By Mike Gambino So you’ve hired a specialist to help you achieve your landscape lighting goals. Now what? It’s vitally important that you, as the client, to do your part in fostering a positive working relationship with your contractor. Embarking on a new project can be overwhelming,...
By Mike Gambino It’s memorial day weekend the unofficial start of summer in much of the country and people will be spending more time out of doors. With today’s busy lifestyles, an increasing number of homeowners want to enjoy their outdoor living environments every minute of...
By Mike Gambino Articles like this often focus on how to find a great contractor or the dos and dont's of a certain project, but we've learned over the years that it's equally important for clients to enter a project with the right mindset. Why? Because projects...
by Mike Gambino, I attended Lightfair, the big lighting industry trade show this week in Las Vegas and had some thoughts after speaking to several of the major manufacturers and distributors who had exhibits there. These days some people in the outdoor lighting business (homeowners looking for...
By Mike Gambino I get asked this question often. Let me answer it this way: Does a home theater add value to your home? Does a pool add value to your home? Does a fish tank built into the wall of your home add value to...
By Mike Gambino A major myth, misconception and misunderstanding of outdoor lighting exists regarding the Over lighting of a garden space. Fixture counts, when left to the hands of a professional, rarely contribute to the problem of an over lighted garden. A spectacular landscape lighting system...
By Mike Gambino Depending on the type of construction and scale of the project the sequencing of different phases may vary slightly. I am writing about custom landscape lighting systems, because that is what we build. The steps of this system (a blueprint if you will) is...
By Mike Gambino In outdoor Garden settings such as residential backyards, the effects of light and shadow are more pronounced. Too much light and the yard can become antiseptic and sterile the lit like a ball park look. It can feel more like a generic public...
By Mike Gambino First, let me make the assumption that you will be hiring a competent landscape lighting contractor to design and build your project. Our goal here is not to create another DIY “How to build an outdoor lighting system on a Saturday with three...
By Mike Gambino I wrote and originally posted this blog article back in January of this year. In light of recent landscape lighting industry developments I think its appropriate to revisit it. Here is a link https://gambino.sycamoresol.com/2012/01/06/problems-with-owner-supplied-landscape-lighting-materials/ This landscape lighting blog is published by Mike Gambino of Gambino...
