Outdoor Lighting

Outdoor Lighting is Columbia’s Most Valuable Fall Purchase

August 2, 2016 By Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia SC

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia (803) 935-4611
It’s August. Fall is just around the corner. That means cooler weather (which we’re all excited about) and longer nights. You’ve probably already noticed a change in the amount of light we have each day. While we still have long days, they are shorter than they were just a few short weeks ago. With more hours of darkness, all of the home improvements and landscaping work you did this summer will fade into the shadows. You can’t stop the days from getting shorter, the weather from getting cold, or the kids from going back-to-school, but you can keep your property visible, safe, and beautiful by adding outdoor lighting.

Illuminating your pathways and driveways increases your safety.
Nothing elevates the appearance of your home quite like outdoor lighting. By casting light from multiple sources onto your home, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia creates mood, highlights unique features, and causes those who pass your home to stop and take in the scene. Outdoor lighting shines a warm, welcome in the midst of a cold, dark fall. It beckons you and your guests and increases your curb appeal.

With days getting shorter and nights getting longer, now is the perfect time to install outdoor lighting. While it enhances the look of your home no matter the season, outdoor lighting will provide you with the visibility your family needs this fall. So call Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia today and put outdoor lighting on your back-to-school list. While it may not be a school item, it will certainly make life easier when the kids return late from various practices and you come home from work.

Call the professionals at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia today to see how elegant your home will appear awash in illumination. We offer a 100% free nighttime demonstration which allows you to see exactly how your home will look with outdoor lighting prior to ever installing a single fixture. Contact us by calling us at (803) 935-4611, email us at columbiasc@outdoorlights.com, fill out the form to the upper right or visit our website for more information. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Don’t Leave Your Dock In The Dark – Get Ready For Lake Season With Outdoor Lighting

June 21, 2016 By Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia SC

Columbia SC dock lighting Finally, it’s time to start thinking about getting your boat back into shape and equipped to host friends and family out on Lake Murray this season. Whether you live on the lake year-round, have a lake house just for warm-weather getaways or just keep the boat docked on the water somewhere else, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia encourages you to install responsible outdoor lighting for nighttime boat safety.

Install outdoor lighting on your dock to help improve safety.

Install professional outdoor lighting to make your dock safer at night

The best part of lake season is obviously all about having fun in the sun, but it’s important to remember that safety should always be your number one priority. Installing outdoor lighting on your boat dock will not only serve as a guiding light home after a long day out on the water, it can also help prevent accidents and injuries getting out of the boat. An outdoor lighting professional can help you install a few fixtures around your property to help improve safety, so you can worry about other important things – like whose job it is to lug the cooler back to the house.

Make your pathways and dock area a focal point at night with outdoor lighting.

Add some personality to your dock with creative outdoor lighting

Your outdoor lighting isn’t just a safety tool, it’s a creative way for you to set your dock apart from the rest. Work with a professional at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia to craft a fun, unique design for your dock that helps you come in from the water in style.

At Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia, we can help you dress up your dock, lake house and other vacation getaways this season. It’s easy to transform your spaces from dark grey areas to beautiful, luxurious paradises with just a few outdoor lighting tricks. Call now to be the first in Columbia to hit the lake in style with beautiful outdoor lighting.

Kenny-Kaufman

Kenny Kaufman, Owner
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia
803-935-4611
columbiasc@outdoorlights.com

Columbia Water Features are More Enjoyable with Outdoor Lighting

June 14, 2016 By Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia SC

Water features have become increasingly popular in Columbia backyards the last several years. It could be a rocky mountain waterfall in the corner of your yard, a pebble stream leading down to your dock or a stone structure on your patio. Water features give Columbia residents year-round enjoyment with the soothing sounds of the trickling water. But if you don’t have Columbia outdoor lighting showing off your water feature at night, you’re missing out on a lot.

Relaxing and captivating at the same time, the trickling sounds ease all the cares of the day away. Imagine sitting on your deck or patio watching the light bounce off the movement of the water at night, enjoying the full experience only possible with water feature lighting from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia. Our approach to water feature lighting is much like our approach to landscape lighting, architectural lighting, deck and patio lighting and every other area of your outdoor living spaces. Bringing out our clients’ vision while enhancing the best characteristics of their space.

Each water feature we light is as unique as our clients, so every trait is taken into consideration as we design the best custom lighting plan for your water feature. And, we go beyond the focal aspect to look at the foliage, trees, pathways and sitting areas surrounding the feature because outdoor lighting is about enhancing the entire area. Take a look at this water feature in one of our client’s backyard. The fountain was placed in the middle of their patio so using our cast brass underwater lights were perfect for this setting. Our fixtures are made of solid brass and designed with waterproof and watertight gaskets. The lights shine up on the stone structure to show the textures of the material but also bounce off the cascading water as it falls to the base. Because our case brass underwater lights give off plenty of illumination, we only needed to add some additional path lighting around the seating area to create the perfect ambiance to this setting.

It is important, when lighting a water feature, to illuminate the water and surroundings using various fixtures to accentuate the entire space. With this feature, not only did we light the pathway leading up to the feature, behind the water itself, but also installed up lighting on both sides to show the brick wall and creeping ivy surrounding the piece. The combination of these fixtures not only highlights movement, textures and reflections but makes the focal point one worthy of an entire night of gazing.

You may not think of a babbling creek as a water feature but if you had one that looked like this clients, you would definitely want to view it and listen to it from the deck above. All that was needed to bring this water movement to life at night were our copper path lights placed along the edges of the brook. The light reflects off the water as it dances down the stream bringing hours of soothing enjoyment to these homeowners.

Choosing the perfect lighting effect for your Columbia water feature is part of the custom design plan you will receive from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia. Our extensive line of copper and brass fixtures and our experience in the outdoor lighting industry allows us to choose the perfect light for your space. You’ll receive nothing but awe-inspiring beauty.

If you have a water feature or are considering the addition of one at your Columbia home that you would like to enjoy even more after the sun goes down, give us a call. We are the area’s premier outdoor lighting designers and will capture that look and feel you desire. All the work you put into making it look great during can be enjoyed at night with custom outdoor lighting from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia

Kenny Kaufman, Owner

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia
803-935-4611
columbiasc@outdoorlights.com

Outdoor Lighting Captures Columbia Nights Outdoors

May 24, 2016 By Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia SC

Connect different outdoor living spaces with outdoor lighting.

Memorial Day – the day we all remember the sacrifices made to keep our country free, a day to gather with friends and family and be grateful for all we have, the first sure sign of summer. If your family was like mine, you probably spent most of the weekend and Monday outdoors. The weather was beautiful, and the temperature wasn’t too overpowering. It was a perfect weekend for games, food, and relaxation. As the sun began to set, did you find yourself wishing you could see your family a little better? If your home does not have Columbia outdoor lighting installed, you may have found yourself listening to their voices more than looking at their faces.

Like your indoor spaces, your outdoor spaces need lighting if you plan to use them at night. Outdoor lighting provides a safe environment in which your family can relax and play while creating an atmosphere that cannot be captured any other way. Dock lighting can add safety and beauty to your waterfront home. If your Columbia residence is a waterfront property, you may have already installed this type of outdoor lighting. Now consider using outdoor lighting to bring all of your outdoor living spaces together. Outdoor lighting can connect your dock to your pool area, which in turn will connect to your patio, garden, and your residence.

Outdoor lighting enhances the look and safety of your outdoor living spaces.

Columbia outdoor lighting provides safe, visually striking outdoor living areas. With your paths, steps, and pool or deck edges clearly illuminated, your family will be able to avoid trips and falls that could ruin a perfect evening. Just as lighting enhances mood and look indoors, it will outdoors too. Outdoor lighting designed and installed by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia can be used to evoke any mood you want – serene, enchanting, exciting, or dramatic. Using a variety of lighting techniques, fixtures placements, and bulb intensities, we can craft a lighting design that enhances your property’s very best features.

So be sure that your next weekend outdoors isn’t impacted by the disappearance of the sun, and take advantage of some of the best outdoor hours of the day. Call Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia today at 803-935-4611, email us at columbiasc@outdoorlights.com, fill out our form to the upper right or visit our website for more information. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia

Kenny Kaufman, Owner

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia
803-935-4611

The Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia Difference

May 18, 2016 By Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia SC

outdoor landscape lighting columbia sc Do you have an existing outdoor lighting system which has begun to lose its allure due to foliage growth? Have your landscapers attempted to alleviate your outdoor lighting system’s appearance issues to no avail? If so, it’s important to remember that outdoor lighting is all we do at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia. We don’t install landscaping, we don’t build houses, we install top-of-the-line outdoor lighting systems specifically targeted to highlight your home and landscape. But, we also are the experts at outdoor lighting system design. This holds true for existing systems as well, even if your system wasn’t installed originally by us.

columbia sc pathway lighting Time and time again we encounter an outdoor lighting system which was installed by a different company, then moved around by a landscaping company only to further exacerbate the lighting issues the homeowner wanted corrected. The reason this is not something landscaping companies can easily handle is they don’t have the particular eye, expertise or experience for the design we utilize when approaching an outdoor lighting system. We will carefully evaluate your problem areas which need to be rectified and then set about redesigning your outdoor lighting system. There’s a common misconception that once you’ve had an outdoor lighting system installed, it’s stuck there forever. This is not the case.

landscape lighting Columbia SC In most instances, especially when new landscaping is added to your yard or existing landscape items such as trees or shrubbery have grown extensively, redesigning your home’s outdoor lighting system is a necessity. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia can come to your home and move fixtures around, add-on new fixtures, or remove unnecessary fixtures to ensure your home is illuminated optimally. Nearly all of this can be completed without having to replace your existing outdoor lighting system, saving you money and time. Remember, We Service All Systems, so don’t worry about giving us a call if your outdoor lighting system was installed by a company which is no longer in business. We can do it all!

To find out how Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia can redesign your outdoor lighting system and have it looking as good as, if not better than, the day it was first installed, call us today at (803) 935-4611, email us at columbiasc@outdoorlights.com, fill out our form to the upper right or visit our website for even more information. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Columbia, SC Moonlighting Outdoor Lighting Can Replace Your Floodlights’ Harsh Lighting and Save You Money!

March 30, 2016 By Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia SC

revslider1-300x155 Are your home’s floodlights leaving you with an intense, over-bearing illumination yet providing you with minimal visibility coverage? Wouldn’t you like to get cohesive coverage through a soothing wash of light to keep areas of your property evenly lit? Moonlighting not only provides a more subtle source of illumination, but the fixtures are mounted high up within the trees and are nearly invisible. Not only does this technique deliver generous light, your yard will be awash in the subtle glow mixing with silhouettes created by leaves blowing in the wind.

mooonlighting_garden_tree_Columbia_SC-300x199 Moonlighting, also known as downlighting, is the perfect replacement for harsh flood lights that don’t illuminate nearly enough of your yard. Lighting that is too bright can make anything appear stark, bland and just ugly. With different tree locations and thoughtful placement of our moonlighting fixtures, all the areas of your yard that turn pitch black come nightfall will be provided a beautiful “moonlight-like” glow.

landscape lighting Columbia SC In addition to the added illumination to areas of your yard and the beauty that comes from our top-of-the-line fixtures, energy savings are definitely a major benefit. Whereas most mercury vapor lights and house floodlights run on 120 volts, our fixtures are capable of providing the same amount of illumination with only 12 volts. Your energy savings would be incredible. Combine energy savings with added beauty and illumination to your backyard and you have a win-win.

Columbia SC outdoor Christmas lighting installation To bring the moonlight to your Columbia, SC landscape, call Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia today at 803-935-4611, email us at columbiasc@outdoorlights.com, fill out the form to the upper right, or visit our website for more information. We look forward to hearing from you soon!