Located in Charles City, Virginia, Burlington Plantation is a classic planter’s home built circa 1815 eleven miles west of historic Williamsburg, Virginia. It is an excellent example of both an 18th and 19th century working plantation.The main house was started by the Edwin and Sara Major family in 1815 and initially completed in 1818. The Major family …
Every now and again, we have a chance to give back to the community and have some fun doing it. This past Saturday, Outdoor Lighting Expressions was a proud sponsor and participant in “Carnivale: A Night of Caribbean Magic”, at Smith Mountain Lake, VA. A benefit event for the Franklin County YMCA, the evening showcased three high-energy bands, …
This past weekend, most of us in the Mid-Atlantic States experienced a significant snow fall as a result of winter storm Jonas. In our area, we received somewhere between 14”-16”. Saturday morning, all of our landscape lights were completely buried in snow. So when we do get a significant snow, what happens to our LED …
Most consumers think that all lights are equal and undervalued or don’t even think of the importance of proper lighting design. We run into this all the time but particularly in the spring when Irrigation and Landscape Professionals pretend to do landscape lighting. Many times, their premise is that while they have your yard all …
Sometimes when it gets this cold, it’s hard to imagine warmer weather will ever get here. The winter months are actually a great time to spend a little time taking a look around your home and property to see what might need to be “spruced up” or replaced before spring. When the weather warms up …
This was the question asked by one attendee who stopped briefly at our booth at a Home Show. Unfortunately for him (but fortunately for us), he kept moving. While his question was sarcastic in nature, it was actually a good question. Architectural accent lighting, also known as “up lighting”, accentuates the beauty of your home, creating …
Some years ago, I met someone who was trying to sell me their services. They used the phrase “if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys”. In the landscape lighting business, this statement is very appropriate. Time and time again, we see projects done by homeowners, irrigation companies, landscapers and some who pretend to be in the …
It is always a pleasure to be able to design and install an outdoor lighting system to illuminate a beautiful home, outdoor living area and grounds. But it is a rare treat in our business to be able to illuminate a home that is on the National Historical Register. We have done four in our …
Many of our customers have inquired about converting their older outdoor lighting systems to LED. And, many have had us do the conversion for them. Perhaps you have also considered conversion of your own low voltage outdoor lighting system but weren’t quite sure how to do it or why to do it. This blog may …
As many folks for whom we have worked or who follow us in the landscape lighting business know, we have always taken outdoor lighting very seriously, creating subtle and elegant scenes at night by tastefully illuminating homes, landscapes, decks, patios, pool areas and just about anything else you can imagine. Our principal objective in landscape …
