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Permanent Lighting for a Patio Cover and Pool Home in Orangevale
A real Orangevale project: permanent lighting on a stucco home and a long backyard patio cover beside the pool, with sealed power equipment and a color test before the crew left.
Permanent Lighting on a Large Brick and Stucco Home in Sacramento
A real Sacramento project: permanent lighting on a formal two-story home with a columned entry, a flat tile roof and a covered patio, installed by a four-person crew.
Christmas Lights on a Tile Roof Home in North Natomas: A Two-Story Install
A real North Natomas project: a two-story stucco home with a tile roof and stone veneer, lit with a layered seasonal package by a two-person crew.
Lighting a Craftsman Home in East Sacramento: Gables, Hidden Wiring, and a Boom Lift
The part of a permanent system that decides how it looks is everything you don't see. Here's how an East Sacramento craftsman home was planned, wired and lit.
Permanent Lighting on a Folsom Tudor: Matching Track to Dark Half Timbering
Dark half timbering and a roofline full of gables make a Tudor beautiful and tricky to light. Here's how a Folsom permanent install made the track disappear.
A Roofline With More Turns Than Most: Lighting Robin's Home in Loomis
Some properties are straightforward from the driveway. Others take a full walkthrough before you can plan where the first light goes. This was the second kind.
Lighting a Complex Rocklin Roofline: Tile, Solar Panels, and Three Roof Pitches
Three roof sections, one active solar array, and a roofline that needed a real plan before a single light went up. Here's how the Cassia Way job actually came together.
Commercial Bistro & Patio Lighting for Sacramento Outdoor Living
Bistro lighting used to come down after one party. Now it's a permanent backyard upgrade, if the hardware's actually built for it.
White to Game Day: Permanent Lighting in Blackstone, Whitney Ranch & Treelake Village
Three foothill communities, one shared question: what do you actually do with a permanent system after the holidays end?