Posted by JaneGWalker on November 29th, 2012 @ 10:15 PM
The passing of Thanksgiving brings the beginning of the outdoor holiday decorating season. I must say that driving home after stuffing myself with turkey and fixings became much more enjoyable as I passed homes with lights on the roofline, in the bushes and windows and on the front yard. This is the time of year, I love going on walks and driving through neighborhoods to see the lighting displays.
Make sure you plan out your holiday lighting before stepping on that ladder to minimize time.
Installing outdoor holiday lights can, however, be dangerous or cause damage when done incorrectly. At Outdoor Lighting Perspectives, we’ve come up with the SHINE ON acronym to give hints on how to create a beautiful display without incident.
Sketch: Develop a plan. For our clients, we take before pictures of the property and sketch out a plan before tackling an install. Without a plan, more time is spent on ladders and roofs were injuries can occur (and more money is spent on decorations). We also suggest taking an after picture so your planning process is shorter next year.
Hang: Make time. If you are hanging lights, give yourself several hours of daylight to install it. Doing this after work when it’s getting or is dark isn’t safe. It will take longer than you expect if you are doing it for the first time, so don’t rush yourself.
Investigate: Test and retest. Test each string of holiday lights before attempting to hang them. I actually made this mistake last night, but luckily it was just on my Christmas tree and I wasn’t on a roof.
No Shortcuts: Use the right stuff. Make sure that all of the outdoor holiday décor you are displaying is made for the outdoors (also check the extension cords you are using). It should say right on the box if it’s OK to use outside and in the winter elements. Also, make sure not to string all the lights together. Most boxes will tell you how many you can string together before the performance is an issue. If you link too many, you may blow bulbs or fuses (apparently no one told Clark Griswold about this).
Encase: tape it up. Winter brings some harsh elements. Tape up connections with electrical tape so everything stays put.
Another mesmerizing holiday lighting display by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives
Only use clips. Too many homeowners use staples or nails to hang their outdoor Christmas lights. Not only will clips hold everything in place more securely, but nails and staples can cause damage to your home’s exterior.
Never go solo. Not unlike any other time you are going up a ladder or on a roof, use the buddy system when installing holiday lights. One person should be on the ground making sure the ladder is steady.
And when in doubt, call in the experts. Professional holiday lighting installers will handle all parts of your design, install, take down and storage. They call also get to those hard to reach places like high peaks. If you have questions regarding holiday lighting, contact your local Outdoor Lighting Perspectives offic
Posted by JaneGWalker on November 1st, 2012 @ 8:55 PM
First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with those that have been affected by hurricane Sandy. As the weeks and months of recovery begin, we wanted to let people know how hurricanes or large storms can impact an outdoor lighting system. High winds and large amounts of rain can impact outdoor lights, wires, fixtures and transformers can be damaged when put up against the harsh side of Mother Nature.
Under normal circumstances, wiring can become exposed. It is even more common when large storms come through an area. Wind and rain can move a lot of dirt and mulch on a property. If your wires aren’t run deep enough, they may be uprooted. Wires that are uncovered are more likely to get cut due to lawn mowers and other landscaping tools so it’s important that they are buried where necessary. Additionally, large amounts of rain, as it saturates the ground, may push your wires up. Walk around your property to check if you can see any wiring. If so, call your landscape lighting company to rebury it.
Fixtures can become unstable when the ground is soaked with water. After a storm like Hurricane Sandy, it wouldn’t be uncommon for fixtures to be tilted or toppled over. Take note of those fixtures that may need some attention and let your outdoor lighting company know. If there are fixtures that aren’t working, don’t try to fix it yourself. You may do more damage or hurt yourself if you aren’t sure how to maintain a lighting system.
Unless you had flood conditions, your transformer (especially if you have an Outdoor Lighting Perspectives system) should be performing normally despite high winds and rain. To prevent water coming up from underneath the transformer, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives installs its systems six to eight inches above ground. If you think your transformer may be blown (if it’s sitting in water, it will no longer work properly), contact a professional to take a look. They can check the power source as well as voltage levels and wattage lines.
As we go into the outdoor holiday lighting season, homeowners may find more affects of Sandy as they install lights along their rooflines. Older gutters and roofs may be weaker due to the harsh elements. Make sure to check everything properly before spending time on the roof hanging lights. Or better yet, have a professional holiday lighting company do it for you! No one wants to ring in the holiday with a broken arm.
If you have any questions regarding the safety or performance of your outdoor lighting system, please contact your local Outdoor Lighting Perspectives office.
Posted by JaneGWalker on July 20th, 2012 @ 8:32 PM
I’m a Type A planner. I like to be prepared for those things that I know are coming. For instance, I shop way in advance for things and bought my husband’s first Christmas gift today, July 20th. Yup, over 5 months away from Christmas and I’m already buying gifts. Knowing that, it’s probably not surprising that I think about and plan for other parts of the holiday season way in advance. Flights to see the family, taking time off from work and planning my holiday décor, I do it all.
You see, I love the holiday season and so do our Outdoor Lighting Perspectives franchisees. While our outdoor lighting designers are constantly working on new projects, outdoor Christmas lighting provides a lot more artistic freedom than normal low voltage landscape lighting. Each client has their own wants and tastes that result in unique holiday lighting systems year after year.
We say that our holiday lighting offering gives you all the wow with none of the work as we handle every step:
Step 1 – we work with our clients to design the outdoor holiday lighting system based on their home, property, budget and tastes. And boy are there options.
Step 2 – our trained installers will save you the hassle of hanging the lights and install them for you so you don’t have to.
Step 3 – We take the lights down and store them for you so that next year we can test every bulb before they go up on your house for another holiday season.
If you are interested in outdoor holiday lighting, contact your local Outdoor Lighting Perspectives office. Until then, check out some of these holiday lights:
Even Santa dreams of a tropical getaway. This beachside gazebo has been illuminated with ethereal holiday lights in anticipation of his arrival.
These lighted starbursts are used to light the way to holiday bliss
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives offers homeowners a myriad of different style star to use in your outdoor holiday lighting display.
I know, I know, it’s not even June, but who doesn’t like to look forward to the holidays? At Outdoor Lighting Perspectives, we look forward to outdoor holiday lights all year round. Sometimes we are asked when the best time to start thinking about Christmas lighting is and the answer is late Spring through late Summer, especially for commercial properties.
C9 lights can make your commercial property pop during the holiday season, inviting customers inside
Professionally installed Christmas lighting isn’t the same as going to the local store and stapling some string lights to your roof. It’s high-quality lighting that will stand up to multiple years of use. With all that being said, it is also more expensive than the string lights at the local store. When a business or homeowner is investing more in their lights, we want to make sure that they get exactly what they want, but as the holiday season gets closer and closer, that becomes harder and harder due to ordering and timing constraints.
I love the holiday season. My Christmas tree is up and decorated the weekend after Thanksgiving, no questions asked, so I understand that customers want to get the most out of their outdoor holiday lights. The earlier our clients call to order their lighting and schedule their install, the better we can ensure they get the most out of it. When someone calls after Thanksgiving, however, it can be a few weeks before lights are installed, providing less time with your lights.
This outdoor holiday lighting display in Birmingham is absolutely stunning.
Outdoor holiday lighting and decorations possibilities are endless. While icicle lights and C9 string lights are popular every season, more companies and homeowners are adding more unconventional lights to their displays, including candy cane lights and snowflakes. At OLP, we can show you what your property will look like when you have lighting installed using a holiday lighting design program, before you order, so there are no surprises.
If you are interested in planning your holiday lighting now, please contact your local Outdoor Lighting Perspectives office.
Posted by Robin Steele on October 28th, 2011 @ 2:20 PM
The National Christmas tree, located in our capital is a must see if you happen to be in Washington, DC around the holidays.
In case you haven’t noticed, the holiday season is quickly approaching. Maybe you have noticed the beginnings of fur trimmed red hats and candy canes making their presence known as you shop. Before you know it we will be carving the turkey, and before you can say “pumpkin pie”, towns and cities all over the country will be flipping on the switch to illuminate the streets with merry, jolly Christmas lights.
I know in my family it was always a tradition to pile everyone into the car the day after Thanksgiving and venture into the city to look at all the outdoor Christmas lights. This event brought many smiles and was such a memorable part of my childhood. Even now, families all over the country look forward to the annual excursion in search of the most amazing Christmas lighting displays. Cities and towns all over the U.S. light up in time for the holidays. AOL travel has compiled a list of the 10 best lighting displays in the US. Among these are Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. whose Hyatt Extreme Christmas light display last year used over 150,000 lights and this year promises to be even bigger and better. Another Florida site that is big on lights is Disney’s Hollywood studios at Walt Disney World, Fla. with a myriad of ethereal lights that are choreographed in sync with holiday music. The National Christmas tree in Washington, DC is also a “have to see” on the list of best lit. The lighting of the National Christmas tree stems all the way back to 1923, when Calvin Coolidge began this patriotic tradition, and each year since then it has become brighter and more beautiful. There is also Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri which boasts a display with more than four million lights. Rockefeller Center in New York, West Knoxville, TN., Baltimore, MD., Wheeling, W. VA., and Lake Lanier, GA., all play host to some of the most spectacular holiday lighting displays in the country. For a memorable adventure to see a beautiful array of holiday lights there is the Huntington Harbor Cruise of Lights in Huntington Beach, CA., which offers light gazers a mesmerizing bouquet of holiday lights reflected against the water via a boat ride up the harbor. All over this great land of ours there are places where the holidays are lit with magic and enchantment with holiday lighting displays, all you have to do is look.
Loveliest holiday lighting ever by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives
Even if you don’t have a locale to take in extraordinary Christmas lights within driving distance to your home, you can create a brilliant outdoor holiday lighting display in your own front yard. Many of the elements and lighting techniques that are used to illuminate noteworthy displays like the ones making headlines across the country, can be applied within your own personal outdoor holiday lighting display. From the eco friendly, economical and long lasting LED lights to the intricate 3-dimensional statuette displays seen in all the head turning displays that draw crowds from all over. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives offers the traditional, the classic and the unique as part of our outdoor holiday lighting program.
This beach side gazebo is all decked out for the arrival of Santa.
Posted by Robin Steele on October 21st, 2011 @ 6:47 PM
This breathtaking holiday lighting display was done by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Colorado and proves that outdoor lighting has come a long way since the dawn of the icicle light.
From the decade that brought us legwarmers, mullet hairstyles and Nintendo came the birth of what has become a household name in outdoor holiday lighting, icicle lights. During the late 1980′s and early 1990′s we began to see theses type of holiday lights adorning every home on most streets throughout America. True, they do hold a type of quaint charm with the ability to make your home look like a gingerbread house, but now we are in a new decade with so much more to offer in the highly specialized area of Christmas lighting.
Can you imagine "trimming the outdoor tree" with these stunning 3D ornament balls?
Today’s homeowner and business owner can enjoy a myriad of unique and traditional design choices when it comes to illuminating the home, landscape and commercial venues for the holidays. When the icicle light was introduced, it’s appeal revolved around being unusual for the time. Nowadays, the world is your oyster when it comes to choosing holiday lights. There are LED holiday lights available in different genres from LED light sets that come in more colors than the rainbow, lighted garlands, wreaths, swags, custom 3-dimensional themed lighted decor and much, much more. LED lighting is low voltage and super energy efficient costing only a fraction of what previous outdoor lighting implements did. LED is also long lasting, a typical LED bulb can last up to ten times longer than other bulbs, this means less time and money changing out holiday bulbs. We offer the newest in outdoor lighting technology through lighting control automation which offers our customers “set it and forget it” convenience. We can even program your interior holiday lighting to come on and go off at the same intervals your outdoor holiday lighting is set for.
These unique roofline lights would truly be a gift to your holiday lighting display
Another great lighting choice to incorporate into your holiday display this holiday season are the C7 and C9 lights. These traditional lights have an “old world” appeal and come in a host of hues and are also available in LED. C9′s are the rage among business owners who want to add a quaint and relaxed atmosphere to their business. Many of our commercial customer have opted to leave their C9 roofline lights up year round because they lend to a feeling of a by-gone era and add character to their store front.
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives can incorporate a unique LED 3-dimensional lighted display such as this into your holiday lighting display
Lighted holiday icon roofline lights are a beautiful upgrade from icicle lights.
Not only does our holiday lighting program offer you the newest and best in holiday lighting, put away the ladder and worry that you will get tangled again this season within your string lights. Our program offers the most convenient, hassle free, sit back and enjoy the season service you can get. We design and install your holiday display in plenty of time to get all the enjoyment before the big day arrives. After the holiday hustle and bustle we then remove your lights and store them in our temperature controlled warehouses for use again next season. Not only does this mean you can allocate that extra storage space you will have for a new use, it also means you have the capability of adding lights and extending your display year to beautiful year at your discretion without the worry of where to store it.
Another mesmerizing holiday lighting display by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives
Posted by Robin Steele on October 17th, 2011 @ 2:34 PM
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashvilles rockin' tree lighting
I know we all have that one tune that plays over and over again in our head during the holidays. That tune can uplift your spirits and when you hear it on the radio can transform your mood. From classic tunes from Perry Como or Nat King Cole to more modern upbeat melodies from Trans-Siberian Orchestra or even the Chipmunks. It doesn’t matter which is your favorite, what matters is how the song makes you feel and how it lifts you into the holiday spirit. Take into consideration the way your beloved music mixed with dazzling holiday lighting could create an awe inspiring reaction in every one who sees it.
This unique and dazzling compilation of lights set to music is not a new idea, but we have certainly perfected it. One example is the way in which we used tree lighting to bring this maple tree to life to the beat of Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ around the Christmas tree”. Here is a video by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville that is bound to make you tap your feet and put you in the holiday mood…
This elegant Christmas lighting display incorporates the use of holiday tree lighting
Clearly there are multiple facets of outdoor holiday lighting that were used to create this extraordinary display. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville chose a majestic maple to host this rockin’ display. The tree was strung with 180, fifty light sets of LED string lights, using sixty each of red, green and white. They then used a self-contained, weatherproof sixteen channel sequencer with an FM transmitter to synchronize the lights to turn on and off in time with the music. The “falling snow” lights are controlled in the same fashion. They installed the lights over a 25 hour period using a bucket truck. The string lights sets will remain on the tree throughout the year, but the falling snow and the controller will be removed after the holidays are over. This breathtaking design is just one of the many that Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Nashville installs each year for their commercial and residential clients. Their holiday lighting designs are among the most coveted in the Tennessee region.
Another mesmerizing holiday tree lighting design by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives
This glorious installation is just one example of the brilliant designs seen within our holiday lighting program. We can transform your property into a winter wonderland with our Christmas lighting designs. You can choose elegant, traditional holiday lighting to designs that are over the top with creativity. Our holiday lighting program means that we design, install, remove and store the lights for you in our temperature controlled warehouses until it is time to do it all again. We offer you freedom from constraints of storing your lights, installing and removing your lights so you have more time to enjoy your lighting display with your family and friends. Our system also offers you the chance to add to your holiday lighting display year-to-year as you wish. It is truly a winning combination of beauty and convenience.
Posted by Robin Steele on October 7th, 2011 @ 4:18 PM
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives will hang all your stockings with care with a holiday lighting display that brings holiday magic to the air.
For many homeowners the holidays present a time of stress. This stress often comes from the mad rush to organize, design and install the holiday lighting for your home or even your place of business. Images of teetering to dangerous heights on ladders and being tangled in a scramble of tangled Christmas lights is enough to turn the onset of the holiday into a chaotic nightmare. It doesn’t have to be like this though. The holidays should be a time of enjoying time with the ones you love. We take the work and stress entirely out of your image of the holidays with our amazing holiday lighting program. Our holiday lighting programs are ultra convenient, worry free and above all beautiful. What we give to you is the ability to enjoy your holiday time with loved ones by designing, ordering, installing, removing and storing your entire holiday display for you. Our program is geared for you to share the excitement of your holiday lighting display without giving the laborious part of it a second thought.
These unusual candy cane roofline lights aren't something you see in your typical, mediocre holiday lighting display.
Our LED specialty lights are all lit with the energy efficient LED lights and come in a huge variety of shapes and styles to suit even the most discriminating taste. We have 3-D lighted yard displays from soldiers to the nativity and everything in between. Our roofline lights our available in a wide spectrum of colors, themes and sizes such as candy canes and holiday gift boxes just to name a few. We are an exclusive installer for Lightlinks Christmas lights that offer the unique and spectacular in lighting styles and choices. By using unique holiday lighting such as Lightlinks you are destined to become the envy of the neighborhood.
These unique roofline lights would truly be a gift to your holiday lighting display
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives has been designing and installing stunning holiday lighting displays for homeowners and businesses all across the country for many years. Our holiday lighting programs are unique in the fact that the lights are forever yours, and since we store the lights from year to year in our temperature controlled warehouses, you have more room to store other household items and this approach offers you the capability to add to your display year to year as you wish. Our design team will put together a display with your input on the type and genre of lights you would like in your display and then we work our holiday magic in turning your property into a winter wonderland of lights. From traditional to extravagant, the choice is yours.
Posted by Robin Steele on October 2nd, 2011 @ 4:35 PM
Welcome guest with this lighted Jack-o-lantern by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives
Autumn is by far my favorite season. The chill that you begin to feel in the autumn wind is exhilarating and the colors mother nature paints for us on her canvas are simply breathtaking. Each fall my mind takes me back to the scents of pumpkin, caramel apples and candy corn. I am also taken back to fond memories of helping my father rake leaves and jumping in the big pile he was ready to bag up and giggling the whole afternoon- thus is the splendor of autumn. This time of year also conjures up images to fright and delight with the time for trick-or-treaters to soon come knocking only a few short weeks away.
Autumn brings on a time for change, the earth changes, the trees change and the animals are preparing and gathering for the winter ahead. With this change in mind, and the upcoming Halloween holiday afoot, now is the perfect time to break out the pumpkin carving tools for the much anticipated jack-o-lantern and ring in this haunting holiday with some seasonally themed outdoor lighting. Many homeowners go all out for Halloween, creating elaborate displays for the adults and kiddies to enjoy on what many call the spookiest ( and most fun) night of the year. Whether you have your heart set on a spooktacular display or just a few well placed icicle lights in unique colors, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives can design, order, install, remove and store your Halloween lighting display for you and all you have to worry about is how many bags of candy you are going to need this year.
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The dark purple and orange of these lights give the spooky Halloween feeling that is great this time of year
Welcome trick-or-treaters with a lighted Jack-o-lantern
Just like our Christmas holiday lighting program, we offer that same attention to detail and convenience for other occasions as well. Our lighting displays are incomparable in terms of quality and aesthetic appeal. We offer shaped holiday lighting for your display, and a large choice of the ever popular icicle lights in colors aptly suited to the occasion like “slime green”, and “purple frost”. With Outdoor Lighting Perspectives professionally designing and installing your Halloween lighting display you will definitely get treats, not tricks this Halloween.
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives offers traditional and unique Halloween lighting
If you are interested in scheduling an appointment to take advantage of our hassle free lighting program contact us to learn more. We guarantee a “boo-tiful” lighting display this Halloween. We are also scheduling appointments for our magical Christmas lighting as well. 800-447-1112
Posted by Robin Steele on September 22nd, 2011 @ 6:39 PM
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas minus the snow? Outdoor Lighting Perspectives can create one for you with our professional holiday lighting displays.
Are you looking for a way to make your holidays bright? There is nothing as thrilling as the first evening you throw the switch to turn on your outdoor holiday lighting display. The scene evokes magic and warm feelings of the season no matter what age you are. Young and old alike marvel in the beauty and fantasy that comes into play with a professionally designed and installed Christmas light display.
Outdoor lighting Perspectives is renowned for creating commercial and residential holiday lighting displays that have the capability to leave you breathless, and now we offer lighted LED holiday wreaths to further engage the senses. Wreaths are a beloved icon of the holidays. Wreaths have been used as a decorative sign of the arrival of Christmas for centuries. Wreaths symbolize growth and everlasting life within their boughs. The wreath’s circular shape represents eternity, with no beginning and no end. We are now taking the wreath to a new level by adding energy efficient LED lights within the wreath to offer you almost 50,ooo hours of bulb life on your wreaths.
Lighted holiday wreaths are great for Commercial holiday lighting displays too.
These wonderful lighted wreaths come in 36″ and 48″ sizes and can be used singularly to mesmerize your senses or in multiples to enthrall you. Wreaths can be used to define spaces above windows, on dormers and eaves, on a front entrance and even on fences and columns to invite and welcome guests to your home for the holidays. The wreaths we use in our holiday displays are among the best in the business and contain the most lights in the industry. Lighted wreaths are available in traditional white and all the hues of Christmas as well.
Holiday outdoor lighting by Outdoor Lighting Perspectives
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives is proud to offer these gorgeous lighted wreaths as part of our holiday lighting program. Our program involves designing, ordering, installing, removal and storage of your holiday lighting display from one luminous year to the next. The lighting display is yours, not a rental, and your elements are purchased new, not used like some of the other cut rate lighting companies offer. Our holiday lighting program means more time to spend with family and friends during that special time of the year, and less time fretting over your lighting display. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives does the work for you and you can reap the beautiful benefits from the premier of your 2011 holiday lights and into the New Year.
Spaces are filling up quick, contact your local Outdoor Lighting Perspectives today to reserve your spot to the greatest holiday lighting display in town-yours. 800-447-1112
