Custom Accent Lighting on Old Hunting Lodge in Greensboro National Golf Course neighborhood, Summerfield, NC 27358

Since phase I only included accent lighting on the home, so we needed to make a statement with it. The focus was simple, light the home simply without over-lighting or under-lighting. Like many  things there is a right and a wrong way of doing things. Lighting is no different. Although many of the homes you pass in the Greensboro National neighborhood already have landscape lighting, the attention and focus of the landscape lighting isn’t always accurate or well designed for maximum impact. Improper lighting and placement of fixtures can bring attention to an area where lower level lighting is required or bring your eye to an area that takes away from the overall lighting design. Our landscape lighting design focus was to capture the full architectural elements of the front of this home, helping it to standout at night, but also providing a sense of balance.

Highlighting the eaves and soffits properly was important on this home to capture the detail of the home. A new sense of security was added to this beautiful home by simply illuminating the area with accent lighting, and allowing the home to actually help reflect lighting into the natural area and walkway. This technique helps to keep the lighting design looking natural and not feeling overdone with a sea of path lights along a walkway.

Feeling secure after hours without the need to blast floodlights all the time was important to this couple. Southern Lights was able to provide both the security the owner’s needed to feel on their property, and the serenity desired for a subtle accent lighting on the front of this home’s facade.

When talking with our clients, Southern Lights always tries to listen for what’s most important from our client’s perspective. In this case and in our company motto of (Safety. Security. SERENITY), All three of these focuses played an equal role in these lighting designs:

• Safety lighting was needed to address the elevation changes throughout the property and along the long winding driveway.
• Security lighting was needed to help illuminate a very dark back and side yard and keep intruders out.
• SERENITY lighting is always needed to give the space and property a clean and natural design during evening hours. Tying the function with the beauty is always our goal.