Lighting Control

Good lighting is an essential element of interior design that is often overlooked. While many people see value in an interior designer, few consider hiring a lighting designer. When it comes to lighting a space, the placement, lamp, trim, beam spread and type of lighting fixture can all dramatically impact the look and feel of […]

Nothing beats a well-lit room. People spend tons of time getting their lighting just right. Many of our customers have lighting designers to make sure their layered lighting looks perfect every time. There’s picking the correct fixtures, the aiming angle, their mounting position, the light dispersion pattern, and picking the ideal color temperature. Even control

1) Having Your Layered Lighting Perfect Every Time We love layered lighting, but we think it becomes a hassle when each layer has an individual dimmer. The kitchen alone can have five layers: island lighting, under cabinet lighting, task lighting, sconces, and downlight. Without lighting control, each of these lights has its own dimmer. When

There are a lot of players competing in the lighting control space. There are long time players such as Vantage Lighting and Lutron, while home automation companies such as Creston and Control4 have recently entered the space.  We regularly evaluate the lighting control systems available. Currently, we feel Lutron offers the best overall package thanks to

Quality lighting can bring liven a dull space, but Ketra lights can redefine a space with the push of a button. Ketra has the coolest lights on the market, coming with four LEDs in each bulb. One LED is the traditional white color, while the other three are red, green and blue. This allows you to make

One of the many features of Ketra lighting is its ability to mimic the natural color temperature of the current daylight in any location. You may be familiar with screen devices like iPad and iPhone adjusting the warm/cool color of the LED backlight in order to ease eye strain for users. This is a similar