You probably have a smartphone, a smart TV, and maybe even a smart security system in your home. But did you know your lights can be smart too? Some homeowners don’t realize they can enjoy comprehensive control of all the lights in their homes - not simply a bulb or two. 

A whole-home lighting control system is a smart technology that allows you to customize and control your lights in ways that are impossible with traditional lights. If you’re unsure if switching to a smart lighting solution is worth it, check out these three advantages that smart lights can bring to your Freeport, FL, home.

Is your Rosemary Beach home a black hole after dark? We understand if you want to enjoy beautiful starry Florida skies with a minimum of light pollution, but your home doesn't have to go completely dark at night. Without disturbing the starry sky, landscape lighting can add beauty, safety, and convenience to your property.

GHT Group is your local expert landscape lighting company, with an office right here in Santa Rosa Beach. While we have many lighting techniques that can set off your home at night, here are three of our favorites that any home can use for that extra bit of nighttime flair. Please keep reading below!

Do you know how they say you can have too much of a good thing? This adage applies to many things, even lighting. Most homes rely extensively on recessed lighting for primary illumination in many spaces. And recessed lighting – especially today's LED options – is highly versatile, fulfilling ambient, task, and accent lighting needs. But as a recessed lighting installation company, we know there are some cases where too much recessed lighting is not good for your Rosemary Beach, FL, home. 

What are the critical mistakes to avoid? Let's explore them below. 

If you’re searching for innovative ways to make life at home a little easier, lighting control is a popular solution. Lighting control and automation not only puts more time back in your day, but it offers money and energy savings, too. It can also increase property security and beautify your spaces.

At GHT Group, we work with the world’s leading brands in home lighting control, such as Lutron and Control4, which offer virtually endless capabilities for managing your lights for safety, design, energy efficiency, and convenience. In this blog, we’ll explore three (of many) ways you can maximize the benefits of a whole-home lighting control system throughout your property in Miramar Beach, FL. Read more below!

Lighting is an essential part of daily life—it's obvious that you need illumination for a functional home. Beyond the practical aspect, though, lighting also serves aesthetic purposes, as it can frame how you view your spaces. Yet, all too often, not enough attention is often paid to the lighting quality, even in high-end homes. 

What do we mean by the quality of lighting? Many homes get standard lighting fixtures that don't move the needle in terms of the quality of light or how it looks in your home. As a lighting design company, we can show you a world of lighting options well beyond the ordinary for your Alys Beach, FL, home. Let’s look at three ways we can bring a different level of light into your home.

Most homes have some form of recessed lighting. We say "most homes" because older homes in Georgia might have more traditional chandeliers or fixtures centered in the ceiling, along with sconces for decorative lighting. Most modern homes use recessed lighting to provide the base level of ambient light in a room. At its most basic, it might be the "4 cans and a fan" that interior and lighting designers like to joke about. With more sophisticated recessed lighting installations in newer Vinings-area homes, you’ll have a recessed lighting package that provides the right level of ambient illumination for a space. 

Did you know that recessed lighting is much more versatile than the ubiquitous overhead cans? With modern LED lighting, you can use them for task and accent lighting too, and they also have some neat tricks for integrating into your ceilings. Keep reading below to learn about three ways you can use recessed lighting in your Vinings home. 

Just about every modern home has some recessed lighting. The most common lighting package in homes is recessed lighting "cans" installed in practically every room. They are relatively inexpensive and can efficiently provide all the light intensity most spaces need. 

While the ubiquitous recessed can lighting is an economical and efficient way to provide needed illumination, it's not necessarily the best quality light, nor does it represent the pinnacle in good lighting design to make your Buckhead, GA residence look its best. But that doesn't mean recessed lighting can't be aesthetically pleasing and stylish. On the contrary, today's modular recessed LED lighting is ultra-versatile and can add new dimensions to your home. As a recessed lighting installation company, we know that the right lighting makes all the difference. Learn more below!

Some say it’s always summer in the Florida Panhandle, and it might be tough to argue with that. Nevertheless, there is a summer season. With it comes deliciously warm Gulf water at the beach, long days, and lots of sun and heat. Like millions of Americans, chances are you might do a little summer travel too, which could take you away from your Destin home. 

What does summer have to do with lighting? If you have a whole-home lighting control system, you can make summer more comfortable, efficient, and safer at your home. Let’s talk about three ways you can do that below! 

When it comes to reducing home energy use, small efforts make a big difference. In fact, with the right technology, you can reduce your energy use with almost no effort.

While there are many ways to save energy, we’re focusing on lighting control in this blog. By investing in a whole-home lighting control system, you can easily manage every connected lighting load in your home from one interface. Check the status of your lights remotely, turn lights off from anywhere, and automate lighting schedules. Right away, this solution helps make saving energy easier.

Still, you can reduce energy use even more—without lifting a finger—when you add the following light products to the lighting control system in your Destin, FL home. Let’s look at these products below.

If you read these blog pages, you may note something we have said several times: Everything looks better in the right light. We didn’t invent that phrase, but it is our mantra when it comes to our work in lighting design and control for our clients.

Landscape lighting is one of those things that can turn a home’s exterior from forgettable to memorable when the sun goes down. It’s also one of those things that’s some parts art and some parts science. Here are some tried and true landscape lighting design ideas to spice up your Atlanta home’s exterior.

Will Congress enact the Sunshine Protection Act and save us from the trauma of clock changes and daylight savings time? We don’t know, but that one extra hour of daylight late in the day won’t get you out of maintaining your landscape lighting! It’s spring, everything is blooming, and it’s also time to get your outdoor lighting ship-shape for the season. 

Outdoor lighting should be part and parcel of your overall landscape. As you and your landscaper clear out weeds, leaves, and old mulch from beds to get ready for flowers, annuals, and fresh plants, don’t ignore the lighting. It usually needs a little help too. Here are four tips from an outdoor lighting company to get your outdoor illumination spring-ready in Alpharetta, GA.

We won't say that fall and winter come without warning in Georgia, but does it go from pretty balmy to quite cool in a hurry come November? Or is it just us? Or maybe it's the effect of daylight savings time? 

If shorter days and less sun have had an effect, we may have a solution for you – home automation. Smart features in your home can help you with the transition to the crisper seasons in our fast-growing Woodstock suburb. And fear not, you know winter in Atlanta isn’t protracted or severe, so it won’t be long till the warm spring and summer are back! In the meantime, GHT Group, your local home automation company, has some smart tech to make the seasonal transition just a little easier. Keep reading for four of our favorites smart features below. 

What is a whole-home lighting control system? Simply put, it’s lighting control for your entire house in Cumming, GA. We’re not being facetious with the explanation. You don't have to add lighting control everywhere to enjoy the benefits. Some smaller systems can do one room or several rooms. There are DIY products where you can make a few bulbs and switches smart but leave the rest of the lights alone. But a whole-home lighting control system gives you so many more options for control, aesthetics, energy efficiency, and automation with other smart features.

Lutron’s Homeworks is like the Cadillac (or Mercedes or whatever your preference) of lighting control systems. It’s the system that can pretty much do it all when it comes to managing lighting. What do we mean by doing it all? Space here doesn't allow us to do it complete justice, but we'll tell you about five of the best features in this blog. Please stay with us below!

Lighting indoors and out is a critical element of your home. As you know, it's a functional need for visibility, safety, and a host of reasons. And there's an aesthetic side, as lighting adds panache and flair, bringing out all the beauty and detail in a home.

Although many people like to go DIY with landscape lighting, professional designers and installers have years of training and experience in avoiding many pitfalls. In this blog, we've put together five top landscape lighting installation tips from the experts that help you think about outdoor lighting for your Atlanta, GA, home. 

Your home might be the top showstopper in the neighborhood by day, but what happens to its appeal when the sun goes down? Without a proper landscape lighting design, your distinguished property disappears into the night, only to be outshined by neighboring homes.

Work with a local landscape lighting company like GHT Group to win the gazes of passersby with unique lighting techniques that highlight your pathways, walls, gardens, trees, and more. Below are five unique landscape lighting techniques that are sure to add a spark to your Santa Rosa Beach, FL property.