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Wall Art Lighting As more homeowners redirect their entertainment budgets away from nightlife and invest increasingly larger sums of money in decorating their homes for entertainment, art wall decoration captures more and more of the design market Wall art lighting equipment must remain unobtrusive at all times and still provide adequate illumination to showcase the artwork itself Restaurant Bar Lighting Effective restaurant bar lighting and hospitality lighting design requires focus on a number of key elements to create an effective, appropriate sensibility for this special place within your establishment Fixtures used in restaurant bar lighting must be energy efficient and avoid filling the room with too much light Residential Lighting Plans Developing a residential lighting plan with the help of a professional lighting designer can both magnify the general appeal of your home’s physical structure and work to unify your lifestyle with your sense of art, decorating, and peace of mind People often feel much more comfortable in their homes after they have taken the time to invest in planning a residential home lighting design that will illuminate the finer elements of lifestyle and décor they have worked hard to give to themselves and their children Recessed Lighting Plans Planning recessed lighting requires thinking from a three-dimensional perspective of a home’s interior architecture at all times A number of key architectural and design elements play significant roles in recessed lighting plans Recessed Art Lighting Fine art carries with it a timeless element that demands preservation Certain types of light, such as standard incandescents and uv-radiant fluorescents can have many damaging affects on paintings and print Professional Landscape Lighting Many homeowners often think that since any number of nationwide, branded retailers offer enormous selections of exterior lighting fixtures for houses, yard decorations, and landscaping fixtures that they can save on service costs by selectively purchasing attractive fixtures and positioning them in key places that require functional lighting or decorative accent light Planning Landscape Lighting An effective landscape lighting plan requires harmonizing your indoor and outdoor lighting systems to create a sense of uniformity and style between the two Your yard and landscape are very much a part of your home, and should be treated as an extension of the living experience you enjoy inside the walls of your house Pay As You Go Lighting and Landscape Maintenance Contracts Pay-as-you-go lighting and landscaping maintenance contracts combine the personalized responsiveness of typical service contracts with pay-as-you-go convenience These lighting and landscape maintenance contracts are the most affordable and efficient way to protect your investment in landscape lighting services Outside Tree Lights Trees are the pillars of an outdoor landscape, and deserve special attention in any landscaping design Outside tree lights may be sized in scale to the tree in both fixture size and wattage—making it possible to install them without harming the trees or revealing the presence of the fixtures themselves Outdoor Lights Outdoor lighting fixtures work to unify the natural and the man made Homes, patios, landscape features, trees, planters, indigenous vegetations, pathways, and gardens can all be made to look like they not only fit together, but belong together Outdoor Deck Lighting Outdoor deck lighting can transform even the smallest of decks and gazebos areas into a world of garden illumination and outdoor nightlife Home entertainment during the spring and summer months tends to see a great deal of outside activity centered around the pool and on the deck Luxury Lighting Products Luxury lighting is a must for any serious custom homeowner who makes a major investment in a residence that deserves the very best possible presentation Not only do general light sources have to feature the very best commercial grade fixtures and carefully designed layered lighting effects, but keynote decorations such as fine art, custom cabinetry, ornate furniture, and elegant displays also require a luxury light source that appropriately highlights their aesthetic and function within the home Low Voltage Under Cabinet Lighting Both cabinet and under cabinet lighting require an emphasis on task and function with sensitivity to aesthetic and design Contractors often run into the dilemma of having to accommodate both demands for clients on a tight budge Lighting Floor Plans Lighting floor plans take many shapes and come in all sizes Some are more formal and organized, while others are more freeform and pose unique lighting challenges LED Cabinet Lighting LED Cabinet lighting continues to increase in popularity as more people realize the cost saving benefits and superior performance that diode-based illumination provides them When one considers the extremely low power requirements of led lamps (only 20% of other lamps) and their extremely long lamp life (50,000 hours), their value becomes readily apparent to the decorator who holds both quality and efficiency foremost in mind LED Accent Lighting LED accent lights produce a form of illumination that very closely mimics certain qualities of traditional incandescent or xenon lamp sources Because Phantom LED’s are directional lights, they focus a softer light more tightly in one direction and minimize excessive, radiant glare Landscape Lighting Design & Installation For too many homeowners busy elsewhere during daylight hours, their landscape investment can only be enjoyed on weekends when they are at home during the day That loss of daily enjoyment is solvable by transforming darkened grounds into a welcome fantasy of light Kitchen Cove Lighting Linear kitchen cove lighting fixtures can provide accent lighting from concealed location near the ceiling Cove lights are ideal sources of ambient illumination in kitchens and can be used to fill the space between the topmost portions of interior walls with light Kitchen Cabinet Lighting With Custom Linear Strips Kitchen cabinets lights were once considered purely functional fixtures whose only purpose was to illuminate shelves and work areas beneath cabinets This is beginning to change, however, as day’s larger homes and custom floor plans transform the traditional purpose and nature of the kitchen itself Interior Designers Interior designers often enter a home armed with a veritable arsenal of creativity and subcontracted resources In many cases, the secondary services a decorator brings in under his or her invoice adds a certain specialized expertise to robust décor How to Plan Residential Lighting Learning how to plan home lighting requires absolutely no technical knowledge and no upfront costs You do not have to buy “How To” books on lighting or take a night class in lighting Houston Home Design 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 Houston Home Construction Houston is expected to grow by 3 million people over the next 5 years Many of these people are moving into higher paying jobs and neighborhoods that afford them the best in style, luxury, and spaciousness in home living Houston Generators and Emergency Power During Hurricane Ike, 24 million people lost power along the entire Texas Gulf Coast and especially in the Houston area Houston Electrical Contractors for the Home Basic wiring and electrical outlets prove insufficient to meet the needs of larger or custom-designed homes Larger homes require dedicated circuits to major appliances and entertainment systems House Lighting Plans Illuminations Lighting Design specializes in personalized house lighting plans for the custom home owner who wishes to create exceptional living space within the home interior Custom house lighting plans are unique and highly personalized, and are intended to function both as an extension of the homeowner’s mind and a reflection of his or her tastes House Lighting Every house has light, but few houses have lighting designs that add aesthetic preeminence to the physical dwelling itself The universal nature and psychological power of light make it the most effective decorative element available to man when layered proportional to architecture, landscaping, and indigenous vegetation surrounding the residence Home Decorative Lighting Decorative home lighting consists of many layers of lighting sources including display, general, accent, chandeliers and table lampsIndoor decorative lighting should enhance the interior features of a home without overpowering the general, functional lighting required for daily living and home security Home Automation Services Illuminations Lighting and Design delivers specific audiovisual services combined with the latest strategies and controls for home automation technology ILD’s trained and fully certified staff consults extensively with homeowners to determine key areas of need and entertainment preference Flexible Cove Lighting Phantom’s unique linear lighting design allows the product to be field cut for right angles, radius bends or serpentine applications This makes Phantom cove lights exceptionally flexible and ideal for the builder constructing a custom home with eclectic interior architecture Decorative Lighting Decorative lighting is intended to magnify special works of creativity and enhance keynote features of the general environment within a room While tastes vary greatly and subjectivity always plays a tremendous role in decoration and aesthetics, there are certain accent lighting tools in both interior decorating and interior lighting design that are common to virtually everyone Custom Lighting Supply Until Phantom entered the world of lighting manufacturing, architects, builders, and interior designers have had to rely upon lighting supply distributors whose first priority was to sell what was in stock Custom orders have often been difficult to fill through these lighting supply sources simply because “brick and mortar” business models require existing, standard inventory be moved out the door first Custom Home Lighting Custom home lighting requires a blend of art, math, and hard science to make a living space truly exceptional and personalized Cost efficiency has to be factored into the equation to ensure that a superior level and quality of lighting does not cost an arm and a leg in electrical expenses Custom Furniture Lighting Furniture lighting is an art form It requires sensitivity to the uniqueness of an individual piece of free standing furniture and a willingness to do whatever is necessary to customize display lighting fixtures to the dimensions and aesthetic of the furniture itself Custom Cove Lights Customized linear cove lights are the builder’s best friend when it comes to illuminating the high places of unique interior architecture Far more sophisticated than the rope lights generally installed along valances and ceiling coves, linear lights offer much longer lamp life and offer a wide range of colour temperatures and lighting levels for the architect or builder to choose from Custom Cabinet Lighting Homes today are more like small buildings than the traditional houses of 40 years past They contain more rooms, more furniture, and more interior custom build outs than previous designs afforded Cove Lighting Fixtures Phantom CM cove lighting fixtures offer architects, builders, lighting design professionals, and electrical contractors the ultimate in performance and flexibility as a seamless, indirect low voltage linear lighting source Because of their low profile design intended to seamlessly compliment any interior cove, valance, or kitchen soffit, CM strip lights offer a more robust decorative lighting source that gives the architect greater freedom of creativity with fewer technical complications Cabinet Lighting Systems Phantom Linear Lighting Strips can be used to build entire cabinet lighting systems for displays, book shelves, break fronts, antique cases, armoires, and custom kitchen cabinets Their low profile design allows them to be concealed along the interior of interior vertical or horizontal cabinet surfaces Cabinet Lighting Installation Partnership with a cabinet lighting manufacturer makes custom cabinet light installation more efficient and precise for the lighting design and electrical contractor Many cabinet lights, such as those made by Phantom, are pre-fabricated to specific vertical, horizontal, and radial dimensions and provide excellent sources for both storage and display cabinet lighting Cabinet Lighting - FAQ In spite of the recent recession, their has been a continuing rise in the number of custom homes being specified and built Contractors from all over the nation have called our office seeking advice on where to find custom cabinet and cove lighting supplies and fixtures Building Cove Lights Cove lighting in buildings is an ideal way to highlight changes in ceiling elevation or variances in the adjoining space between the upper portion of the wall and the ceiling Depending on the amount of natural light in the building, cove lights can be used as either the primary lighting source in the room, or a luxurious and ambient source of accent lighting

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