Looking for a great looking outdoor holiday lighting package this year? Residential Landscape Lighting & Design has created a terrific selection of outdoor lighted seasonal lighting packages that will certainly brighten up any home or office. We have created these handsome exterior lighting packages to make designing a theme and ordering complimentary products a snap!

Bringing warmth, fun and holiday spirit to your yard this Christmas season has never been easier, or cheaper! Your kids will be thrilled, and your neighbors will be inspired when they see your yard quickly decorated with delightful and colorful Disney light sculptures from RLLD.

Whether you are looking for a Mickey Mouse, Winnie The Pooh, Rudolph, Santa Claus or other popular children's favorites, RLLD has a holiday lighting package for you:

Disney's Mickey in the Snow!

Disney's Pooh and Friends!

Rudolph & Santa is Coming!

Snoopy Pre-Lit Lighting Package

Disney's Mickey Mouse & Friends

To compliment your outdoor lighting decorations, we also have a complete selection of discount outdoor Christmas lighting decorations. Check out our holiday Christmas lights, artificial pre-lit Christmas trees and other holiday decorations.

Call today 800-239-2939 or contact us online and let us brighten up your holidays! Holiday Greetings from everyone at Residential Landscape Lighting Design!

This feature-rich fine art lighting projector represents the highest level of lighting technology engineering that a fine art projector can boast. The Phantom fine art lighting projector is an ideal replacement for eyeball fixtures or picture frame lights. Because it hides unnoticed near the ceiling, the viewer sees only the artwork, not the overhead fixture. The Phantom fine art projector combines precise optics and sophisticated masking techniques to keep the light beam itself invisible and allow the collector to shape the luminous field to the exact dimensions of a painting or the specific contours of a sculpture.

Are Phantom Fine Art Lighting Projectors Expensive to Operate and Maintain?
No they are not. These low voltage framing projectors are high performance instruments and designed specifically for the illumination of art or sculptures and represent one of the most dramatic ways to showcase your collection on the market today. Their proprietary method of lighting—found only in Phantom series—has been dubbed in the art world as “the lighted from within” effect, and it is truly magical in its effects.

Are they easy to install?
Yes, but you might want to have a professional installer do this for you because there is wiring involved and work around the ceiling necessary. These fine art lighting projectors will not visibly damage or alter your ceiling, however. We currently have six different lines of fine art lighting projectors available, each featuring unique mounting options that make installation seamless and eliminate damage to ceilings. Some install into ceilings at time of construction; others are made for retrofitting to existing ceilings using a proprietary remodel housing ring for flush and semi flush mounting from below. We also have one series line that features a purely surface mount for ceilings with no corresponding attic or second floor.

What can Phantom Fine Art Projectors be used for?
They are perfect for replacing that existing eyeball fixture or other accent lights currently illuminating your art. A combination of precision optics and a variety of masking techniques allows the installer to shape the light to follow the exact contour of the object. The shutter is very easy to adjust, making light level and beam control easy even for the beginning art collector or fine art lighting consultant. For three dimensional artwork or irregular pieces, we recommend you use RLLD metal containment kits to fit light to contour.

Who Can Benefit Most From Phantom Fine Art Lighting Projectors?
Virtually anyone who collects and showcases art of any kind will never look back to previous generations of art lighting technology. Art openings can achieve a level of sophistication heretofore not seen with the lighted from within luminosity these fixtures will create around the works of vibrant, emerging artists from tomorrow’s generation of geniuses. User-friendly controls will make them easy for both curators and eclectic home collectors to make any necessary adjustments. Both the resale value and the value to posterity can be preserved with fine art projector lighting projectors available now through RLLD and drop shipped directly from the Phantom Lighting Factory to professional curators and private aficionados alike.

Click here to read more detailed projector product specifications on each model we carry. Feel free to call toll free at 800-239-2939 if you prefer to speak directly to a art lighting consultant!

What exactly do cable lights do?

Cable light fixtures hang suspended from parallel cables over a room, near or just under the ceiling. When installed properly, the cables cannot easily be seen. This makes the lights appear to defy the law of gravity. Cable lights work exceptionally well in rooms with very high ceilings, such as those found in the leasing offices for upscale urban lofts, and also large showrooms where special events are held. In fact, the higher the lights are positioned, the better the effects will be.

Is it difficult to design one of these systems?

Nothing is difficult if you break it down into simple components. Cable lighting systems are easy to design once you understand which components you will need to create the desired light levels and colors. RLLD’s selection is conveniently categorized into component groupings that make it possible to custom build an entire cable lighting system as if out of thin air.

Cable Heads and Pendants
These are the actual lights in a cable system, available in all primary colors and in white. Click here to read more…

Cable Connectors, Supports, and Mounting Hardware
These vital components form the support and suspension system for a cable lighting systems.
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Cable System Power Feeds
Different systems require different ways of delivering power to the bulbs. Choose from several options here.
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Accessories Cable Lighting
RLLD accessories give contractors and individual homeowners the ability to customize every to a highly personalized expression of individual taste and lifestyle.
Read more here about how this can be done…

I own a small lighting design company and have recently had a client request that I bid on a cable lighting system. Do you have any cable lighting kits?

It has been our experience that customization always wins out over generics. The key to developing a truly impeccable cable lighting system is to install that system with the right supports and connectors and accessories. The selection of sophisticated mounts, connectors, and supports found in our inventory, allow professionals to install cable lighting systems that are both custom-fitted to the exact dimensions of the room and ceiling and aesthetically complimentary to interior design.

We will be happy to help you design a custom system for your client. Call us at 1-800-239-2939 and ask to speak to a specialist who will help you choose the right components and accessories.

Do you help architects plan buildings with lighting systems already written into the blueprints?
Yes, and this is actually something we greatly enjoy doing. We have many years of experience working with architects and architectural lighting designers.

You are wise to include lighting design as part of your proposal. Thinking one step ahead of your competitors like this supports the synthesis of functionality and aesthetics that fine architecture has been renowned for over the millennium.

We are hosting an event showcasing new automobiles and accessories? Do you recommend cable lights?
Absolutely. Showrooms more interest from visitors, and many compliments on highlighted design when they install a cable lighting system high above the room to down light products and displays. Anyone from car dealerships to museums can benefit from this form of lighting, and RLLD again is always willing to help choose the best components for the task at hand.

Click here to see more cable lights themselves and browse through our list of residential lighting fixtures and component accessories here.

What benefits do low voltage outdoor lighting offer?
Virtually any business or individual can benefit significantly from either a completely low voltage or hybridized low voltage outdoor lighting system. Low voltage systems provide excellent decorative light and can be use to highlight gardens, fountains, terraces, walkways, and front and back yards. The opportunity for special effects and layered lighting techniques increases dramatically if one installs a low voltage outdoor lighting system or a transformer that adds a low voltage segment to an existing landscape design.

Will low voltage lighting save money?
Investing in a low voltage lighting system can also create immediate energy savings on every subsequent power bill. Also, in some parts of the country, businesses in remote, environmentally sensitive areas are sometimes governed by strict environmental laws regarding pollution and hazards to wildlife. Installing a low voltage lighting system that will not harm animals can conceivably prevent penalties and liabilities, and even help a company’s public relations. Some commercial insurance providers may also be willing to adjust rates favorably for clients on the basis that outdoor lighting transformers and low voltage outdoor lights represents a very significant and reliable reduction of fire hazard. RLLD does not guarantee this, of course, but we do recommend at least looking into the possibility.

What role do outdoor lighting transformers play in low voltage systems?
Outdoor lighting transformers allow for the creation and installation of low voltage lighting systems. They efficiently and safely convert line voltage (120V current) to low voltage (12V current. By reducing power consumption in this manner, outdoor lighting transformers eliminate the risk of electrical shock to children and pets, and they reduce electrical usage and subsequently help generate reduced power costs. Outdoor lighting transformers are a favored accessory applauded by residential and commercial clients alike because they allow lighting systems to stay on all night and automatically shut lighting systems off when the sun rises. When looking through our impressive selection today, pay careful attention to a number of key features that distinguish Residential Landscape Lighting’s outdoor transformers as superior, commercial grade units capable of powering any lighting system designed for commercial or residential outdoor lighting.

What transformer types does RLLD carry?
Our selection of outdoor lighting transformers consists primarily of magnetic lighting transformers or power supplies. Magnetic units are used in lighting systems where the actual size of the transformer does not have to exactly correlate to the wattage of the fixtures being used. Because many RLLD clients are landscaping and lighting design companies themselves who are seeking equipment with which to serve their clientele, we categorize our inventory by wattage capacity to make purchasing a quick and simple process. Residential homeowners with a creative flair who are looking to light their own home landscapes can determine the required wattage in their order by following the same simple rule of thumb that commercial clients of RLLD follow in choosing transformers for outdoor lighting. A transformer’s wattage should total the sum of the wattage of all attached fixtures and accessories. We have several outdoor lighting transformers designed for both new systems and retrofitted upgrades to existing systems. Many of these outdoor transformers control lighting systems with photometric timers. These timers sense when dawn begins to break and power off the landscape lights as a result. To protect vital components from elemental forces, outdoor lighting transformers are also made from very durable materials such as heavy extruded aluminum housing, and rain-tight enclosures to ensure a long life and to operate safely at high temperatures.

Read more here about outdoor lighting transformers and visit our vast online inventory for extensive, detailed product specifications.

We seldom ever see a municipality or business entity with no trees whatsoever on property. We have yet to run across a homeowner with no trees in the yard, although we suspect that a few exist somewhere out there. Because of this fact, almost every landscape lighting kit we provide contains a down lighting as well as up lighting components. These are directional terms only do not refer to anything mysterious or technically complicated about landscape lighting kits themselves. Mercury Vapor Down Lighting means exactly what it says—shining light downward toward the ground, and up lighting means to shine the light upward. To effectively show all parts of a tree in the dead of night, one must combine these two lighting techniques so as to “wash” the tree in light. This allows viewers to clearly see the differentiation between leaves, branches, and the trunk regardless of viewing angle. Both sets of lights also have to be positioned in such a way as to illuminate the entirety of the tree’s canopy and not just the middle, vertical core.

Isn’t landscape lighting only something a professional can do?
Not necessarily. Landscape lighting kits enable private individuals to be their own lighting designers, particularly when it comes to lighting their favorite trees in both front and back yards. Provided that you are physically fit enough to climb a tree, and use environmentally safe tools that will not damage the tree, lighting and low voltage landscaping kits can transform your dark tree line along a fence or wall into an illuminated edifice of organic browns and living green. In the fall, the changing colors of leaves adds even more effect through Nature’s own hand, and even in the death of winter a well-lighted tree still speaks to the potential for new life in the Spring to come.

How do you know which landscape lighting kit to choose?
With a bit of simple math, you can quickly and easily determine tree canopy size by multiplying the width and height of the tree in feet. By then assessing the density of foliage and using your own best judgment to determine exactly how much emulated moonlight you personally prefer for a particular tree, you can easily find the high voltage landscape lighting kit just right for your favorite tree. RLLD has also included a corresponding chart to help you select the precise wattage level required for a tree of particular size and the necessary luminance to achieve optimal visibility according to one’s own outdoor decorative style and taste.

RLLD lighting specialists will help any serious inquirer at no cost.
For detailed product specifications, click on any of the landscaping lighting kits inventoried in this section of our website. Use our Ask an Expert web forum to get more information on the benefits and proper use of mercury vapor and metal halide lights. Contact us now, or give us a call at 800-239-2939, and let the light shine on the world’s most necessary and beloved form of vegetation in your personal landscape tonight.

How do I know which outdoor flush mounts to buy for my home, and which ones to place where?

The best place to begin is by taking some measurements first. The actual height and width of the ceiling and sidewall form the first set of guidelines for selecting the type of outdoor flush mounts you will use. A good rule of thumb to follow is: the lower the ceiling and the busier the traffic, the harder the fixture glass needs to be to prevent accidental breakage.

The circumference of the area to be lit is the next consideration to take into account. Areas where you will be entertaining guests need a broad, evenly distributed circle of light that both contains the activity and safely illuminates the area.

Surprisingly, clear glass often provides the highest level of sophisticated decoration and conjunctive luminosity in such instances. This is because clear glass can be blown with either beveled surfaces or multiple, refractive facets that scatter light like a prism. A flush mount light with a refractive clear glass fixture housing not only disperses the light over a wide area, but also hides the incandescent filament within, making the fixture itself appear as the source of light.

Do you have low voltage flush mount lighting fixtures?

All RLLD flush mount lights are 120V, so energy efficiency comes by selecting fluorescent bulbs as a functionally oriented lighting source alternative to incandescent bulbs. Garages, workshops, and other task-oriented areas can be just as well-lit by a fluorescent overhead as they can by an incandescent, and due to the fact they are left on longer, lower monthly electric bills add up over a period of many months to recreate a noticeable return on investment.

What specific types flush mount lights do you carry? Do you have any that are purely function or purely decorative?

The beauty of flush mounted outdoor lighting it that it combines to some degree the functional and the decorative in any piece you choose. Some models, of course, tend more toward the aesthetic while others are obviously designed more for lighting work areas like garages and sheds. Consequently, Residential Landscape Lighting and Design carries a wide range of flush mount types for outdoor lighting that address the broad spectrum of needs in a very highly diverse marketplace.

Some homes already have such powerful flood and landscape lights that they only require a decorative touch added to porch and patio ceilings. For these dwellings, we offer ornately designed outdoor flush mounts that feature soft white light and either globe or circular fixture design.

Lighting design consultants working in larger or custom-style homes can also recommend to their clients one of our many hand blown hanging lantern or brass finished flush mount lighting fixtures. These feature powerful incandescents whose photo metrics are refracted by the pattern of the hand blown glass in such a way as to create a bright luminous field of light around family and friends and compliment the home exterior with a traditional, early American-style or contemporary decorative flush mount fixture.

For outdoor walkways with overheard ceilings, RLLD provides its clients with a number of ceramic fixture designs that superbly compliment any row of wall sconces along the wall beneath. They can also be used as a porch light in certain instances, although for lower porch ceilings we recommend high impact glass porch lights that are designed specifically to minimize the risk of accidental breakage.

Contact RLLD at 800-239-2939 to find dozens of highly individualized models for specific lighting needs, and click here to read more about outdoor flush mounts in our full-length article on this subject.

Yes.

In fact, almost all of our customers buy several topiary trees during the holiday season because we have everything they need to decorate both indoors and out. We have topiary trees that range in size from tabletop displays to trees taller than a person. Some topiaries are more ornamental, and are designed more for illumination. Residents in smaller homes and apartments can even use a topiary as the main tree, if they so prefer. Larger homes can use a standard tree as the central piece and use artificial topiaries that look organic for every other room in the home, both yards, the driveway, and even table decorations.

The possibilities of decorating with topiaries make decorating the Christmas tree seem two-dimensional in comparison!

A “Topiary” is literally a “sculpted tree,” and the term can either refer to an organic plant or artificial work of art. Although our trees are artificial, they bring a sense of life through art that transcends the temporal and the organic. Our larger lighted topiary trees contain so many lamps that they look as though they were made from light itself. Some even look like Santa’s elves, and make a front yard dance with music and form.

The following are a few suggestions on decorating key parts of your home with artificial topiaries.

The Front Door
Use two of our 7’ topiary trees positioned on either side of the doorway. Each one contains 400 lights each. Add decorative accent to your topiary artificial trees by “planting” them in flowerpots or baskets. The combined illumination will be enough to light your entire front door.

The Foyer
This is the first room people see when they come to visit. Put a small table in the center, just against the wall, and on top of the table place a 30” multi ball topiary. Featuring 35 lamps shaped like Christmas balls, it looks like a miniature Topiary Christmas tree that lights the way to the larger tree in the main dining, living, or family area.

The Bedroom
For a touch of romance, consider purchasing a tree with heart-shaped branches that foreshadow the approach of Valentine’s Day, not with darkness, but with light.

Tables
For any table area, try a small 25” harvest topiary tree. Featuring pumpkin, squash, and berries, it comes with 35 lighting lamps and adds an excellent visual compliment to the aesthetic elements of a full course Christmas dinner. It also reminds people to be thankful even though Thanksgiving has officially passed, and it brings variety to holiday decorum by moving past the generic with combined holiday themes.

The Front Yard
Decorate your yard with artificial topiary trees that look like elves made of light. They look so lifelike that they catch the eye twice. The first time you look, you see an elf. Then you look again and see a tree that appears to be playing musical instruments. It’s a wonderful display to get the attention of the whole neighborhood. Each elf contains 400 lights and either plays the drums, blows a horn, or twirls a baton. Buy all three and put them around Santa and his reindeer, and your home will be the one house everyone stops to look at.

Read more here about more decorative ideas and selections we have to offer…

Businesses in particular need as many aesthetic options as possible to match decorum to seasonal sales and marketing themes they may be running for the season.
Because the holidays bring such heavy traffic to malls and department stores, it is never wise to choose from a limited selection just to cut costs on lighting sculptures and decorations for Christmas. People are drawn to light, and light sculptures represent iconography and symbols that people associate with Christmas and Hanukah on a deep, subconscious level. As such, hiring a designer who works in partnership with RLLD, or consulting with an RLLD expert free of charge to develop a lighting theme on one’s own, provides a retail storeowner or manager with the widest set of positive variables that maximize advertising, merchandising, and sales at this crucial time of year end closeout.

RLLD’s Christmas lighted sculptures and Hanukah decorations range from small, medium, and large models in size, allowing a business to decorate everything from the countertop to the main windows and floor space with images that compliment shopping with holiday spirit.
Commercial holiday lighting designers can recommend entire themes and sub themes to their retail clients, pointing out that energy efficiency and longevity of equipment makes the initial front end purchase an investment that will convey in years to come a return on investment. This unites decorum with practicality, and increases profits on both sides of the proposal. Likewise, freelance interior designers can cost effectively dazzle their residential clients with creativity that appears magical, free flowing, and conceived with true heart.

Commercial grade Christmas lighted sculptures available through Residential Landscape Lighting and Design offer a better level of durability and longevity than retail-grade equivalents.
Many of our lighted sculptures feature low voltage engineering designed especially for minimizing heat radiation and cutting power costs. For those who decorate with a religious motif in mind, we have Christmas decorations and Hanukah symbols that represent both the triumph of Israel and the birth of Jesus Christ. Familiar Christian and Jewish symbols can be found in RLLD’s online inventory like the Star of Bethlehem and the Star of David. We have all sizes of holiday light sculptures available in our inventory as well.

More neutral, secular displays can be created with any number of lighted sculptures representing Santa, Rudolph, or scores of Disney characters in holiday scenes.
A number of familiar decorative adjuncts can seamlessly compliment lights and party decorations, such as snowflake designs, or everyone’s famous comical Christmas villain: the Grinch. Larger Christmas lighting sculptures of Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer will look nice in any retail parking lot or front yard.

Click here to see our entire selection and read more about Christmas lighted sculptures here.

Restaurants
Restaurants no longer have to cut corners on decorative costs to save money on holiday overhead. In spite of the fact that restaurants stay open for longer hours between Christmas and New Years, and consequently pay higher light and heating bills, they don’t have to cut out holiday lighting to save on expenses. LED Christmas string lights eliminate the need to make these kinds of sacrifices. With the right combination of Christmas LED lights and string light commercial power taps, restaurant owners can decorate patios, shrubbery, trees, entrances, fountains, and foyers with strategic, innovative lighting design. RLLD’s commercial grade LED string light power taps actually divide the current of a primary circuit, allowing multiple strings fitted with commercial grade LED bulbs to connect to a select number of outlets. Because LED’s operate at cool temperatures and consume only 10-20% the amount of power consumed by other lights, they will not overload circuits. With just a few power taps, extension sets, and any number of commercial grade bulbs, the entire facade of the restaurant stays lit all night with minimal power cost.

Stores
With the right adapters and extension sets, an entire storefront can be both horizontally and vertically “framed” in red, green, yellow, or even purple lights. LED Christmas lighting strings also make excellent window enhancements. Many large department stores lace the upper areas of their window displays with commercial grade 4 and 6 inch led Christmas lights on strings. For display windows with curtains, LED Christmas string lights by nature operate at cool temperatures and offer a accent lighting that will not heat the material and adds color and illumination to design throughout the night. Clothing stores and accessories shops frequently add this touch to attract attention from passing window shoppers. For store interiors, the possibilities are as wide ranging as the number of departments and types of merchandise. Some retail managers even decorate walls interior entrances with LED Christmas string lights to attract customers to key areas of the stores. Others in multi-storied department stores may use them on stairways or escalators. Because LED light bulbs are so difficult to break, they offer a durable source of lighting in heavy foot traffic and places where children occasionally play.

Party Hosts
When people host parties, they often host them at home and want to congregate the guests in certain areas and keep other parts of the home private. Believe it or not, LED Christmas string lights can actually help accomplish this in a very subtle, unassuming way. The right set of string lights helps to designate a separate space for the party decorative cues that point the crowd in a certain direction and say, “this is where the party is really happening.” One of our more popular lines for Christmas party lighting is the LED G-12 Christmas light string, featuring four-inch bulbs available in four bright, differentiated colors. It looks like a holiday light but is obviously not a typical Christmas tree light or standard decorative piece. It works exceptionally well to differentiate key areas of the party as separate from more private areas of a home or office. One can even buy four different sets in four different colors, each one for a separate area like a patio, a large front porch, a dining room, and the kitchen/bar area.

Click here now to read more and browse through our online catalogue to view all that we have to offer now. Be sure to call 800-239-2939 today as well place your order just in time for Christmas.

Residential Landscape Lighting and Design offers two specific types of mounting adapters for commercial lighting poles: round mounting arms and square mounting arms.

Round mounting arm adapters for commercial light poles support any number of halide security floodlights and will also dual function as mounts for security cameras on shorter poles when fitted to the pole with slip adapters. This allows the camera to be vertically positioned at the exact height desired.

RLLD offers an impressive selection of round mounting arms that feature heavy-duty polyester powder coated steel tubing. They are highly resistant to the corroding influences of bad weather. Double reinforced weld joints hold them securely to any steel or wooden lighting pole and offer 90 degree, 120 degree, and 180-degree angles. Adjacent commercial light poles with mounting adapters can then be equipped with heavy duty bullhorns and floodlights, such as RLLD Floodinator, Megaflood, Floodzilla, and Flex flood models.

Square adapter mounting arms work extremely well with TV, TH, and RV series brackets and work well will RLLD’s RTB series tenons. Slip fitters can also be fitted to these adapters to allow for precise vertical positioning.

For larger parking lot lighting and commercial light pole mounting adapters, RLLD inventories a selection of square mounting arms that feature 4” bases and tenons engineered for heavy-duty support of metal halide and parking lot lights.

Very often, corporations and municipalities can save a great deal of money by investing in adapters and fixtures and simply fitting them to existing lighting poles. This is much more cost effective than replacing an entire parking lot lighting system when one may only need to replace fixtures, or add additional fixtures at different angles on tenons that create a more evenly distributed pattern of lighting.

Choosing from all these many options may seem a daunting task to procurement managers and even contractors at times. That is why RLLD provides free consultation services to help clients select the best commercial lighting adapters, mounts, and poles either through our “Ask an Expert” online forum or through a phone consultation during business hours.

It is vitally important to explore all of ones options before investing in any type of major parking lot lighting upgrade, new parking lot light installation, or commercial security lighting and security camera equipment.

With the help of an RLLD expert, it becomes a simple matter of finding all the equipment you require in one simple, user friendly online supply-house vendor with world class commercial grade manufacture, convenient drop shipping straight to install location, and all the help you need to make the best decisions and receive maximum return on safety, security, and investment.

A great way to begin dialogue with our team of experts is to click here to first study some of the many models we carry, then use our Ask and Expert forum to field specific inquiries on which adapter mounts will work best for your particular commercial lighting requirements. Or call us at 800-239-2939.