It’s a complex skillset
Some folks might think that "art lighting" is easy— clamp an elongated tube-style incandescent fixture to the top of a picture frame, and you're done, right? Sadly, no; that went out of fashion years ago, right along with button-up shoes.
The technology has advanced from the power-hungry, short-lived incandescents invented in the 1890s, to durable sources that use 1/10th the power, and
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Led Lighting Upgrades and Conversions
Once upon a time, there were dozens of scientists around the world, all seeking to make an electrically sourced form of illumination. Some of the earliest were arc lights, of the sort that produce those powerful beams you see sweeping across the sky to attract attention to a car dealership having a sale.
A couple of decades ago they were used to announce the premiere of a new movie so that people could find the
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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
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Residential Electric
Repairs and Maintenance
Illuminations Lighting Design is chockfull of electrical engineers, extraordinary award-winning designers, and top-rated electricians. You won’t find a more diverse, skilled, innovative, and talented team anywhere in the business. We’re well-appreciated in the state, and have the testimonials to prove it.
Being well-loved is lovely, but one of the many reasons why that is so is because
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Landscape Lighting
Design and Installation
Wasting power… light… money… It seems crazy, but it happens all the time! Outdoor lighting is seriously overlooked for something so aesthetically important. Did you invest in a beautiful home just so it can vanish in the darkness every time the sun sets? It can be so much better! Take a moment to have a look at our gallery of landscape lighting to get just a hint of the
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Seen in the Right Light
The Spectrum Your Art Needs
Salvador Dali’s paintings would not be best viewed by candlelight. A Cézanne would be ill-served by the harsh actinic radiation from a halogen bulb. Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” might look extra-creepy in a yellowish-orangey sodium vapor light, but is that what you want? We probably all agree that we should stick with the artist’s original vision.
The Future Lights the Past
There are
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Enlightened
Knowing your fixtures & tools
“Knowing what you are doing” may seem like a basic requirement for proper lighting installation, so how do the variegated and assorted installers manage to install equipment that they are seeing for the very first time? Often the answer is “not well”.
You Need Professionals
Our Illuminations Lighting Design designers and engineers take pride in being completely conversant with
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Practical Tests mean Success
We know we’ll succeed before we begin!
You would never jump off of a 20-foot high cliff into water of unknown depth, would you? It is never a good idea to leap into a project with both feet either—not without some preliminary investigation. There aren't any "Here there be Dragons” notations (like maps or globes of the world from the early 1500s C.E.), to indicate the danger areas.
For example, a client may wish
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Design Contract awarded for exterior landscape illumination at Villa d’Este – Houston, Texas
Nestled on the bank of Buffalo Bayou, near Memorial Park off Loop 610, Villa d'Este is the premier gated private residence community in the Houston area constructed by The Interfin Companies headed by Giorgio Borlenghi . Villa d'Este embodies the best of Houston's high-rise residential buildings. The classic Texas limestone exterior is complemented by landscaped grounds, underground parking, a beautiful swimming pool
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Whole House Audio San Antonio Texas
The city of San Antonio, Texas has a quiescent feel on the outside, but becomes a bustling metropolis on the inside. People move about their daily activities at a rapid pace, but take an easygoing attitude, while doing so. This fast pace requires superior technology, in order to keep up with the lifestyles of San Antonio residents and create efficient harmony among individuals. Technology, which augments convenience
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