Creative Nightscapes of North Richland, Texas, illuminated this residence in Southlake Texas, with 356 lights on the home and property, and 129 lights in the water features. All fixtures are from Kichler's Design Pro Integrated LED line and all the lamps are 3,000 Kelvin. There are a variety of up, down, wash, path, deck, arbor, hardscape and waterproof fixtures with various degree spreads. 2 in 1 accent lights were mounted on top of the rain gutters to highlight the dormers and chimneys around the front and back of the home, which helps to make the residence stand out. In order to hide some of the wire, stonemasons were called in to remove stone from the fa?????ade and replace the stone once the wires were installed.

 

4.5 LED accent fixtures were mounted under the eaves to highlight the walls and illuminate the walkway areas.

When diagramming a ground plan for a business, one of the points to consider is how broad or narrow the focus will be. When Patrick Cheatham and a partner mapped out Creative Nightscapes, they decided the company's focus would be aimed directly at outdoor lighting in each of its phases - design, installation and service.

"There are so many areas of opportunity in the landscaping industry but we chose to stay away from the peripheral and stick with one thing and one thing only," states Cheatham.

Having fixed on that, they eventually became an official Kichler lighting professional. In 2012, the manufacturing company chose Creative Nightscapes as the LightPro Contractor of the Year for the entire U.S. More recently, they were named the 2013 Western Region contractor of the year.

"We basically created a system here and every business needs a system to run on," says Cheatham who admits that after years of having a hand in all parts of the business, he is letting each of his team do what they do best while he concentrates on driving the business forward.

Based in North Richland, Texas, Creative Nightscapes offers their services in the greater Dallas and Fort Worth area including Arlington, Grapevine, Highland Park, Plano, Frisco and McKinney. The company has been in business for 10 years and counts over 2,000 locations where they have designed and installed landscape lighting.

One of those locations is in Southlake, Texas, where a spacious residence was in need of a new lighting installation for the house, the grounds and the immense water features.

To install lights in the existing water features, Creative Nightscape had to bore into the concrete to run the wires, which were also tucked under the overhangs of the cascades where possible. It took trial and error to make sure each of the 129 water accent lights and every connection was watertight.

For the wall lights, the crew dug down along the back of the wall with trenching shovels. Mortar drill bits were then used to create below-grade access into the wall to run the wire. The wall light here is a Half Moon model. 4.5 LED lights with special mounting brackets were used on all the arbors. The wiring for those lights was installed on top of the arbors. Llena path lights help illuminate these walkways.

Not surprisingly, the homeowner loved it. The residence is located on a busy street in a prominent neighborhood and the very visible and striking results have led to more work for Creative Nightscapes from other clients.

As Cheatham declares, "The system works."

For Creative Nightscapes, that system includes choosing the products for all the customers and relying on the same manufacturer.

"Every now and then I use a variety of products (from other manufacturers) but it's rare," Cheatham states.

He also admits that being in the right market is key to an effective business plan. "We're very fortunate that we live in an area like this where there's a lot of growth and a lot of really beautiful homes to light," says Cheatham.

Creative Nightscape's fortunes rest on their continued attention to specializing in eye-catching designs and installations.