Exterior & Architectural

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Exterior Lighting in DFW

Make your home’s facade unforgettable after dark. Architectural uplighting, wall washing, and facade lighting that transforms any DFW home into a nighttime showpiece.

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Your Home Deserves to Be Seen

Exterior lighting is the broadest and most impactful category of outdoor illumination. It encompasses everything that makes your home look intentional, dramatic, and welcoming from the street — architectural uplighting on columns and dormers, facade wash lighting that reveals stone and brick texture, soffit downlights, and front entry illumination.

Bernardy Lighting designs complete exterior lighting systems that treat your home’s facade like a stage set — using light angle, intensity, and color temperature to highlight your home’s best architectural features while minimizing harsh shadows or light pollution. The difference between a house and a home is often visible after 8 PM.

Unlike DIY fixtures from home improvement stores, professional exterior lighting systems use commercial-grade LEDs with precise beam angles, buried low-voltage wiring, weatherproof connections, and smart-timer control. The result is a consistent, beautiful exterior every night without any effort on your part.

Exterior Lighting Techniques We Use

Architectural Uplighting

Ground-mounted fixtures aimed upward at columns, dormers, chimneys, and gable ends create dramatic visual height and draw the eye to your home’s best architectural features.

Facade Wall Washing

Wide-beam fixtures graze across brick, stone, or siding surfaces — revealing texture and depth that’s invisible during the day. Especially effective on homes with natural stone or board-and-batten.

Front Entry Illumination

Layered lighting for your front door, porch, and steps — combining overhead downlights, wall sconces, and path lighting to create a welcoming, well-lit arrival experience.

Garage Facade Lighting

For homes with prominent garage doors, we use upward-aimed fixtures and soffit downlights to integrate the garage bay into a unified, lit facade rather than leaving it as a dark void.

Roofline Accent Lighting

Subtle lighting along rooflines and ridge caps defines the silhouette of your home against the night sky — a sophisticated touch that makes large homes readable at a distance.

Driveway & Approach Lighting

Path lights, bollards, or in-grade step lights along the driveway approach create a sense of arrival that begins at the street — making your property feel designed from every angle.

Benefits of Professional Exterior Lighting

• Dramatic curb appeal — the single biggest visual upgrade you can make to your home’s street presence
• Increased safety — eliminates tripping hazards on steps, paths, and driveways after dark
• Deterrence against crime — well-lit homes are statistically less targeted for break-ins and package theft
• Higher perceived value — real estate agents consistently report that professional exterior lighting increases offer prices and speeds sales
• Architectural storytelling — highlights the features your architect or builder designed but that go unseen after dark
• Smart automation — timer and sensor control means your home looks perfect every night without any manual effort

Our Installation Process

1

Free On-Site Consultation

We walk your home’s exterior at dusk when possible, identifying focal features, dark zones, and opportunities to create drama — then build a lighting plan around your architecture.

2

Custom Design & Proposal

You receive a detailed quote with fixture types, placement diagram, wiring route, and expected visual result — no surprises on install day.

3

Professional Installation

Our crew installs all fixtures, buries wiring, seals all connections, and configures zones for different areas of your home’s exterior.

4

Final Walkthrough & Warranty

We demo your system at dusk, fine-tune fixture angles, set timers and schedules, and provide a 3-, 5-, or 7-year Bernardy Lighting system warranty covering qualifying materials and our labor/workmanship, depending on the selected package and subject to the written warranty terms.

Serving All of DFW

We install exterior lighting throughout Dallas-Fort Worth including Lewisville, Flower Mound, Southlake, Westlake, Frisco, Plano, Colleyville, Grapevine, Highland Village, Trophy Club, Highland Park, University Park, and all surrounding communities.

DFW’s diverse architecture — from modern farmhouse to Mediterranean to traditional colonial — means every exterior lighting design is unique. Our team has experience with every home style in the area and knows how to bring out the best in each.

Exterior Lighting FAQ

How is professional exterior lighting different from what I can buy at Home Depot?

Commercial-grade fixtures use higher-quality LEDs, true weatherproof ratings, and precise beam angles that consumer products can’t match. Professional design also ensures fixtures are aimed and spaced correctly — something no kit can teach.

Will exterior lighting increase my electricity bill significantly?

Project pricing is quoted for the current scope, equipment, access, and site conditions. New installation projects generally begin at $2,000.

Can exterior lighting be added to an existing landscape lighting system?

Usually yes — we assess your existing transformer capacity and wiring, then add architectural fixtures on new zones or integrate them with your current system using an upgraded transformer if needed.

What color temperature do you recommend for exterior lighting?

2700K warm white is our standard recommendation for DFW homes — it’s the color of candlelight, reads as “luxury” on camera and in person, and complements virtually every exterior finish and landscaping style.

Do you handle both front and back exterior lighting?

Absolutely. We design complete exterior systems that cover front facade, sides, rear of home, and all transition zones — creating a cohesive, complete nighttime presentation from every angle.

Ready to Transform Your Home?

Free consultation. Project scheduling and proposal timing depend on scope and availability. Serving all of DFW.

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