The teachers, however, were preparing us for Real Life, because neatness really does count.
Just like Home
It’s true that we know all our fixtures intima
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Great LED Lighting For All Your Needs
Great LED Lighting For All Your Needs
Be seen in the right light!
There are so many ways to install any lighting badly. We’ve all seen bad choices from Do-It-Yourselfers (DIY) that don’t grasp the difference between color temperatures, wattages/lumens, and dimmer compatibility.
Even when you hire somebody, if the installers lack an artistic flair, or a sense of composition, it gets worse. Is this the sort of badl
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Upgrades and Renovations – LEDs Lead the Way!
Upgrades and Renovations
LEDs Lead the Way!
Texas organizations like CoServ Electric Cooperative (for example) offer their customers rebates of $2 per LED bulb when replacing less efficient lighting. CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric has a similar plan for its customers, and your own utility likely has some sort of offer.
The payback for LED lighting is already surprisingly short, but those who are interested in
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Houston Electricians Who Do It All
Did you Know These Trucks are Driven by Some of the Best Licensed Houston Electricians?
You see our trucks all over town, but you may not be aware of everything that our Houston electricians can do for you. Because we have branded ourselves as a design firm specializing in custom home lighting, many people assume that all we do is lighting.
In actuality, the majority of our physical labor is dedicated to wiring n
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LED Home Lighting
Indoor and Outdoor LED Lighting Options
LED Home lighting is one of the fastest growing trends in home lighting design. LEDs have historically been the most energy efficient forms of lighting. In the recent past, LED engineering has advanced to a level that puts the quality of these fixtures on par with traditional light sources. It is now possible to do anything with LEDs that you previously did with metal halide,
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Holiday Lighting by Experienced Houston Electricians
Over 20 Licensed, Insured Houston Electricians Ready to Light Your World for the Holidays!
With specialty lighting at the forefront of our offerings, many of our clients have yet to realize just how much electrical work Illuminations Lighting Design does. Everything we do depends upon a solid foundation of solid, reliable, industry standard electrical wiring which we gladly and affordably offer to all of our
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Why Should You Invest in an Aladdin Chandelier Lift?
Because a Chandelier Lift Gives you Luxury Control of Luxury Lighting Fixtures
An Aladdin chandelier lift allows you to clean and service your chandelier without the hazards of climbing a ladder. It also eliminates the cost of hiring maintenance and cleaning specialists by making it possible for you to lower the fixture to a comfortable height where you can work on the unit yourself. Designed with ease of use and s
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Latest Trends in LED Home Lighting Design
Our recent visit to Light Fair 2011 in Philadelphia introduced us to some of the most exciting new LED technology. Both interior LED home lighting and LED landscape lighting have evolved to the point that halogen and incandescent sources of light can now be completely replaced without any noticeable change in the nature and level of the lighting.
Interior LED home lighting solutions have particularly
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