Lighting that keeps the yard open past sunset.

Designed, not just installed

Good lighting is placement and restraint - a few well-aimed fixtures beat a runway of path lights. We design around how you use the yard at night: light the steps and grade changes for safety, uplight the trees and structures that give the yard depth, and keep the glare out of your eyes and your neighbor's windows.

Everything we install is professional-grade low voltage - buried wire runs, brass and aluminum fixtures that survive Illinois winters and mower season, and transformers with astronomical timers so it runs itself year round.

Built into the project or added after

The best time to wire lighting is during a patio, wall, or deck build, when conduit and wire go in before the surface does. But most of our lighting work is retrofit - adding lighting to an existing landscape - and low-voltage systems make that clean, with shallow buried runs and no electrician required for most installs.

Step lights in stone, downlights from pergolas, wash lighting on the house facade, and moonlighting from mature trees are all on the menu.

Why it matters beyond looks

Lit steps and paths are a safety issue every month of the year, and dark-sky-conscious fixtures keep the light where it belongs. Lighting also extends your outdoor season - spring and fall evenings get several usable hours back.

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