Light TN designs pool lighting to extend well past the water. The most important pool lighting ideas are about the environment around it — and about controlling reflection, because a pool surface behaves like a mirror after dark.
To be clear about what we do: Light TN lights the landscape around a pool — the deck, plantings, and features — rather than installing the lights inside the water itself. For the whole-property view, see our outdoor lighting ideas guide, or our landscape lighting service.
01Light the environment, not just the pool
Light TN lights the deck, the surrounding plantings, and any water features so the whole pool area reads as one composition at night. In-water lighting alone leaves a glowing pool floating in a dark yard; lighting the environment around it gives the space depth and makes the pool part of a designed landscape.
02Keep glare off the water
Light TN treats the pool surface as a mirror. An unshielded fixture on the far side becomes a harsh reflection across the water, so placement and aiming matter even more here than elsewhere. Shielded, warm fixtures around the perimeter let the pool reflect the lit landscape rather than bare bright points.
03Define coping, steps, and edges for safety
Light TN lights the coping, steps, and edges of a pool clearly, because this is where safety matters most after dark. Low, shielded fixtures mark the transition from deck to water without glare, so the edges are legible without anyone staring into a light.
04Light features and plantings around the pool
Light TN accents the features that surround a pool — a water wall, specimen plantings, a pergola, a fire feature — so the eye has something to rest on beyond the water. These accents, kept warm and shielded, are what make a pool area feel like a destination rather than a lit rectangle.
05Cost and installation around the pool
Pool-area projects vary with the size of the deck and how much surrounding landscape and how many features are lit, so pricing follows the on-site design. The consultation is free, with a 15% deposit on projects over $10,000 and none on smaller ones. To reach the plantings and features set back from the deck, Light TN buries low-voltage cable with the L2 Line Layer — a trenchless machine, and the only one of its kind in the Nashville market — so wiring reaches the pool surroundings without trenching an established lawn.
06One designed system, run on efficient LED
A pool looks its best when the whole environment around it is lit and the water stays a clean mirror. Light TN designs pool-area lighting on efficient LED, which the U.S. Department of Energy notes uses roughly 75% less energy than incandescent, so the surrounding system adds little to a monthly bill. It can also be designed alongside outdoor audio and smart control as one system, so music carries evenly across the deck and the lighting comes up warm at dusk and shifts to scenes from your phone.