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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Curio Cabinet Lighting The variety of curio cabinets is almost as diversified as the many types of curios themselves In terms of basic build and operation, however, all cabinet styles can be lumped into two major categories: those with mirrored back panes and those with wooden back panes Xenon Linear Strip Lighting Xenon linear strip lighting produces an ivory-tinted white light that often creates a slightly golden aura around certain colors and substances Although it can be very bright, this light tends to be gentler on the eyes than the more glaring, pure white light of halogen lighting Art Museum Lighting Art museum lighting represents a delicate balance between visibility and safe lighting levels Lighting levels must directly correspond to the type of art being exhibited in order to properly showcase fine art Linear Cove Lighting Cove lighting is a form of indirect lighting that emanates from fixtures placed on or near the ceiling of a room Generally, linear cove lights reside within or alongside ledges, ceiling recesses, or valances and can be used to provide anything from general room lighting to accent lighting and ambient lighting Contemporary Lighting There are those who wish that art were more like life, and others who wish that life itself were art In the world of furnishing and décor, contemporary lighting and design tend more toward the latter than the former Exhibition Picture Lighting The source and nature of exhibition picture lighting depends on the type of pictures being displayed and the nature and location of the event Some exhibitions are very eclectic, representing the highest levels of formality and fine tastes Sculpture Lighting As a three-dimensional medium, sculpture is a reality that both represents reality and reflects reality Its complexity warrants special consideration from the perspective of decorating and light Low Voltage Art Lighting Low voltage art lighting fixtures are manufactured in a wide range of fixture, bulb, and lamping styles Some fit over the picture frame and spread illumination downward and across the surface of the image Home Theater Systems A home theater system combines the highest professional grade equipment with a custom configuration built according to the specific dynamics of an individual home While less expensive retail equipment offers a tempting do-it-yourself savings, home theater represents one domain that requires maximum investment for full enjoyment and satisfaction Parking Lot Lighting Parking lot lighting represents an investment that every commercial entity must make to successfully operate a business By law, every parking lot must have 3-4 foot-candles of light evenly distributed across the pavement Outdoor Tree Lights Trees bring an element of nature to any home and as such deserve to be treated with respect and illuminated with the very best equipment and design strategies Outdoor tree lighting offers many aesthetic benefits to any homeowner desiring to capitalize on the multipurpose and multi-layering effects of professional outdoor lighting 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 Boardroom Lighting Improperly designed boardroom lighting can set a bad tone that puts meeting participants on edge and creates unconscious negativity that works against teamwork and profitability Designing effective lighting for a boardroom requires a systematic layered lighting approach where different sources, levels, and forms of light fill the room with visibility and clarity for task-oriented focus Picture Lighting Commercial grade, custom equipment is a must to protect artwork whose value continues to skyrocket annually Truly safe and effective picture lighting requires a higher level of commercial grade technology than standard over the picture frame mounts can deliver Fluorescent Under Cabinet Lights Fluorescent under cabinet lights have been standard fixtures in kitchens and work areas for many years They are capable of generating extremely high light output with relatively low amounts of power In Cabinet Lighting Understanding the three basic uses of cabinetry will go a long way toward simplifying the process of choosing the right fixtures for in cabinet lights In the most broad and general terms, cabinets are either functional, decorative, or a synthesis of function and display

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