{"id":1662,"date":"2015-06-05T07:08:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T13:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/night-scenes.com\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2015-06-05T07:08:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T13:08:23","slug":"austin-outdoor-lighting-design-upgrading-your-outdoor-living-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/night-scenes.com\/2015\/06\/05\/austin-outdoor-lighting-design-upgrading-your-outdoor-living-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin & San Antonio Outdoor Lighting Design: Outdoor Living Spaces 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Austin and central Texas, spring quickly turns to summer; we look for the higher temps right after Memorial Day. With that in mind and with the outdoor entertainment season upon us, don\u2019t you think it\u2019s about time to go to Outdoor Living Spaces 2.0? It\u2019s a safe bet that your yard has changed a lot over time: trees grow taller, bushes fill out, flowers bloom and then are replaced seasonally. But maybe your lighting hasn\u2019t grown or changed with your landscape. \u00a0Or worse yet – maybe you don\u2019t have outdoor lighting (gasp).<\/p>\n

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Outdoor Living Space with Bistro Lighting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you don\u2019t currently have lighting for your outdoor living spaces and you know someone who does, you should ask them if they would ever go without outdoor lighting again. Our experience has taught us that the only homeowners saying they could give up their nighttime illumination are those who have had a bad encounter with products or installation. They like the lighting, though, and would love it even more if it looked and operated the way they expected it to work. What we hear is that those who have really good lighting love it, and those with bad lighting at least like it. Pretty much everyone would rather have outdoor lighting than not.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s say that you do have some lighting, but it\u2019s been several years since it was installed. If it is an older system it might be halogen or incandescent lighting, and the bulbs burn out often. Maybe the landscape has grown a lot since the system was installed, so it just doesn\u2019t look right anymore. Or perhaps you\u2019ve had some problems with the system not operating when it\u2019s supposed to.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m very happy to say that all of these concerns can be addressed and corrected \u2013 and sometimes at a cost considerably less than you may have thought.<\/p>\n

\"Soft<\/a>Most professional grade outdoor lighting systems can be easily converted to LED these days. By doing so, additional lighting can be added without needing to buy another expensive transformer. Many people are very surprised by that fact, and I\u2019m told that some folks have been informed by other contractors that it\u2019s always better to just start from scratch. Although I would agree that starting from scratch may be the right choice if the lighting products that were originally installed are not of good quality, often times the system can indeed be saved. \u00a0If the existing products are well-made, professional grade products, there is no reason to trash the whole outdoor lighting system and start over. The test here is this: if the light fixture will not outlive the LED lamp going into it, the system should probably be completely replaced. But if the fixtures are in great shape and will last at least 10 more years, I say re-lamp them with LED and save a bunch of money.<\/p>\n

Good transformers should last for decades. When the design needs to be expanded, we can reduce the load on the transformer by around 75% by converting a halogen landscape lighting system to LED. Then you could actually add almost 3 times as many lights on that very same transformer. Since you can now add so many more lights to the current system, you can upgrade the design to properly illuminate the landscape that has grown and flourished in those outdoor living spaces over the years. A more mature landscape that is well accented will always look a lot better than new young plantings any day. Refreshing your lighting on your bigger, more beautiful landscape will look better than ever at night!<\/p>\n

Now is the time to take your 1.0 landscape to the 2.0 upgrade – and we can help you do that. Contact us here<\/a><\/span> and we\u2019ll set up an appointment to assess your outdoor lighting needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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