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“I see the light…”
…and it is beautiful! Your home is unique and deserves individual attention to showcase your personality and taste. Even in a row of identical houses, once you enter, each space is different. One home...
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Licensed Electricians
Installing safely, beautifully, and up to code! North America is weird in that we unnecessarily use the most dangerous lightbulb sockets in the world. When lightbulbs were first invented they had two...
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Halogen, Mercury, Sodium — Oh My!
Those energy-eaters must go! We’ve talked before about the beautiful antebellum homes of Texas, originally lit by candles, gaslight, or oil lamps. The masterful details of tall columns, plenty of...
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Electrical Panel Upgrades
Joining the Modern Age Upgrading your electrical service often becomes necessary when you start to renovate. Most electrical codes stipulate that any fixed appliance with a motor (dishwasher, fridge,...
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Houston Electrical Work
Putting “Pro” in the word “Professional.” Having your Uncle Jim “who knows all about electricity” come in to install an additional outlet above the bathroom sink for your hairdryer seldom results in...
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Let’s start by doing it right! Moving into a new home is an exciting adventure, possibly your first house ever, growing from apartment living to a space that seems comparatively huge. Even if houses...
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Electrical Remodeling
Illuminations Lighting Design offers a full range of electrical remodeling services—services which our customers have come to know and love. Feel free to visit our Testimonials page and read all the...
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Emergency Power Generators
Avoiding the Deadly Mistakes Millions of us have lost power (about 2½ million for Hurricane Ike alone, and hundreds of thousands with Hurricane Harvey!) lasting from a few days to more than three...
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Indoor Lighting Maintenance
It’s more than “Keeping the Lights On.” Indoor lighting maintenance contracts are becoming a popular option nowadays. It’s by no means new because businesses have been using them for years. Now that...
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Residential Electrical Contractors
Safety, Efficiency, Economy Illuminations Lighting Design is (and has been) the first choice of folks all over Texas, and that’s because our clients know they can trust us to do the job properly. We...
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Seen in the Right Light
Ars Gratia Artis We genuinely understand why the film company MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) chose the above Latinized expression to represent their company. Except for the occasional amazingly talented...
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Architectural Features
Light can be Art, too! Many people, when they think of art, immediately think of the painting Grand Masters, such as Rembrandt, Vincent, Michelangelo, and Leonardo, and galleries graced with their...
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A Study in Contrasts
Fine Galleries do it…so should You! If there is one consistent thing about art galleries, they know how to illuminate fine art. Our founders, Jim Stephens and Tom Kretzschmar, began their lighting...
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Practical Tests mean Success
We know we’ll succeed before we begin! You would never jump off of a 20-foot high cliff into water of unknown depth, would you? It is never a good idea to leap into a project with both feet either—not...
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Versatile
Are you ready to make tracks? Balanced, well-considered lighting is essential for art. Absolutely nothing compares to using silhouette spots, complete with non-destructive lamping, to bring out the...
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Enlightened
Knowing your fixtures & tools “Knowing what you are doing” may seem like a basic requirement for proper lighting installation, so how do the variegated and assorted installers manage to install...
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Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder
But first they must be able to see it! If your selected art-lighting team doesn’t own and use a light meter, they are unqualified! If they don’t bring test equipment and rigs to put temporary lighting...
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Seen in the Right Light
The Spectrum Your Art Needs Salvador Dali’s paintings would not be best viewed by candlelight. A Cézanne would be ill-served by the harsh actinic radiation from a halogen bulb. Edvard Munch’s “The...
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Landscape Lighting
Design and Installation Wasting power… light… money… It seems crazy, but it happens all the time! Outdoor lighting is seriously overlooked for something so aesthetically important. Did you invest in...
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Residential Electric
Repairs and Maintenance Illuminations Lighting Design is chockfull of electrical engineers, extraordinary award-winning designers, and top-rated electricians. You won’t find a more diverse, skilled,...
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