When new homebuilders contacted AJ Coleman, outdoor lighting designer, they were looking to forgo the traditional coach lights for their home. Knowing they wanted quality fixtures to light the columns of their garage for safety and security at night. The best solution was to install water resistant...
What You Need to Know About Outdoor Lighting
You're considering outdoor lighting for your home, when the company already working on your place mentions they do lighting, too. You think, great we'll have them do it. Or maybe you even try the do-it-yourself route. How difficult could it be, right?
Outdoor Lighting Ideas for Your Home
As a homeowner, you invest time and money into making your home look good during the day and often overlook it's evening opportunities. Low voltage landscape lighting can extend your home's curb appeal after hours.
Technology has changed a lot in the past twenty years. Did you know that the first outdoor fixtures were developed from mayonnaise jars, painted coffee and fruit juice cans, automobile lamps and 12-volt batteries?
At McKay Landscape Lighting, we've noticed more of our clients are creating outdoor living areas for entertaining and spending more time enjoying the outdoors after the sun goes down. Whether you're using your outdoor living space for entertaining, relaxation or both, landscape lighting is a key...
In our previous Ask McKay post we discussed tips for getting started with landscape lighting. For today's post, I talked to our installation technician, Keith, to help me answer this frequently asked question regarding our the outdoor lighting installation process:
Out and About: AIA Omaha Lunch & Learn
McKay Landscape Lighting was recently invited to present over the lunch hour for AIA Omaha, a local society of the American Institute of Architects. Our team worked to develop a lunch and learn presentation that focused on the general overview on the history of landscape lighting, different types...
Grilling season is upon us since I can already smell the barbecues firing up. This means that we will be outside more, especially in the evenings. It's a great time to have your landscape lighting system serviced before the spring rush hits. Regular outdoor lighting maintenance helps ensure you get...
Last week we talked about getting started with landscape lighting and how you can always add more layers of lighting as you need or want later on. This week we wanted to share a story of one of our clients who did just that.