Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Clearwater & Tampa Bay recently completed a festive outdoor lighting installation in beautiful Belleair, FL. As you may know, this genre of decorative outdoor lighting is all the rage among designers and homeowners alike! Tune into any home and landscape improvement show or peruse the pages of your favorite home and garden magazine and … [Read more…]
Outdoor string lighting is everywhere! You can see it featured on TV commercials, home and garden shows and in all the top decorating magazines. This year, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Clearwater & Tampa Bay has experienced a surge in customer requests for outdoor festival lighting. Festival lighting, also referred to as cafe, fiesta or festoon lighting, … [Read more…]
Many Clearwater, Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg homeowners have beautiful tree-lined driveways. Additionally, many residents utilize trees and shrubs as a privacy wall or fence to delineate their property’s perimeters and deter prying eyes. One of the main advantages of using organic plant material as a border over a one-dimensional fence is the added texture and … [Read more…]
In much the same way a beautiful work of art is enhanced within a gilded, ornate frame, the beauty of the oak tree can be showcased into the night through the magic of outdoor lighting. Few trees are as majestic as the oak tree. When you imagine the ideal Clearwater, Tampa Bay or St. Petersburg … [Read more…]
Just as we pointed out in our last blog article, Buying a Home? Add Value, Beauty and Function with an Up-To-Date Outdoor Lighting System, there are many benefits to having an up-to-date outdoor lighting system for your home. This is true when looking at your real estate potential from both sides of the coin. While new homeowners benefit … [Read more…]
Early spring is boom time for the real estate market. Whether you are a Central Florida native in the midst of upgrading (or downsizing), a first time home buyer or a snow bird buying a place to escape from Northern winters; spring is when the greatest number of houses are bought and sold in our … [Read more…]
The ease of installing outdoor lighting varies from job to job. Often the architecture of a specific property or the aggressive growth habits of the plant material here in Central Florida can heed one’s progress. Recently, I put together an outdoor lighting design for a client here in Clearwater. The design for the front facade … [Read more…]
With the Labor Day weekend and end-of-season backyard celebrations just around the corner, now is the time when you need backyard outdoor lighting the most. With this in mind, and while you are busy planning the guest list, food and fun, have you thought about how celebration-worthy your backyard will be after the sun goes down? … [Read more…]
Decorative outdoor lighting offers homeowners a completely different and distinctive look that goes beyond ordinary fixtures. Where most landscape lighting fixtures are meant to be hidden out of sight, these decorative fixtures beg to be seen as they are as stunning by day as they are at night. What makes our decorative lights special is their high quality … [Read more…]
If you’ve either built a new home or moved into an existing one that lacks an outdoor lighting system entirely or has one that is antiquated and needs to be upgraded, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Clearwater & Tampa Bay can help new homeowners with the task. Moving into a new residence is fun and daunting … [Read more…]
“I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay… watchin’ the tide roll away…” –Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Otis Redding, 1967 This song, like many others based on the beauty of the sea, brings to mind long days and nights spent enjoying the beauty and wonder of the ocean. For many Clearwater and … [Read more…]
The first few months of a new year is the time when many homeowners associations hold their annual meeting to discuss important issues within the neighborhood. This is also the time when homeowners can come together to discuss improvements they wish to make in the coming year that would benefit all residents. Neighborhood visibility is … [Read more…]
We love our snowbird customers here at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Clearwater & Tampa Bay. Though they live part of the year in cooler parts of the country, they spend their winters right here in lovely Florida at their second homes. These homeowners get all the benefits of warm winters, but there are also challenges … [Read more…]
Valentine’s Day is the world’s holiday of love. It began a long time ago and there are as many stories about its origination as there are greeting cards to convey your love. Today, in honor of Valentine’s Day, I have been inspired to share with you something that is near and dear to my heart; … [Read more…]
One of the things I enjoy most about being in the business of professional outdoor lighting is being able to come up with unique lighting options to suit the individual needs of my clients. There is more to the art of outdoor lighting than just installing a fixture. Being able to address the specific needs … [Read more…]
We are so fortunate to live in the Tampa Bay area and enjoy warm weather throughout the year. I watch the evening news and can’t imagine what it would be like to live with those colder temperatures. Our lush environment allows us to spend more time outdoors, even when the sun goes down. But, if … [Read more…]
With 3 weeks left until Christmas, you may be telling yourself it’s just too late to put those holiday decorations outside. Whether it’s the lack of time, energy, or desire to decorate, you can still show your holiday spirit if you own an outdoor lighting system by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Clearwater. A quick and … [Read more…]
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have once again soared by for another year. If you’re sitting in front of your computer looking for the perfect gift to give, why not give the gift of light. Outdoor lighting is the gift that keeps on giving night after night, year after year. Outdoor lighting enhances your beautiful … [Read more…]
Fall is the perfect season for outdoor entertaining, weddings and events. When planning the details from the date to the guest list, the food to the decorations, don’t forget about outdoor lighting. Outdoor lighting provides added ambience to your event and enhances the safety of the area. It can also expand or define your useable … [Read more…]
Have you noticed the retail stores that already have holiday items on display? I bet you were thinking they were crazy to have these items out already. But, it really isn’t too early to, at least, start thinking about holiday lighting. How many grand holiday decorating ideas have you had but did not accomplish because … [Read more…]