A digital control system coupled with adjustable color makes it easy to set the mood. For a Palm Springs inspired mid-century modern design, this brings a lot of glamour to the evening! Any ambience you can image, you can probably create…
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A new evening structure for warm summer nights
Most people think of shade structures, but what if you don’t use your patio at noon, especially in a place with hot summers? Maybe you like to see the evening sky, too. The solution? An evening structure, designed to screen late afternoon light but let the glory of the night sky shine through. When weContinue reading “A new evening structure for warm summer nights”
Monterey Park garden growing up
Progress photos of a Los Angeles area subtropical garden designed to save water and be interesting year round.
Transforming outdoor spaces with lighting
One of the best things about landscapes is that with a bit of lighting, you can have two for the price of a bit more than one. All it takes is lighting. This applies to interiors, too – but that’s another subject. The niches shown below are darker than the wall during the day. It’sContinue reading “Transforming outdoor spaces with lighting”
Let there be light
This system uses Light-Emitting Diodes instead of the more traditional halogen incandescent – or halogen – lights. Incandescent lighting will soon be obsolete, due to higher energy use coupled with a short life span for the bulbs, especially in outdoor conditions. Having to replace landscape lighting every month as the bulbs fail is aContinue reading “Let there be light”