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Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville has been in the business over 20 years

Posted in Architectural outdoor lighting, Christmas Lighting, Holiday Lighting, Landscape Lighting, LED, Nashville Christmas Lighting, Nashville Holiday Lighting, Outdoor Lighting, Outdoor lighting design, Outdoor Lighting Installation, Outdoor Lights Nashville, Pool Lighting, Residential outdoor lighting, Security Lighting, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The wonderful team at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

The wonderful team at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

With the current economic downturn that has effected so many companies in the home improvement industry, we recognize and appreciate our ability to thrive throughout challenging economic times.

There are many companies that have demonstrated superior workmanship, customer service and an strong work ethic that are unfortunately no longer around. It takes a company with diverse expertise, the right key long-term people, skill, knowledge, fortitude and of course a little luck. Why does any one thing survive when other things are falling apart around it? There is no magical formula but rather a combination of many factors that allow a company to pass the test of time.

We have been doing residential and commercial outdoor lighting here in the Nashville area for over 20 years. With that kind of experience comes a level of commitment that makes us a household name in outdoor lighting around these parts. Our outdoor lighting services include architectural and facade lighting to bring out the best features in your beautiful home or storefront. We also specialize in landscape and garden lighting, pool and water feature lighting, deck and patio lighting, multiple facets of commercial outdoor lighting and of course are renowned holiday lighting designs that have given Nashville area residents joy during the Christmas holiday for many years.

Outdoor Lighting by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

Outdoor Lighting by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

One of the biggest benefits of using an established company like us for your outdoor lighting needs is that we have proven that we have staying power within our market and demographic region. We have a great product and great service, as well as a group of wonderful people to go along with it. I feel fortunate to be working for this company, and to be part of this dedicated and talented team.

Along with our talented owners, managers and design team our install teams take pride in all of our lighting installs and each property we service.  All the work is done by hand and in most cases, clients can’t even tell we have been there other than their property looks beautiful at night. Along with the great service and expert design, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville is the manufacturer for all the outdoor lights for the  Outdoor Lighting Perspective franchises nationwide.The proof is in the products and the people who love outdoor lighting as a way of life.

John Groce Outdoor Lighting Perspectives Nashville

John Groce Outdoor Lighting Perspectives Nashville

Let us transform your home, property or business for you today. Ask around, chances are that beautiful outdoor lighting your neighbor has been designed and installed by us.  Contact Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville at (615) 373 – 0638 or email us at olpnashville@outdoorlights.com

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Lighting design series: Find the architectural breaks

Posted in Architectural Breaks, Commercial outdoor lighting, Lighting Design Concepts, Lighting Design Series, tagged , on September 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

commercial outdoor lighting fixture

commercial outdoor lighting fixture

A lot of my customers ask me about how I design outdoor lighting. Next to relationships with customers, it’s my second favorite part of my job. To some extent, I feel I should keep this a secret because I don’t want to work myself out of a job. But, I also know although absolutely critical, lighting design is just part of an outdoor lighting job. Without professional knowledgeable installation, high quality fixtures and expert maintenance, the design would be moot.

So, here is the first in an ongoing lighting design series. Every day I work with prospective business and homeowners to design outdoor lighting for their homes, landscapes, outdoor living areas and buildings. I had an interesting design consult this week with a hotel.

The owner’s primary motivation for outdoor lighting was to gain more visibility from the highway.

Hotel facade picture

View of the hotel from the highway

Here’s a view of the side of the hotel that sits on the highway. You can see that along the top of the building there are commercial outdoor lights that point down onto the parking lot for parking safety. But those down lights don’t illuminate the structure.

One idea that might come to mind is shining commercial grade spot lights at the facade to light it up like the 4th of July. The problem with super bright spot lights is the feeling they create – viewable but “blown out”. A structure looks blown out when the light becomes the focus instead of the structure it’s illuminating.

The other problem with flood lights is they obstruct the vision of the hotel guests. When you shine a generalized and bright light toward a facade, this creates a blinding effect to the guests who are looking out the window at night.

Commercial outdoor lighting on architectural breaks

Commercial outdoor lighting on architectural breaks

So what we want to do is use lights near the base of the building the shine upward but specifically not light under the window columns. These are the architectural breaks. The architectural breaks are the vertical lines, if you will, created by the architecture that lend themselves to illumination. So on this facade, that would be the concrete areas between the windows and of course the left and right edges of the building. I always want to light the far left and far right side of the structure to give the structure breadth.

Here’s a picture of a job we did in Nashville.

I love to look at pictures of commercial and residential applications and give some design ideas. Please feel free to comment on this post or email me pictures for ideas.

nashville33@outdoorlights.com.

Or give a call to the office and ask for me 612-620-2847.

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