How to Prevent Corrosion from Destroying Outdoor Light Fixtures

By Mike Gambino Over time a lighting system is only as good as the materials that they are constructed of and if you live within three miles of a brackish or salt water environment than you know what happens to outdoor products of any kind.  L...

Landscape lighting tips to help you sell your home

By Mike Gambino Selling a home is difficult right now, I don’t need to tell you that. The value of houses is lower and there is a lot of competition in the marketplace. However, it is possible to make your home appealing enough to find a buyer. Pa...

Don’t be fooled by Awards and self proclamation

By Mike Gambino Building a custom landscape lighting system in Los Angeles means you first must find a custom landscape lighting system builder.  Let’s be honest about how builders, and many companies around the country, promote themselves.  It ...

Bill Locklin the father of low voltage landscape lighting

By Mike Gambino I am proud to say that I knew Bill Locklin and at one time we were so close that he used to call me his son. I began my career in the early 90's using his system and lighting products. Bill Locklin invented low voltage landscape ...

LED landscape lighting retrofit in Sherman Oaks California

by Mike Gambino I installed this Gambino landscape lighting system originally in 2005 with halogen lamps for the property owners. In 2008 it was expanded by adding several new fixtures and by moving and repositioning existing ones to compensate for ...

Outdoor lighting should be appreciated from inside the home

By Mike Gambino What makes this business interesting and exciting is that sometimes we are asked to add accent lighting to unusual and special subjects which are near and dear to the client. Sometimes the subject of interest is really special and that...

The 4 habits of highly successful landscape lighting designer/installers

By Mike Gambino In addition to having great design and installation skills, people skills are also of paramount importance for landscape lighting designers/installers to posses. This is by no means a comprehensive list. Good listening skills- Eve...

6 common landscape lighting mistakes

By Mike Gambino For all the information available on creating, nurturing  and maintaining  architectural, garden and landscape lighting, some myths continue to lead to common landscape lighting mistakes. The difficulty in sticking to good lighting...

The cheap landscape lighting bid-Are you really saving money?

By Mike Gambino I design high-end custom luxury landscape lighting systems, we are a design-build firm. And Subscribe to the absolute highest imaginable standards. While I can only build a certain number of creations each year, when a design client ...

The world’s oldest lightbulbs

By Mike Gambino We talk about the estimated longevity of the new Led light bulb technology and how long they are projected to last outdoors when installed in landscape lighting fixtures. This is yet to be determined and only time will tell as the te...