Outdoor Lighting · Murfreesboro, TN
Light TN is a landscape lighting designer based in Burns, serving Murfreesboro and Rutherford County — every system designed on-site and rendered before we dig.
Outdoor Lighting in Murfreesboro, TN
Murfreesboro is one of the fastest-growing cities in Tennessee, and it shows in the lighting work. The city runs from early-1800s homes around the historic square and its 1859 courthouse to brand-new master-planned estates in Laurelwood, Northridge Park, and Shelton Square — old canopy on one street, fresh sod on the next. Light TN is a landscape lighting designer based in Burns, and we design outdoor lighting in Murfreesboro for the property in front of us, not a formula.
Most of Murfreesboro's luxury is new — modern and Craftsman homes in white-painted brick, on lots where the landscape is still filling in. We light a young Murfreesboro garden for what it is now and what it will become, placing fixtures and zones so the design still holds once the trees mature. Closer to the square, the homes and the canopy are a century older, and there the work shifts to the restraint a grown-in property asks for.
Light TN runs each Murfreesboro project the same way. Daryl Bentfield walks the property, you approve a photorealistic rendering before we dig, installation meets licensed contractor CE-D: 76580 standards, and we return after dark to aim every fixture. On Rutherford County's clay we bury wire trenchless so a new lawn or an old one stays whole — the work behind more than 500 Middle Tennessee projects since 2020.
Outdoor Lighting Services in Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro splits between young landscapes and old canopy. On a new estate we light for trees that will fill in; near the historic square we moonlight a century-old hardwood. Either way we graze the beds and light the approach — all rendered before we dig.
View Landscape Lighting in MurfreesboroMurfreesboro's new homes run modern and Craftsman, often in white-painted brick, while the downtown streets hold early-1800s facades. We light each from its own architecture — warm, shielded, glare-controlled — so the house reads at night the way it was built to.
View Architectural Lighting in MurfreesboroA complete lighting plan for a Murfreesboro property, independent of installation — photorealistic renderings, fixture specifications, and zone layouts for owners and the builders working across this fast-growing market. The design fee is credited when Light TN installs.
View Outdoor Lighting Design in MurfreesboroCommercial-grade LED set into the soffit or fascia of a Murfreesboro home for warm white year-round and full color when you want it. One installation replaces seasons of temporary lighting, designed to the rooflines of the house — not a strip of holiday lights.
View Permanent Roofline Lighting in MurfreesboroEven, high-fidelity sound across the private pools and covered patios Murfreesboro homes are built around — designed so music carries the space without pushing past the property line, and wired to the same standard as the lighting.
View Outdoor Audio in MurfreesboroApp-based zone control, scene programming, and astronomical scheduling, with integration for Control4, Lutron, Crestron, and Savant. The lighting comes up warm at dusk on its own, shifts to the scene you choose, and holds to one consistent design across the property.
View Smart Lighting Systems in MurfreesboroInstallation to CE-D: 76580 standards, by the studio that designed the plan. Across a Murfreesboro lawn — fresh sod or established turf — we bury wire with the L2 Line Layer, the only trenchless machine of its kind here, and aim every fixture after dark.
View Outdoor Lighting Installation in MurfreesboroFacade, landscape, and approach lighting for Murfreesboro offices, retail, and the downtown square — designed with the same restraint as our residential work, for a composed nighttime presence and safe, even coverage across entries, walkways, and parking lots.
View Commercial Outdoor Lighting in MurfreesboroLight TN runs low-voltage cable beneath a Murfreesboro lawn without trenching, using the L2 Line Layer — the only machine of its kind in the Nashville market. On a new estate's young sod or an old downtown lawn alike, the wire goes in without scarring the grounds.
View Trenchless Wire Burial in MurfreesboroWhy Murfreesboro Is Different
Most of Murfreesboro's luxury is recent — Laurelwood, Northridge Park, Shelton Square — with plantings still filling in. We design lighting that flatters a young landscape now and accommodates it as the trees mature, with fixture choices and zoning that still make sense in five years.
Around the 1859 courthouse and the twenty-block historic district, the homes can date to the early 1800s and the canopy is decades deep. There we light the way we would on any mature property — warm grazing on brick and stone, moonlighting from the canopy, the hardware kept out of sight.
Murfreesboro adds thousands of residents a year, and much of its housing is brand new on open, generous lots. We use that space deliberately, lighting the approach and the architecture-adjacent landscape so a new property reads composed from the street rather than scattered with bright points.
New & Historic Murfreesboro Homes
Lighting a Murfreesboro property depends on which Murfreesboro you are in. On a new estate in Laurelwood or Shelton Square, the landscape is young and the canvas is open — room to design lighting that grows with the plantings. Near the historic square, the homes and the trees are a century older and ask for restraint. We design for the property in front of us, not a single approach across the city.
On a new lot, the engineering comes first. Fixture positions and zones are placed for the landscape the property will have in five years, not just the day it is planted, and the wire is run before the sod settles. Where it must cross an established lawn near downtown, we bury it with the L2 Line Layer — the only machine of its kind in the Nashville market — so nothing is trenched open.
Murfreesboro homes are built to be lived in outside — private pools, covered patios, and the resort-style grounds of its newer communities. We light those spaces to be used after dark and design the audio and smart control alongside them, so the pool deck and the gardens around it work as one environment rather than separate add-ons.
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Light TN's 4.9-star rating rests on more than 100 verified reviews, and the same notes recur: Daryl handles every design himself, the crew keeps you in the loop, and the lighting still performs season after season.
FAQ
No — the studio is in Burns, and Light TN drives to Murfreesboro and Rutherford County for the work. Daryl Bentfield walks the property for the on-site assessment, whether it is a new build in Shelton Square or an older home near the square, so the design fits the lot in front of him.
Light TN designs landscape, architectural, and roofline lighting, outdoor audio, smart control, full installation, commercial lighting, and trenchless wire burial — usually as one coordinated system for a Murfreesboro property rather than separate add-ons.
No — Light TN designs a young Murfreesboro landscape for where it is headed. We place fixtures and zones so the lighting flatters the yard now and still works once the trees fill in, which means you light it once rather than redo it as the garden grows.
Yes. Light TN lights Murfreesboro's downtown-area homes with the restraint a century-old facade calls for — warm, shielded fixtures that complement brick and stone, with the hardware kept out of sight.
No. Light TN buries low-voltage wire with the L2 Line Layer, a trenchless machine and the only one in the Nashville market, so cable goes in without trenching — fresh sod on a new estate or established turf near downtown alike.
Light TN lights the whole backyard — private pools, covered patios, and gardens — and designs the audio and smart control alongside it, so the spaces you use after dark work as one environment.
Every Murfreesboro project starts with a photorealistic rendering of your property at night, which you approve before any fixture goes in the ground. Changes are made on screen, not in the yard.
Each Murfreesboro system is designed to the property, so cost follows its size and scope rather than a set package. Daryl provides a firm number with the design, after walking the property; the on-site design consultation is complimentary.
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