Lighting and Electrical
By Karralea List
Showcasing the Possibilities
with Holiday Lighting
he home pictured above and below sits on a large lot
where the backyard overlooks a lake and the front of
the house can be seen from the road. Most clients do
not usually know what kind of design they want when
they first come to me, but they will have opinions regarding things they like and dislike. It is important to incorporate what they like into the design. For example, some like
colors while others like clear lights. It is our job to get them excited about a vision of what their home will look like. In this
case, we sold them on the vision that their roof was going to
look like a crown on their home. By outlining the roof line and
the ridges, we achieved desired look. The home is decorated
using all LED products. The biggest strategy to lighting this
house was to make sure that the roof was done in October
when it was safer.
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The photo above is of a commercial job in Newport, Ky.
The client wanted an animated display that would captivate an
audience and draw their clients down every year to watch the
lights dance to music. This is a common desire on commercial
installations — they want their location to become a showplace
that people will come to see. The look was achieved through
many man hours of installation, testing and determination to
deliver a first class show. There are 1,500,000 LED lights that
dazzle this area. There are more than 5 miles of wiring to pull
the animated display. The largest obstacle when dealing with an
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