When you're on the road in South Texas, you never know what you might see. I love this sign...feel like I'm back home when I'm in this part of the country. Liquor and guns go together like butter and toast!
A Little Company During Our Outdoor Lighting Review /
I always enjoy evening reviews of our outdoor lighting designs, at least in the winter! Summer hours keep me on projects till weeeee hours in the morning, however this my designs sharp and ensures the placement of the fixtures is correct in achieving the "thoughts in my head"...scary.:) It's really nice though when I get a little company. Although he didn't stick around long, I'm sure he enjoyed the results of this landscape lighting project in South Texas.
Timing is Everything /
I was sitting outside my office in the van, leaning over to grab my bag, when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. When I turned, all I saw were feathers. This hawk came swooping in and grabbed a dove out of the air right in front of my van. Missed the actual catch but it sat close for about a minute while getting a good grip on it's prey. You don't see that with an office job! Timing is everything and it helps that your outdoors doing landscape lighting design.
Terrible Outdoor Lighting- Design and Installation! /
$5,000,000 million dollar home (according to the DCAD) where the future homeowner will get sold a pile of trash for their landscape lighting. Ask me how I really feel? Whoever did this job should be taken out behind the woodshed and shot!
Before I lose my mind completely, I will note a handful of reasons why this particular job is soooo horrendous.
1. This is a five-MILLION dollar home...with large trees. The low-voltage lighting should be used as the accent lighting for ornamental trees and architectural elements, not as the everything lighting.
2. All of the lighting temperature was 2,700K (warm) MR16's...honestly! No LED, no cool, no bueno
3. The fixtures are installed with the provided stakes...big mistake. Remember the lean? Check out the post "Eliminate the Lean" for more information on this typical mistake.
4. How many times do you think the wire will be cut in the next couple years? People that live in these homes change plant material frequently and the gardener isn't going to pay attention to what he cuts through. Also, plants do die...really. Put it in conduit and charge a few extra bucks...I think they can afford it.
5. The lights in the large trees....aaaaugh! How do I put this without compromising my Christian self? They are directed all over the place without any consideration to the most important rule in landscape lighting design...YOU WANT TO SEE THE EFFECT OF THE LIGHTING AND NOT THE SOURCE OF THE LIGHT!
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