When you think of the perfect service man, what comes to mind?The Maytag Man is the first one that comes to mind for me. Remember the old character whose chagrin was that he never had anything to do because the Maytag machines were so reliable?
Recently I was riding with the general manager of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville. He was driving me around Nashville showing me lots of lighting installations that they’ve done. Luckily, along the way, I had the treat of also seeing a couple celebrity homes like Martina McBride’s, Alan Jackson’s and both Leann Rimes house that was for sale and her new house next to Dave Ramsey’s on the very top of what seemed a private mountain.
While on our driving tour, we had slowed to a stop in his large truck when all of the sudden he put the truck in park and jumped out. I couldn’t imagine what had happened.
He ran over to one of our copper path lights, crouched down near it and walked up to the door. I opened the window to ask him what was wrong. He called over his shoulder that the path light was leaning and he wanted permission from the homeowner to straighten it. I thought that was odd yet wonderful since the path light sat at the very front of the yard toward the street. Granted he looked professional but he was right that it might look odd and scary to the homeowner if they saw someone jump out of their truck and grab their path light – especially since it’s a valuable pure copper fixture.
The owner came to the door and invited him in. He turned to me to give me the sign that he would be only a minute. I wondered if in fact this customer/gentleman was also a friend. The customer told Michael that perhaps one of his switches wasn’t working on his lighting automation and asked Michael to check it out while he was there.
It turns out that fixture was also have trouble turning on. When Michael came out, he dug up the ground around the fixture with his hands since we didn’t expect to be doing any service that day and didn’t have any tools in the truck. He saw that a circuit had come loose. He fixed it with his hands, arranged the mulch back into place and straightened the fixture. He went back to the homeowner and asked the owner to turn on the switch. The fixture worked perfectly then. I saw the owner ask Michael another question to which Michael p’shawed with his hand. The owner had asked what the charge was. Michael had told him “no charge”.
When you get an outdoor lighting package, make sure you also get a service plan and a warranty on the fixtures.
You can contact Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville by calling (615) 373 – 0638. You can also read more about them on their Outdoor Lighting Nashville Blog.
This lighting project involved designing and installing 4 outdoor landscape lighting systems with 102 lights throughout the property to accomplish architectural accent lighting and landscape lighting on this magnificent property. The project followed a complete landscape redesign and renovation totaling nearly $500,000 which was designed and managed by 
Multiple different lights were placed in close proximity when lighting the architecture of this home. The home had fantastic columns which were a stunning architectural element in the front of the home. Clay wanted to accentuate these but do it by casting a very romantic a subtle illumination of the columns. 
Next, well lights were used to illuminate the large windows on the front of the home. The benefit of using well lights on this low patio was they provided pathway and security lighting for the home’s entrance while also showing off the beautiful windows and casting architectural accent lighting that collectively gently illuminated the entire facade. 
The smaller pond light also adds visual impact from below the surface of the pond. Also cast brass, it utilizes only a 20 watt MR16 bulb for even softler, gentler and more romantic water lighting effects. 
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Churches large and small are so beautiful with their arches and buttresses, steeples and cupolas. Often Outdoor Lighting Perspectives gets called to design outdoor lighting for local churches large and small. 
This church is in South Park, PA. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives’ new 24 volt 39 watt ceramic metal halide HID fixtures were used. 
Patrick Harders works with his wife Laura and the local staff at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Northern Virginia. Their office does nothing but outdoor lighting and has been serving the NVA area for 8 years. Before purchasing this office, Patrick worked for 2 years in the Charlotte office so he has 10 years of experience in landscape lighting, exterior lighting, garden lighting, path lighting – you name it – any lighting for outdoors. This even includes commercial exterior lighting for large and small commercial facilities.
Here is a close-up of the architectural effect that the lighting created on the brick building. 
Dennis and Amy first planned the proper electrical infrastructure to support the outdoor lighting system. They also discussed additional circuits needed for future holiday lighting. Next they wanted the design of the proper fixtures that would accent the building and landscape in the most cost effective way possible. They came up with a solution utilizing both low voltage and line voltage systems.
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This was a fresh bouquet of bright red roses. With the ambient light, they look spectacular. The natural light cascades over the natural depth dimensions created by the petals and creates the effect of a wide array of colors from dark black to light white. The brightest light shining on the front rose even pulls out or gives the effect of yellow on the tips of the petals. 
