Add Drama to your Nashville Landscape this Season with Outdoor Lighting!

Posted on April 4, 2017 by outdoorlightingnashville

Few seasons bring as much joy as the arrival of spring. Here in Nashville, there is much to see and do. From a visit to the zoo at Grassmere, catching a MusicCity concert, to a stroll through beautiful Cheekwood Estate & Gardens during the Cheekwood in Bloom event. Look around, there’s no place more beautiful and alive than Nashville in the spring.

On the homefront, Nashvillians are busy sprucing up their homes and landscapes in honor of the season. This often includes adding or extending an outdoor living space or revamping the landscape. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville can add drama and enhance the function and beauty of your spring endeavors through the addition of outdoor lighting.

Lighting added to stairway into children’s treehouse.

Outdoor lighting serves as a beneficial addition to outdoor spaces such as decks, patios and even children’s play areas such as a treehouse. Through illumination, you are able to increase the safety of a space and in turn, increase the time you can spend enjoying your outdoors. Our Nashville outdoor lighting portfolio is loaded with inspiration for lighting for outdoor living spaces.

Nashville festival lighting over patio.

When it comes to improving the look and feel of your Nashville landscape — lighting is the answer. From formal gardens, perennial beds, or a complete landscape overhaul, we can add beauty to your investment.

Nashville landscape and water feature lighting.

If you are planning landscape or outdoor living space additions or have a property lacking outdoor lighting, we can design a system from scratch and lay everything out. It’s always best to include your outdoor lighting architect in your home-build or landscape renovation projects upfront so that we can work in tandem with your contractor to take advantage of the construction phase. Being proactive can save you money and hassle later when it comes time to determine where power and fixtures need to be if you plan in advance.

Even if you don’t plan on adding outdoor lighting right away, we can install sleeves before your hardscapes and other structures are poured or built. Sleeves allow wiring to easily be passed through at any time instead of having to dig under existing hardscape like concrete. This proactive approach minimizes on mess and causes less disruption of the landscape. It also helps in case you have an issue with wiring later on as it can be quickly serviced or replaced through the same sleeve.

Of course, we are always happy to work around your existing outdoor structures and landscaping. We will come in and evaluate your property and work around existing structures wherever possible–so don’t fret if you forgot to include landscape lighting in your initial plans.

David G. Todd, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville.

Contact Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville to chat about newly installed landscape lighting or enhancing your current outdoor lighting. You can call us at (615) 373 – 0638, or by emailing us at: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com.

Romance is in the air with Nashville outdoor lighting!

Posted on February 3, 2016 by outdoorlightingnashville

Outdoor lighting makes the perfect gift for any occasion!

Imagine what a unique and unexpected surprise the gift of light would be for Valentine’s Day? You can bestow your love with a dreamy outdoor mood for Valentine’s Day and illuminate the evening thanks to a gift certificate for the gift of light from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville. Whether you want your honey to have the opportunity to sit with one of our lighting designers to create the look and feel they would like for your home and property; OR if you want to do it in advance and let them experience the big reveal as they drive up to your home–we can work with you to create the ultimate Valentine’s Day gift.

Should a romantic mood be in order, we can temporarily change out your clear well light fixture lenses to red ones so that a gorgeous rosy glow can be cast over the front of your home to commemorate the day of love.

There is no doubt that outdoor lighting for your home and garden delivers a unique setting and atmosphere that dramatically changes your landscape in the evening. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville can help you turn your outdoor living areas into an enchanted retreat filled with endless romantic ambiance. Why go out to a crowded restaurant on February 14^th, when instead we can turn your patio or deck into an exquisite spot for a dinner for two? We can elegantly swathe fiesta lights overhead so that you can enjoy an evening under the stars with the feel of a fancy European restaurant. Best of all, it’s permanent—so it’s the gift of light that is continually making memories night after night.

No matter what your outdoor lifestyle is, we can maximize on it with customized lighting. If your backyard is where all the parties and barbeques happen, or where the family likes to toss the ball around and hang out by the pool, or if it’s just a quiet retreat to dine and enjoy the evening air by the fireplace—we can ensure the fun can continue well after dusk. We use only high quality, American made fixtures and the thickest wiring in the industry to ensure high value and a system with longevity.

The gift of outdoor lighting is one that lasts and your love will be reminded of this every evening when the sun goes down and your outdoors is magically transformed into a romantic oasis. When the floral bouquet and the expensive restaurant dinner are long gone, your present of illumination will build memories every evening and will not be forgotten. Best of all we can work within your budget and design a customized design that won’t break the bank and it increases the value of your home.

John Groce Outdoor Lighting Perspectives Nashville

Let Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville show you how we can create passion not only on Valentine’s Day evening, but every night after that when we turn the darkness into a wonder of romantic light. Call Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville at (615) 373–0638, or by emailing us at: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com.

Learn how our Nashville festival lighting can transfrom your backyard into pure enchantment every night!

Posted on May 16, 2014 by outdoorlightingnashville

Festival Orb lighting used at Arrington Vineyards in Arrington, TN.

You have probably seen festival lighting the last time you flipped through the pages of an upscale home & garden magazine. Festival lighting is all the rage for homeowners wanting to add ambiance in their outdoor settings. This style of lighting is one of the most unique and versatile lighting trends customers are requesting. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville embraces emerging outdoor lighting ideas and new ways to introduce not only illumination into an area, but also as a way to convey a feeling of a mood within a space.

Festoon Lighting by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville.

Festival lighting originated as a way to light outdoor areas in honor of outdoor celebrations. Street festivals and fairs filled with music and merriment were often draped in lights for an evening or two to commemorate a significant local event and removed at festivals end. Permanent festival lighting takes this dramatic lighting effect to a new level because the lighting is permanent which allows you to indulge in its appeal every night. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville has completed permanent festival lighting installations here in the Nashville area in residential and commercial settings for many happy customers. Calls continue to pour in as more business owners and homeowners are requesting this unique lighting for their backyards, outdoor living spaces and commercial storefronts.

Festival lighting in this courtyard turned it from a dark, plain space into something magical.

Keep in mind, though similar in nature, all festival lighting is not the same. Generally festival lighting falls into two categories, orb or pendant lighting and festoon lighting. Each genre of permanent festival lighting has its own distinct beauty and style and we offer our customers the choice of either LED or incandescent permanent festival lighting. This is also available in white (clear), and multiple colors. In addition the bulbs can be changed out to honor a special occasion or as a way to change the mood of the area you are illuminating. The creative options are endless with festival outdoor lighting.

Festival lighting creates the perfect place for gathering and entertaining.

Festoon Lighting

Festoon lighting is a great way to illuminate a difficult or overlooked outdoor area in your landscape, or transform a courtyard or patio at your business into a spot begging the attention of patrons Festoon lighting is also a romantic and imaginative lighting technique that works well in covered patios, porches, outdoor living structures or draped in waves within a designated spot in your landscape.

Here is a picture of the same courtyard during the day.

We use multiple strands of low-voltage LED or incandescent festoon lights and string them over the span of the area we are illuminating. We use cable to support the weight of the electrical wiring when we install permanent festival lighting over an area with a large span; this ensures the safety and the integrity of the system. We use commercial-grade lighting products and professional installation to achieve this hypnotic lighting effect. Festoon lighting comes in both clear (white), and multiple colors to choose from.

Orb Lighting

Permanent festival lighting, such as orb lighting, also comes in a host of colors.

Permanent festival lighting, such as orb lighting, comes in a host of lively colors.

Orb lighting lends an ethereal quality to any outdoor area where it is installed. Orbs give the appearance of being “free-floating”. These lights come in 10″, 12″ and 16″ and are available in white, colored as well as clear acrylic. The effect these lights add to an outdoor setting is enchanting. Though these lights are contemporary in design they look great in both rural and urban themed settings. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville has installed orb festival lighting in both residential and commercial settings. One memorable installation of orb lighting took us to the beautiful Arrington Vineyards in Arrington, TN. The addition of orb lighting made this already magical property even more so in the evening with this unique lighting technique. Can’t you just imagine enjoying a glass of wine under the Nashville night sky lit by the ambiance of orb lighting — priceless.

Orb Lighting at Arrington Vineyards by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville is having great success using festival lighting to convey beauty, ambiance and character through our outdoor lighting designs. Permanent festival lighting is another way we are able to enliven the senses. These lights would are also perfect in holiday lighting applications too– but, you may fall so deeply in love with them you may decide to leave them up year round!

Matt Oakes of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

If you are interested in having permanent festival lighting installed at your residence or place of business Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville today to learn more. Call (615) 373 – 0638 Email: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com

Exploring the role of lighting in celebrating the arrival of the Chinese New Year as 2014 is welcomed as the year of the horse

Posted on February 1, 2014 by outdoorlightingnashville

Orb lighting used at Arrington Vineyards in Arrington, TN.

According to the ancient tradition of the Chinese New Year, 2014 is the year of the horse which officially began on January 31st. The Chinese New Year is an important traditional Chinese holiday celebrated at the turn of the Chinese calendar. In China, it is also known as the Spring Festival. These celebrations traditionally run from Chinese New Year’s Eve, the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, making the festival the longest in the Chinese calendar. Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the Chinese New Year is often referred to as the “Lunar New Year.”

Chinese New Year lasts two weeks and is traditionally a time to honor ancestors and Chinese traditions. The centuries-old celebrations end with the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the New Year. As part of this celebration, paper lanterns are hung. The lanterns are generally red in color and tend to be oval in shape. These are considered the traditional Chinese paper lanterns. Other lanterns used on the fifteenth day of the Chinese New Year during the Lantern Festival, are bright, colorful, and come in a wide array of different sizes and shapes.

History of the paper lantern

Paper lanterns are special kind of lanterns that originate from China and Japan. They are usually made from paper or silk, with the frames being made from bamboo or wood. A lit candle placed inside is used as the source of light. Modern paper lanterns have battery-operated lamps. Traditional paper lanterns were made in the image of myths, things from nature and or in the spirit of local culture. The lanterns symbolize joy, celebration, good fortune and longevity. Data indicates the creation of paper lantern started in China somewhere in 230 BC.

Permanent festival lighting, such as orb lighting, also comes in a host of colors.

The design of the paper lanterns used in honor of this tradition is not that far off from the concept of certain genres of outdoor lighting commonly used year-round. These applications exude soft washes of light much like that of the paper lanterns used during the Chinese New Year. The first outdoor lighting application that comes to mind when envisioning the use of outdoor lanterns is permanent orb lighting, or pendant lighting. Here at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville, this type of lighting is gaining in popularity because of not only the soft, romantic light it exudes, but also the unique and distinctive beauty it can add to an outdoor space.

Orb and pendant lighting used in outdoor lighting applications

Orb lighting lends an ethereal quality to any outdoor area where installed. They give the appearance of being “free-floating”, much like that of a paper lantern. These lights come in 10″, 12″ and 16″ and are available in white, colored and clear acrylic. The effect these lights impose on a setting is stunning. Though these lights are contemporary in design they look great in both rural and urban themed settings. We recently installed orb lighting at Arrington Vineyards in Arrington, TN. The addition of orb lighting has made this already magical property enchanting in the evening under the spell of this unique lighting technique. The effect these lights create in any outdoor setting is stunning. Orb lighting promotes a carefree ambiance when strung in trees along a gathering or picnic area, or when used to breathe new life into a dark spot within the landscape; they make any outdoor space warm and inviting.

Orb lighting by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville at Arrington Vineyards. Picture provided by Nash Severance Photography

At Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashvlle we are dedicated to to conveying mood and effect through our outdoor lighting designs. Permanent festival lighting, such as orb lighting, is unique way we are able to enliven the senses through outdoor lighting. Orb lighting delivers many of the same benefits as that of lighting used in traditional age-old celebrations to harness joy and celebration with lighting. These lights would also be perfect in temporary lighting applications but we are certain you will be so enamored by them you may decide to leave them up year round!

John Groce Outdoor Lighting Perspectives Nashville

Please visit our extensive outdoor lighting galleries including our landscape lighting gallery located on our website for more unique and inspiring designs.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville predicts which holiday commerical outdoor lighting designs are destined to become favorites for the upcoming season and beyond

Posted on August 30, 2013 by outdoorlightingnashville

tree lighting and festoon lighting used together for this commercial holiday lighting installation

This commercial holiday lighting display combines holiday tree lighting with festoon lighting for an enchanting effect.

We are getting in gear for a busy holiday lighting season here at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville. As the phone rings, the roster has begun to fill up for both residential and commercial slots for our holiday lighting program. As an integral part of our holiday lighting program, you get to work alongside one of our professional lighting designers during your consultation to create just the right holiday look for your home or business. As we have started the consulting phase for many of our commercial holiday lighting customers, we have begun to see a trend among business owners as to what kind of holiday lighting designs are drawing the most attention.

While our huge selection of elegant commercial holiday lighting designs are always a crowd pleaser, many of our commercial customers are opting for a more permanent approach to holiday lighting by utilizing our year-round permanent festival lighting designs. Our permanent festival lighting is based on the same principles of promoting ambiance at your storefront or place of business to make it stand out from the ordinary and enliven character. Permanent commercial outdoor lighting and festival lighting is an attention grabber and makes patrons give your place of business a second look, and makes their visit more memorable.

Permanent festoon lighting by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville at The Gulch.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville recently completed a stunning installation of permanent holiday festival lighting in the popular Nashville area known as “The Gulch“. This area is located on the South-West fringe of Nashville between Music Row and downtown and is a haven for urban residential living and commercial hot spots. For this particular installation we used festoon styled outdoor lighting which mimics the look of outdoor lighting found in European street cafes. Festoon lighting is installed via a suspension wire to ensure the stability and safety of the lighting for use on a permanent basis. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville makes certain that each of our permanent commercial holiday lighting displays is installed with safety in mind, and meets or even exceeds all required codes for commercial lighting installations. The results from our project at the Gulch are awe-inspiring and the clients are elated with the finished product.

Roofline lights are still popular among commercial customers in Nashville during the holidays and beyond.

Along with the rising popularity of permanent holiday lighting designs for commercial venues, traditional holiday lighting is still in high demand. With fourth-quarter being the most crucial time of the year for many retail businesses, having the added benefit of brilliant holiday lighting to draw customers in and linger is a huge plus. Having your business lit for the holidays will also boost employee morale because getting everyone in the holiday state of mind will boost productivity and thus, boost sales! Our commercial holiday lighting program includes tree lighting, facade lighting, roofline lighting, and installing lighted wreathsof all sizes at your business. Some of our top-selling outdoor lighting commercial products include Christmas strands of all colors including LED C9 string lights and lighted garland. Another benefit of our commerical holiday lighting program is the way it was designed to make it easy for commercial businesses. We do everything from designing and installing the lights at your desired time to taking them down and storing them for you after the holidays. We realize that the holiday season is already full of deadlines, paperwork and other expectations that have to be completed by year’s end, our holiday lighting program will take the chore of having to worry about holiday decorating at your place of business altogether- just relax and let Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville do it for you!

Nashville commerical holiday tree lighting.

Contact Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville today to learn more about our commercial holiday lighting program, and our permanent commercial holiday lighting designs. Let us help you create an atmosphere for success at your business. (615) 373 – 0638
Email: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com

John Groce Outdoor Lighting Perspectives Nashville

Please visit our holiday outdoor lighting photo gallery and our commercial outdoor lighting photo gallery located on our website for more holiday and commercial outdoor lighting ideas for your business.

Permanent festival outdoor lighting will add romance, nostalgia and ambiance to your Nashville backyard

Posted on August 23, 2013 by outdoorlightingnashville

This commercial festoon lighting by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville changes the whole mood of this space.

Have you ever skimmed through the glossy pages of a home and garden magazine and marveled at the unique outdoor lighting designs, and even yearned to have it for yourself? If the answer is yes, you are not alone. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville is seeing a dramatic increase in the amount of commercial and residential customers that are requesting a more unique way of lighting areas of their properties. Among the most coveted type of decorative lighting right now is permanent festival lighting. Permanent festival lighting can add romance, nostalgia and ambiance to any outdoor setting. This is the type of lighting that makes you say aaahh when you see it in the landscape, or maybe even the biggest reason you and your better half enjoy dining at that street cafe down the block- because the lighting enlightens your mood!

Another look at how festoon lighting enlivens this commercial space.

Another look at how our festoon lighting enlivens this commercial space.

Festival lighting began as a way to light outdoor areas in honor of outdoor celebrations. Street festivals filled with music and merriment were often draped in lights for an evening or two to commemorate a significant local event and removed at festivals end. Permanent festival lighting takes this dramatic lighting effect to a new level because the lighting is permanent which allows you to indulge in its appeal year-round! Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville recently completed permanent festival lighting installations here in Nashville at one residence, and two restaurants and calls continue to pour in as more business owners and homeowners alike are requesting this unique lighting for their home or storefront.

All festival lighting is not the same. Generally festival lighting falls into two categories, orb or pendant lighting and festoon lighting. Each genre of permanent festival lighting carries its own distinct beauty and we offer our customers the choice of either LED or incandescent permanent festival lighting.

Huston Station Nashville lighting by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville used special event festoon-style lighting to add romance to this wedding held at Huston Station in downtown Nashville.

Festoon lighting

Festoon lighting is a great way to awaken a difficult or overlooked area in your yard, or turn a courtyard or patio at your business into pure romance. Festival lighting is also a fun and unique lighting technique that works well in covered patios, outdoor structures and draped in waves within a designated spot in your landscape.

Orb Lighting at Arrington Vineyards by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville.

Orb lighting

Orb lighting lends an ethereal quality to any outdoor area where installed. They give the appearance of being “free-floating”. These lights come in 10″, 12″ and 16″ and are available in white, colored as well as clear acrylic. The effect these lights impose on a setting is stunning. Though these lights are contemporary in design they look great in both rural and urban themed settings. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives recently installed orb lighting at Arrington Vineyards in Arrington, TN. The addition of orb lighting has made this already magical property enchanting in the evening under the spell of this unique lighting technique.

Permanent festival lighting, such as orb lighting, also comes in a host of colors.

One of our goals here at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville is to convey a mood and effect through our outdoor lighting designs. Permanent festival lighting is another way we are able to enliven the senses through our outdoor lighting designs. These lights would also be perfect in holiday lighting applications too-you will be so enamored by them you may decide to leave them up year round.

John Groce Outdoor Lighting Perspectives Nashville

Permanent festival lighting may be the answer to brightening up that sore spot in your yard

Posted on August 18, 2012 by outdoorlightingnashville

Fiesta lighting in this courtyard turned it from a dark, plain space into something magical. (Photo from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Colorado)

Here is a picture of the same courtyard during the day. (Photo from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Colorado)

Many of us have that one place, structure or location in our yard or business that needs a little magic to bring it to life. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville has the answer and it is as easy on the wallet as it is on the eyes. Since conventional outdoor lighting techniques sometimes aren’t possible in certain setting,s we use permanent festival lighting, or what we refer to as fiesta lighting to amp up an area that needs lighting. Fiesta lighting provides the perfect solution to liven up a difficult or overlooked area in your yard or a romantic courtyard at your business. Festival lighting is also a fun and unique lighting technique that works well in courtyards, covered patios and other outdoor structures.

Fiesta lighting creates the perfect place for gathering and entertaining. (Photo from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Colorado)

We use multiple strands of low-voltage festival lights and string them over the span of the area we are illuminating. We use cable to support the weight of the electrical wiring when we install fiesta lighting over an area with a large span, this ensure the safety and the integrity of the system. We use commercial-grade lighting products and professional installation to achieve this cheerful lighting effect.

Michael Wynn of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

If you have a dark spot that needs a little dazzle, contact Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville today to see if fiesta lighting could be your ticket to changing the look and feel of your space. (615) 373 – 0638 email: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com

See more examples of unique and innovative outdoor lighting effects, such as moonlighting in our garden and landscape gallery, and our holiday lighting gallery located on our website.

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Category Archives: Permanent festival lighting for outdoor areas

Add Drama to your Nashville Landscape this Season with Outdoor Lighting!

Romance is in the air with Nashville outdoor lighting!

Learn how our Nashville festival lighting can transfrom your backyard into pure enchantment every night!

Exploring the role of lighting in celebrating the arrival of the Chinese New Year as 2014 is welcomed as the year of the horse

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville predicts which holiday commerical outdoor lighting designs are destined to become favorites for the upcoming season and beyond

Permanent festival outdoor lighting will add romance, nostalgia and ambiance to your Nashville backyard

Permanent festival lighting may be the answer to brightening up that sore spot in your yard