Per-pixel lighting, run from a phone or from anywhere

They are the two national brands NeedLites operates under, and they split the year. Christmas Decor is the seasonal holiday work: lighting and decor that goes up in the autumn and comes down in January. Nite Time Decor is the year-round side: landscape, architectural, permanent, bistro and event lighting, which is designed and installed in any month. Same company, same crews, same phone number.

No, and that is rather the point. PermaLites365 sits in a low-profile channel mounted into the eave or fascia and color-matched to the trim, so in daylight it reads as part of the roofline. Most of the year the sensible setting is warm white architectural light on a timer. Then it is red and green in December, red white and blue in July, and school colors on a Friday night, all from an app.

Because a landscape lighting system lives outside through an Ohio winter, and that is what decides its lifespan. Solid brass develops a patina and keeps working. Painted aluminum and composite fixtures pit, corrode at the lens seal and let water in, and then need replacing at full labor cost. Brass is more expensive once.

Yes, on any system we install that is specified for it. Smart transformers and controllers give you scheduling, zones, dimming and color from a phone or tablet. On Twinkly Pro installations the whole system can also be managed remotely from anywhere, which for a business or a municipality means a scene change without sending anyone out.

It is often the best time. With the planting cut back and the leaves gone, the structure of a property is visible and nothing is hiding what the lighting actually has to work with. A plan drawn in February and installed in March has a full growing season to settle in.