Pool and spa with uplit cedars and stone archways

Lake Wylie · Fort Mill · Tega Cay · Rock Hill · Charlotte · Belmont

Your home, lit like a work of art.

Custom LED landscape lighting, designed on site for your home. Tom Sivo and his trained installation crew bring years of experience to every outdoor lighting project, ensuring flawless execution. Every system is backed by a lifetime warranty.

★★★★★5.0from 108 Google reviews
Lifetime warranty
AMP® Authorized Professional

Get your free design consultation

Tell us what you'd like lit. Tom will walk your property and design a plan around it.

What would you like lit?

Free, no obligation. We'll call to pick a time.

Lakefront home with lit stone terraces, steps and dock railings

Lakefront terraces, steps & dock

Stone and stucco home with façade uplighting and a lit crape myrtle

Façade & specimen tree

Pool and spa with uplit cedars and stone archways

Pool, cedars & stone arches

Recent work

Every project starts with how your home looks from the street, the water and every window.

Tom studies the architecture, the foliage and the views from each floor before he places a single fixture. The result looks designed, because it was.

What homeowners say

Clients write about Tom the way they'd write about an artist.

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"With Tom's artistic eye and experience, he made it look far better than we ever imagined."
— Gina W.
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"Tom has an incredible eye for detail and it shows."
— Bruce F.
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"Good, honest and dependable people are hard to find and you checked all the boxes."
— Chris B.
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"Tom's extensive background in lighting makes him uniquely qualified to understand the proper temperature an outdoor space should have."
— Jeff F.

The detail most installers skip

The right color of light makes stone look warm, not washed out.

Light is measured in kelvin. Too cool and a stone façade turns gray and clinical. Too amber and greenery goes muddy. Tom chooses fixture, beam and color temperature for each part of your property. Drag the slider to see the difference.

Color temperature2,700K Warm white
Stone and stucco home façade uplighting color-temperature comparison
Simulating 2,700K (Warm white)

See the difference

The same home, before and after dark.

Drag the handle to see the same home before and after dark. Warm, directed LED light turns a dark façade into the one the street notices — across the driveway, the deck and the dock.

The same lakefront home at night with warm Zenscapes LED landscape lighting on the façade, driveway, deck and dock
After · Zenscapes lighting
The same lakefront home at night, unlit — dark façade, driveway, deck and dock
Before · standard lighting
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Drag the brass handle, or use the left and right arrow keys, to compare.

How a Zenscapes design is built

Three layers of light, balanced by hand.

Accent

Uplighting on stone, columns, specimen trees and architectural lines. This is what makes the house stop people on the street.

Task

Path lights, step lights and dock lighting placed where feet go, so guests and family walk safely after dark.

Ambient

Soft, even light across gardens, patios and pool areas so outdoor evenings feel finished and comfortable.

Curb appeal that photographs

Your home becomes the one on the street people slow down for.

A home that looks occupied

Well-lit grounds deter intruders and make you feel safer arriving home.

Safer walkways and steps

No more phone flashlights on the way to the door or down to the dock.

About 75% less energy

Low-voltage LED fixtures use a fraction of the power of halogen.

Value at resale

Professional lighting is one of the most visible upgrades a buyer sees.

How it works

From first call to first night, Tom is there for each step.

1

I come see your place.

2

You get a plan and a price.

3

I install it and aim every light.

Lit lakefront landscape designed by Tom Sivo

Meet your designer

Tom Sivo, lighting designer

"There is an art to landscape lighting. We paint with light."

You won't be handed off to a crew you've never met. Tom designs your system, chooses the fixtures and stays involved from the first walk-through to the final adjustment. Residential and commercial, new systems and retrofits, no job too big or too small.

15+ years in lightingAMP® Authorized ProfessionalLifetime warrantyResidential & commercial

Service area

Lighting homes on both sides of the state line.

Based in Lake Wylie and serving York County, SC — including Rock Hill — and the Charlotte area, including waterfront homes on Lake Wylie. Don't see your town? Ask us.

Questions

Before you book

Is the consultation really free?+

Yes. Tom comes out, walks the property with you and puts together a plan and a price. There's no charge and no obligation.

What does the lifetime warranty cover?+

Every system we install is covered by our lifetime warranty. Tom will walk you through exactly what's covered during your consultation.

Can you fix or upgrade lights I already have?+

Yes. We retrofit existing systems with current LED technology and can add to or redesign what's there.

Will it run up my power bill?+

Low-voltage LED lighting uses about 75% less energy than older halogen systems, so a full property typically costs very little to run.

Do you light commercial properties?+

Yes. We design and install lighting for residential and commercial properties.

Stone and stucco home with façade uplighting and a lit crape myrtle

Ready when you are

Imagine what your home could look like after dark.

Book a free design consultation. With shorter days ahead, fall is the best season to light your home.

Or call Tom directly (704) 501-6848

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