We Want to be Your Outdoor Lighting Provider for Life

Posted on October 24, 2018 by outdoorlightingnashville

Partner with Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville for all your outdoor lighting needs – forever.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives tree and landscape lighting

The experts at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville have been providing full-service outdoor lighting since 1987. Experience in itself is enough to make us your go-to experts, but it’s not all about the time we have spent in the market that positions us at the top of the professional lighting game. You see, we have a deep understanding of lighting products and needs, and our company is a pioneer in the movement that brought outdoor lighting into the mainstream. We saw a great need for professional outdoor lighting to break out of the mold of only being for exclusive clients – or corporate clients. Every home and every business can benefit from partnering with Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville. It’s simple really. We want to earn your trust and become your lifetime outdoor lighting provider.

So, what’s so great about becoming a lifelong Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville client?

We thought you would ask this question! First, we offer top-quality outdoor lighting products, a must for a successful lighting installation. We will not recommend lighting that will not provide the effect and service intended. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville will recommend low-voltage halogen or LED lighting that will create the desired lighting effect and offer long-lasting results.

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Secondly, we offer more than just landscape lighting. Landscape lighting is a staple for homes and businesses alike today, and we provide the best landscape lighting in the Nashville area. Maybe you have already taken advantage of our deck, patio, or landscape lighting services, but did you know that we also provide holiday and special event lighting? Do you host a yearly outdoor festival or fundraiser in the Nashville area? Are you tired of installing holiday lighting for your home or business? Call on Outdoor Lighting Perspectives to provide your specialty lighting! Event planning can be all-consuming. Allow us to plan, design, and install your special event or holiday lighting. We’ll even take away the added stress of lighting take-down and storage for your yearly or seasonal lighting needs. We know – that’s pretty cool!

Nashville Holiday Outdoor Lighting

Last, but not least, we offer the best service and maintenance in the outdoor lighting industry. For Outdoor Lighting Perspectives, it’s all about cultivating lifelong relationships with our clientele. That’s why we offer an extensive lighting maintenance plan to keep your installed lighting running smoothly and looking beautiful. Our service plan includes things like bulb replacement, re-positioning misaligned lights, clearing debris and overgrowth from your lighting, inspecting and checking electrical elements, and more. Maintenance plan members will also receive priority status for all service calls – which means you will see the smiling face of an Outdoor Lighting Perspectives lighting expert in no time flat if you have a lighting issue!

Nashville Commercial LED parking lot lighting at Bastion.

You see, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville isn’t just a lighting installer. We are not just a one-off visitor at your home or business, never to be seen again. Our passion is keeping Nashville area homes and businesses beautifully and safely lit. Experience makes us experts, but impeccable service makes us the most trusted lighting experts in the Nashville area.

Partner with Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville for all your outdoor lighting needs for life. Contact us today at (615) 373-0638, or email us at olpnashville@outdoorlights.com.

David G. Todd, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville.

Nashville Special Event Lighting Offers Design, Install and Removal for a Worry-Free Event!

Posted on July 14, 2016 by outdoorlightingnashville

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville does a lot of special event and temporary lighting around Music City for innumerable commercial and residential special events. We work with many wedding planners and party coordinators to add decadent flair to evening celebrations of all kinds, and we recently had such an opportunity in the prestigious Belle Meade area where we had the challenge of lighting a long tablescape under the stars. We hung our orb lights over the table and it looked as these globes were simply floating above the guests. The mood set once the sun goes down is magical and it was a big hit!

We offer permanent and temporary lighting for special events, so if you’ve got a backyard or outdoor venue where you’d like to host a fabulous affair during the twilight hours—we can give your event tons of sparkle and glimmer that will promote an unforgettable feel your guests will always remember. We can light a party tent, the property around it so your guests can easily navigate around and we can generate fabulous atmosphere thanks to elegantly staged fixtures that are strategically hung so as to make a memorable impact. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville collaborates with many event planners and homeowners on an annual basis to make their outdoor event spellbindingly theatrical.

We can create any mood you are looking for, including using our festival style string lights that offer a romantic café vibe. We can use our orb lights like we did in Belle Meade and hang them under tree limbs for a truly ethereal feel, we can use colored lights, swag lights, twinkling lights or give the whole area a wash of moonlight. Our lighting designers can customize any look you want to achieve at a reasonable price point, and best of all, when the party is over we come right back out and remove everything so you can go about your business. We make set up and removal easy!

We service Nashville and the surrounding areas, and help you create gorgeous displays for virtually any event you can host outdoors: weddings, birthdays, reunions, a business event or any other outdoor celebration you want to illuminate in a beautiful way. Plus, we enable your guests to safely and easily get around the grounds or your backyard easily so they can have plenty of visibility and feel comfortable walking around no matter how late the party goes. If you want a party under the shimmer of the stars, we can help you achieve a breathtaking setting your guests will not soon forget.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville’s event lighting team will give you the perfect look and our packages include the design services, installation and then we take everything down when your party is done. You will have a hassle-free experience, and we take great care with any structure we will be illuminating including tents, canopies, trees, garden beds and more.

Trust us to get your outdoor evening party sparkling! Let us handle your temporary lighting plan with ease so you don’t have to worry about it. Call Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville at 615-373-0638, or email us at: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com.

John Groce Outdoor Lighting Perspectives Nashville

Memphis BBQ Contest Showcases Nationwide Talent and Gets Us Thinking about Illuminating Your Outdoor Kitchen and Grill Area for Summer

Posted on June 1, 2016 by outdoorlightingnashville

Being part of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville is something we absolutely love to do as a team. We enjoy meeting clients, being creative with lighting and we are always up to a challenge when it comes to making things work in the most unique situations to give our customers exactly what they want. We also love to support Nashville’s local community events and give back whenever we can.

We’ve participated in many fun events such as the Memphis In May BBQ competition with the team at Peg Leg Porkers, which brings in the county’s best BBQ teams for a cook off while raising awareness that provides education, international and economic program opportunities for the people of Memphis. Unfortunately, we couldn’t make it this year, but we wanted to tip our hat to the Peg Leg Porkers team for their stellar effort this year.

The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is quite a big deal for those of us with our hearts deep in BBQ, and it’s no different than ranking in a golf major or even the Kentucky Derby. They take barbeque seriously in the Memphis area, so it’s no surprise its home to this event. Any team taking the top three slots garners some pretty significant bragging rights throughout the entire USA and the BBQ world. Judging is serious business and determining the final winner in various categories is quite the heart-stopper.

To taste some fabulous BBQ in Nashville, definitely drop by Peg Leg Porker in the Gulch for some certified world-class barbecue and to congratulate the team.

Nashville’s own Peg Leg Porker founder and owner, Carey Bringle, is a veteran of the Memphis in May contestant, but has never ended up in one of the coveted top-3 finalist spots.But this year was different as Bringle fielded two teams, one in his traditional category of Pork Shoulder and a second smaller team competing in Whole Hog. A brand-new competition trailer hauled everything they needed to compete, including one of his new line of smokers that he is selling, specifically the BMF-200. Fantastically, they came in third place and faced some stiff competition!

Task lighting over an outdoor kitchen makes food preparation effortless!

Task lighting within an outdoor kitchen makes food preparation effortless!

If you live in Music City and you want to get your own BBQ groove going, we can add real value to your backyard grilling and smoking experience thanks to task lighting that makes the job easy no matter what time you are flipping meat. Your outdoor kitchen and deck/patio area will not only look great, but it will work hard for you to ensure you know exactly when the brisket is done and ready to eat. Proper visibility to cook, serve and dine is an important part of any outdoor barbeque zone, so why not let Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville help you get it summer ready so you can show off your grilling skills to family and friends.

Matt Oakes of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

Call Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville to get your backyard in gear for outdoor dining and fun! Phone us at 615-373-0638, or by email at: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com.

Say “I DO” to Nashville Outdoor Lighting this Season

Posted on May 16, 2016 by outdoorlightingnashville

Casting an evening glow for an indoor or outdoor backyard wedding, graduation, birthday party or other memorable affair is about the intertwining both a spectacular look AND functionality. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville are pros at setting the stage when it comes to lighting up your outdoor nighttime festivities that are guaranteed to create an unforgettable backdrop when you say “I do!” in a way that will leave a mark your guests will remember. We provide you a customized and striking outdoor illumination party vignette that can either be temporary for the party, OR one that becomes a permanent fixture on your property so that you can relive those special moments every night of the year.

Holidays and special events call for outdoor lighting!

We are well-known in Music City for our stunning special event lighting that can be used both indoors and out no matter what the venue or the event you are trying to host. We can add a combination of permanent landscape and festival lighting, or beef up what you already have just for the big party. You will have your very own lighting designer to help you orchestrate the look you are after and our team of professional installers will get it all done without you having to fret or lift a finger. We can ensure your guests will be wowed by the mood we can create at virtually any locale of your choice.

Huston Station Nashville lighting by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives

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

Garden and walkway lighting safeguards every step your guests take around the property. Whether they are walking around your pool deck, patio, to your home, up or down your steps, etc., we will make their journey from one area to another a safer one. Additionally, we will make your home, party tent or celebration site easy to find no matter what the hour. We offer orb globes that can be suspended most anywhere in your space or trees that give a cool other-worldly feel that is totally unexpected with their floating effect. Festival style lighting hung above huge spans such as a dance floor, patio or deck allows your wedding or party guests to eat, boogie and simply hang underneath and sophisticated setting.

Our customers tell us time and time again how much functional space lighting will reveal. “It’s like that part of my yard didn’t existing at night because it’s not lit up at night”. For an outdoor party, this is an important benefit. You don’t want your guests on top of each other when there’s plenty of room just begging for illumination. Proper lighting can really open up that area for use and allow guests to “spread out in the space” comfortably. Consider an outdoor event under a tent. If only the tented area is illuminated, everyone will stay under the tent. But, perhaps there’s adjacent functional landscape area, or even a gazebo or patio which could double as a dance floor. Lighting extended areas within your landscape will encourage guests to use the areas beyond your primary location adding space to your event location — and mingle!

Nashville wedding and special event lighting.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville will get your party started thanks to camera ready lighting that illuminates every corner of your backyard or venue. We can enhance any dim spot so your party-goers feel a warm glow no matter where they go, and plenty of visibility that makes them feel safe. We assure you that we will apply every theatrical trick in the book to dazzle your guests for your wedding celebration AND you and your family every night with the enchantment of custom light.

Nashville wedding & special event lighting

Nashville wedding and special event lighting.

Whether temporary or permanent, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville will bring your backyard or celebration locale a delightful dose of light under the stars of night. You can call us at 615-373-0638, or by email us at: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com

Matt Oakes of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

Nashville Post showcases our stunning festival lighitng completed in the Gulch!

Posted on October 19, 2015 by outdoorlightingnashville

Our permanent festival lighting installation in “the Gulch” recently featured in the Nashville Post.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville is super proud to light up the evening sky in many of the most prominent commercial spaces in and around our beloved city.We are humbled and proud to have contributed the outdoor lighting on venerable landmarks such as the Country Music Hall of Fame, Arrington Vineyards and even lighting up the Christmas tree at the capitol building. It’s a pretty big deal to us that Nashville entrusts us to illuminate these important spaces. The Gulch is one of the hottest parts of town with nifty restaurants, apartments and shopping. Its industrial warehouse look of the past is a big draw for hipsters looking for a cool way to spend some time in Nashville, and there is always a ton of fun that can be had in this part of town. We were honored to be asked to add some evening allure with the addition of overhead permanent festival lighting that casts a glow in the alleys during the evenings. The Nashville Post recently profiled the Gulch with a great photo that clearly showcases these awesome fixtures that look just as striking during the daylight hours, and they definitely fit into the industrial vibe and perfectly match the brick on the buildings and the concrete walkways.

Festoon style permanent festival lighting in the Gulch.

If you think these overhead festival lights are great, we can also incorporate them into any commercial setting such as over an outdoor restaurant patio for a European café vibe or even the clubhouse pool for a pretty watery sparkle after nightfall. Residential homes can also benefit from the same treatment over a patio, within a covered porch or veranda or even over your outdoor kitchen area for a delightful look that will give you plenty of visibility.

Another look at how festoon lighting enlivens this commercial space.

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

Our festival lights are commercial grade and made in the USA especially for us. They are meant to last season after season and are suspended by a strong wire so they do not sag over time. We offer clear, white or an array of colors with bulbs, so you can keep the look classic like at The Gulch or jazz things up with a stimulating colorful vibe. Best of all, you can change out the bulbs at any time if you enjoy switching things up during different seasons of the year.

We can recreate the same magic in your residential or commercial outdoor space!

Outdoor lighting is a must for any commercial space as it brings a memorable flair that keeps customers coming back to experience what you have to offer. We can match any theme or ambiance that you are trying to exude to your clients—whether it’s industrial and sophisticated or elegant and graceful that is meant to stand out and turn heads. We will work with you to capture whatever atmosphere you desire and fits your brand. Contact Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville to discuss how we can help you with your commercial or residential outdoor lighting. You can call us at (615) 373 – 0638, or by emailing us at: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com

Matt Oakes of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

Nashville Outdoor Lighting that Provides Three Dimensional Flair Every Night and Expands Outdoor Living

Posted on October 12, 2015 by outdoorlightingnashville

Many of our clients comes to us with the primary objective of lighting the front facade of their house. We want to point out that many aspects of your Nashville property can benefit from outdoor lighting, especially your backyard. After all most outdoor living occurs in the backyard! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to create a beautiful nightscape that provides breadth and texture all around your property and gives you a truly three dimension look against the evening sky — including the back of your home.

Paint a picture with light!

Imagine looking out the windows of your kitchen or living room and seeing a picturesque yard where every innuendo of your back landscape is visible, and the full expanse of your property! You can appreciate your favorite seating area even when not in use, a water feature, garden beds and even your pool well after the sun has retired. If you have a big picture window, we can give you an incredible vantage point from inside your home that will look like a postcard come to life night after night. Even if the weather is less favorable, you can still enjoy your outdoor spaces from inside your home.

Good illumination will pull you toward the outside and make your outdoor spaces glow with a wash of what will look like romantic moonlight. Your dark patio or deck takes on a romantic appeal with expertly targeted lighting in locations that gives your home an expansive feel. We are not talking about a few spotlights or eave lights, but rather an intricate ambient lighting display that gives you visibility to easily walk around the property and also bathes it in elegant light.

Since October is National Outdoor Lighting Month, now is the perfect time to let Outdoor lighting Perspectives of Nashville help you enliven your home and property when the sun goes down. Change what you see from the indoors every evening and magically transform your backyard so that your eye can roam around from area to area when the sun goes down. Your whole outdoor living environment will be filled with visual and dimensional mood thanks to lighting that creates incredible depth.

We add lighting all around your home and the reaches of your garden so that your property comes alive at night. You will be able to easily see around dark corners, we can also cast warm light into the canopy of trees and have your paths looking fairytale-worthy. With our mild weather even in the cooler months in Nashville, you will be able to extend your outdoor time thanks to better visibility and the ability to safely navigate your backyard even at the darkest hours. Why not enjoy your fire pit with the family on a crisp fall night? Invite some friends over and hang out on the deck while grilling a few steaks and great conversation thanks to wonderful illumination that gives you the opportunity to do so effortlessly!

“Let us show you how you can prolong your outdoor fun well into the end of the year and help you enjoy your outdoor spaces even when sitting indoors.”

Contact Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville. You can call us at (615) 373 – 0638, or by emailing us at: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com

John Groce Outdoor Lighting Perspectives Nashville

Labor Day Party Planning is in Gear! Get your Lighting Updated Now for Evening Fun!

Posted on August 10, 2015 by outdoorlightingnashville

Labor Day is right around the corner!

Labor Day is just around the corner and it’s the last big outdoor hurrah of the summer season. With the days getting shorter and nightfall making an earlier entrance, make sure your outside living area gets special treatment so that your holiday weekend party can continue well into the evening hours.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville can tackle the job of maintaining your existing system, adding to it or installing a brand new lighting program from scratch. We can put you on the schedule right now for a pre-Labor Day inspection so you are ready for your outdoor family gathering.

First, we make sure your system is working properly and that any burned out bulbs are replaced. This is a great time to consider converting your old-school halogens to all LED lighting since the bulbs last way longer and they consume a lot less electricity. We come in and check all your wiring and make sure it’s all intact and we re-bury any wire that has made its way to the surface due to any landscape activity or rain. We check all your fixtures to make sure they are in good shape, aligned properly, and free of dirt or spider webs, and we can trim any plant overgrowth that blocks the beam of light. We check your transformer to make sure that it is carrying the load of wattage properly and that your timer is functioning as it should, too.

Now is a good time to decide if you want to add additional light to enhance your system or perhaps you feel that an upgrade is necessary. We can give you a whole different look in terms of ambience and mood if you are simply ready for a change in how your home and property are illuminated. We can take a look at where family and friends primarily hang out in your backyard and make sure that those spots are lit up so they not only look beautiful, but they are also safe from being too dim to avoid slip and falls. Lighting a step up or down to a patio or deck, for example, is a great spot for light so that guests can easily navigate it. We ensure your pathways from your driveway to your yard are visible enough for visitors to be able to walk on safely, too. Keep in mind that if it’s hard to see, your guests will just naturally head indoors—so keep things visible enough so that guests feel comfortable continuing the outdoor celebration.

Since cooking and dining is a given on Labor Day, we will make sure your outdoor kitchen or barbecue area is lit so that the home cook can work his or her culinary magic easily and guests can also see clearly enough to grab a drink and see their plates. We do this without harsh, blaring spotlights that were used decades ago and skillfully provide illumination so that the area still looks completely natural and part of the rest of your landscape.

If your pool is a natural hang out for your Labor Day festivities, we will make sure your pool deck or patio is spectacularly lit up so the fun doesn’t have to stop in the twilight hours. We can light the landscape areas around your pool or pond to give this area incredible dimension and draw people to it. September is a great time to hang by your fire pit, so we can elegantly wash this area with a warm light that will pull guests like fireflies to it. One of our favorite lighting techniques to use is to mimic the effect of moonlight, and we strategically hide a few key fixtures higher up in the trees to generate this same look so that the light sparkles through the leaves in an enchanting fairytale manner. We can set any mood you want and bathe your yard in gorgeous lighting that will truly wow you, and your guests.

Matt Oakes of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

Give Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville a call so we can put you on the schedule now so that you will be ready for the Labor Day festivities! You can call us at (615) 373 – 0638, or by emailing us at: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com

Let Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville enhance your celebrations with special event lighting!

Posted on April 28, 2015 by outdoorlightingnashville

Nashville wedding & special event lighting.

Hosting special events to acknowledge and celebrate the important people and milestones of your life brings abundant personal joy. You work hard planning out all the details for the big events and the small ones, like weddings, graduations, birthdays, family reunions, job promotions and even fundraising events for your favorite charity, club or organization. You pick the when and where, the food, the music, the photographer, the color scheme and decorations…but what about the lighting? Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville provides temporary lighting for all your outdoor (and indoor) events you have planned.

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

For an outdoor party you can extend your “party” space with our special event lighting. With the right lighting your guests can spread out into more of your back yard beyond the deck or patio. Our temporary special event lighting (as well as our permanent landscape and garden lighting designs) provide ambiance and make your back yard come to life after nightfall. It opens up plenty of additional space for your guests to circulate more easily and feel more comfortable. Lighting extended areas will encourage guests to use the areas beyond your primary location adding space to your event location.

Temporary LED lighting fixtures in Nashville

We have a variety of outdoor lighting fixtures available for temporary use or permanent installation. Our fixtures are also available in LED.

When hosting an outdoor event, safety is always an important consideration especially in the evening. Backyard terrains are grassy and often uneven, which can sometimes make sure footing uncertain. Without the proper lighting, your nighttime event mixed with high heel shoes and guests engaged in conversation as they stroll, opportunities for disaster are sure to arise. Make these areas safe for all guests (even those in heels) with ambient light for your grassy areas, gravel paths and cobbled surfaces. Proper illumination of the entry path and the party will not only enhance the safety of your event, but it will set the mood as well, making it an enjoyable evening for all.

What is a special event without pictures? How many times have you been heartbroken over candid photos of your family gathering or birthday party that weren’t taken in a properly lit area? Those are missed moments that you can’t get back. Whether you’re hiring a professional photographer, or have everyone using their cell phone cameras to snap lots of candid shots throughout the party, the right lighting is essential for getting it all on film with good color and clear faces full of expression.

Memorial Day is right around the corner!

No matter how elaborate or simple your gathering, be it a fully catered cocktail party for your best friend’s engagement or a family reunion barbeque with relatives you haven’t seen in years, our special event lighting will ensure your party venue is awash in excellent photo-op spots. You’ll have plenty of light to capture the vignettes of love and laughter in memory rich photos that you and your family can enjoy well after the party remnants are all cleaned up.

Don’t let the lack of proper lighting throughout your event venue limit your party space, reduce your guest’s safety or prevent you from getting all the special memories of the occasion on film. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville specializes in special event lighting and residential and commercial outdoor lighting. Whether you choose an indoor or outdoor venue, our custom designed special event lighting will ensure your social gathering is memorable. Our large selection of fixtures, including festival lighting and LED lighting combined with our experience in utilizing unique lighting techniques enable us to create an atmosphere that enriches the overall experience for you and your guests during your perfectly planned milestone event.

Matt Oakes of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

Contact us today and let us create a lighting design which will help you make it unforgettable! (615) 373 – 0638 Email: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com

Visit our website, and our Houzz gallery, for more inspiring images of our outdoor lighting including special event lighting!

Our Outdoor Festival Lighting Designs Bring the Essence of Mardi Gras to Your Own Backyard!

Posted on February 23, 2015 by outdoorlightingnashville

With Fat Tuesday behind us for another year, the 2015 Mardi Gras came and went in keeping with the annual tradition enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year. The origins of Mardi Gras evolved from medieval Europeans passing through Venice and Rome during the 17th and 18th centuries into the French house of the Bourbons. The traditional of celebration and revelry called Boeuf Gras which means “fatted calf” continued with the French as they established colonies in America.

Historical research dictates America’s first Mardi Gras took place at “Fort Louis de la Mobile” in 1703. French-Canadian explorer Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville had established a plot of lane that lies 60 miles south of New Orleans in 1699 and named it “Pointe Du Mardis Gras” when it was realized they had arrived on the eve of the festive holiday celebrated in their homeland. This same explorer also established “Fort Louis de la Louisiane” which is now known as Mobile, Alabama, in 1702.

In addition, according to the Mardis Gras New Orleans website, www.mardigrasneworleans.com, in 1704, Mobile established a secret society called the Masque de la Mobile, similar to those that form our current Mardi Gras krewes. A krewe is an organization that puts on a parade or ball for the carnival season. These lasted until 1709 and in 1710, the “Boeuf Gras Society” was formed and paraded from 1711 through 1861. New Orleans as we know it was established in 1718 by Bienville. By the 1730s, Mardi Gras was celebrated openly in New Orleans, but not with the parades we know today. In the early 1740s, Louisiana’s governor, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, established elegant society balls, which became the model for the New Orleans Mardi Gras balls of today. The earliest reference to Mardi Gras “Carnival” appear in a 1781 report to the Spanish colonial governing body. That year, the Perseverance Benevolent & Mutual Aid Association was the first of hundreds of clubs and carnival organizations formed in New Orleans.

By the late 1830s, New Orleans held street processions of maskers with carriages and horseback riders to celebrate Mardi Gras. Dazzling gaslight torches, or “flambeaux,” lit the way for the krewe’s members and gave each event an exciting air of romance and festivity. In 1856, six young Mobile natives formed the Mistick Krewe of Comus, invoking John Milton’s hero Comus to represent their organization. Comus brought magic and mystery to New Orleans with dazzling floats and masked balls. Krewe members remained anonymous but began the basis of the Mardis Gras celebration we know and love today.

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.

With so much to see and do during Mardis Gras week, visitors are often saddened that the celebration has to end. Don’t fret — the party doesn’t have to be over yet! With creative outdoor lighting ideas you can relive the fun and ambiance in your own backyard! In the same manner the original flambeaux added excitement and romance to Mardi Gras celebrations of old, permanent festival lighting in your backyard can enable a plethora of outdoor enjoyment!

Festoon style permanent festival lighting in the Gulch.

Matt Oakes of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville offers a host of outdoor festival lighting options for your landscape, and outdoor living spaces. From cafe-style and festoon lighting to colorful orb lighting our custom design promise to enliven the evening, night after night. Contact us today to learn more at (615) 373 – 0638 or via email: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com

How saying “I Do” takes on a whole new light: Nashville special event lighting for the June bride

Posted on May 29, 2014 by outdoorlightingnashville

Say “I Do” to our special event lighting for your special day!

Nothing is more memorable than your wedding day. It signifies the beginning to a new chapter in your life. When it comes to choosing the venue for your wedding, times have changed. With the wedding season underway, more brides are opting for outdoor weddings, evening weddings and wedding venues that take the traditional ceremony to a whole new level. Part of the reason couples are choosing a setting that is less traditional is the freedom it allows for self-expression in designing and setting the mood for your special event.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives lights Houston Station

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

A crucial part of creating romance and a memorable atmosphere to look back on and cherish for years to come is the manner in which you design your wedding venue. In order to convey a theme, or personal style of the bride and groom every facet of your nuptials takes planning. This can be to the color of the paper goods used at your reception, to the blooms you choose for you floral arrangements, bouquets and centerpieces and even the band you book to play your reception. As part of this planning, never overlook the role proper lighting can play in the enjoyment and success of your wedding.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville provides temporary lighting for events and special occasions such as weddings, outdoor proms, graduation and birthday celebrations, family reunions and other outdoor (and indoor) events you have planned.

You’ve probably considered the benefits proper lighting for your event will provide, as well as the downfall of not having lighting. With this in mind, here is some food for thought:

Lighting extended areas will allow guests to use the areas beyond your primary event location.

The right lighting can add space: That’s right — One thing our customers tell us time and time again is how much more they and their guests use their back yards once they add permanent outdoor lighting. “It’s like that part of my yard didn’t existing at night because it’s not lit up at night”. For an outdoor party, this is even more important consideration. You don’t want your guests on top of each other when there’s plenty of room just begging for illumination. Proper lighting can really open up that area for use and allow guests to “spread out in the space” comfortably. Consider an outdoor event under a tent. If only the tented area is illuminated, everyone will stay under the tent. But, perhaps there’s an adjacent gazebo or patio which could double as a dance floor. Lighting extended areas will encourage guests to use the areas beyond your primary location adding space to your event location.

The right lighting can enhance safety: Safety is always an important consideration when hosting an outdoor event, especially in the evening. Grassy areas can hold numerous pitfalls that can make sure footing difficult. Then,add the darkness of night, and high heel shoes to the equation and without proper lighting you have a recipe for disaster! With proper lighting, traversing grass, gravel paths and bumpy surfaces such as a cobbled walkway (even in heels) can be made safe. Proper illumination of the entry path and the party will enhance the safety and ultimate enjoyment of all your guests in the evening. Lighting will ensure your event goes off without a hitch!

Romance is in the air – have you thought about the lighting for your special day yet?

The right lighting enhances evening photography: Maybe you haven’t considered the impact a darkened venue or landscape will have on the quality of your wedding photography. But the lighting can impact the quality of those pictures you will hold dear for an entire lifetime. Good outdoor lighting renders colors and images in a way similar to how they are seen during the day. If it’s a wedding, imagine the difference between outdoor evening photos with good illumination and without. The same applies if you’re hosting a graduation party or family reunion and likely won’t see those relatives in attendance again for many years, you want to capture all of the moments that will turn into memories. Good lighting will help make this possible!

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville specializes in special event lighting, including wedding lighting, and permanent landscape and festival lighting. Whether you choose an indoor venue, or an outdoor wedding our special event lighting will ensure your wedding day is memorable. Our large selection of fixtures, including festival lighting and LED lighting combine with our experience in utilizing unique lighting techniques enable us to create an atmosphere that embraces beautiful beginnings and happily-ever-after’s.

Matt Oakes of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville

Contact Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville today to learn more about the many wedding and special event lighting options we have available. (615) 373 – 0638 Email: olpnashville@outdoorlights.com

Please visit our landscape and garden lighting photo gallery and our holiday lighting photo gallery located on our website for inspirational special event lighting!

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