Turn on the magic With String Lighting!

Magical. Dreamy. Romantic. Take a look at these suspended strings of magical lights and those are just a few of the words you use to describe the feel they provide. They are just as magical for residential installations as they are for commercial applications. Take a look at our recent blog about the magical party feel on East 4th Street and the east bank of the flats here in Cleveland.

What do you call these lights? Relatively new as an outdoor lighting technique, it seems the “common” name is up for grabs. You might have heard “party lighting”, “festoon lighting” or even “fiesta lighting”. It seems that “string lighting” may end up the common term as it harkens back to the string lights we wrap around our holiday trees. You’ve probably seen all sorts of indoor applications where teens will snag on to a set of the Christmas lights and drape them across their ceiling line. You’ve likely seen a few fun and whimsical uses of lights strung through trellises, across the slats of pergolas, or draping from an open porch ceiling.
There are, however, a couple fatal flaws of the home-grown use of string lighting.

Your string lighting, especially for outdoor applications, needs to be installed correctly and needs to be correctly attached to the power source in order to safely and effectively work in outdoor applications. In addition, outdoor string lighting needs to be of high quality and properly installed to work as desired and to stay installed. The last thing you want to do is worry whenever there’s a story or strong breeze that your string lights could easily become “uninstalled” or worry about any fire hazards. Those are the practical considerations. From an aesthetic and home improvement investment perspective, it’s important that you choose high quality lights that don’t inflate your power bill. That’s why you should choose Outdoor Lighting Perspectives for your outdoor string lighting. Take a look at the span in the image below. With Outdoor Lighting Perspectives, even spanning a gigantic patio like this is no problem.

If you’re thinking about adding outdoor lighting to your Cleveland-area home, give us a call for a free consultation. We do everything from string lighting to landscape lighting, deck lighting, architectural facade lighting, pool lighting, path lighting and so much more.
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The pole light located in our front yard near the driveway is gas but hasn't worked for a couple of years. The mantles no longer work and the gas cannot be turned off at the pole because the screw has become frozen or rusted.- Barbara G.
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Hi Tim, your guys did a great job updating our outdoor lighting this summer. We are now interested in your holiday lighting service.- John and Linda S.
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We just wanted to thank you. Steve was able to check the lights after midnight....sorry, we didn't get a chance to do it earlier. Everything looks great!- Monica S.
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