A small selection of recent jobs — fixtures, finished rooms, and the under-the-skin details we tend to obsess over. Photos are from real homes around northern Michigan. Client names withheld out of respect for privacy.
Translucent onyx slab lit from inside the island — even color across the whole surface, no hot-spots. Drivers dimmable from the same keypad that runs the kitchen lighting, the Sonos zones, and the motorized shades.
Sculptural branch fixture set in a coffered ceiling pocket with cove lighting and recessed cans. One keypad on the wall holds the scenes — morning, dinner, late evening, away — and each scene also positions the motorized shades and cues the right Sonos zone, so the room is fully set without anyone touching a dimmer.
Multi-pendant crystal cluster sized to the volume, hung at the right plane for the entry sightline.
Same foyer fixture from a closer angle — pendants leveled and aligned, no wandering cables.
Hung at the right plane for a coffered ceiling — long enough to feel grounded in the room, short enough to clear the doorways.
Big sculptural fixture in a glass-walled foyer. Centered to the door, hung clear of the swing arc.
Vertical-drop fixture over a stair landing. Hung to the right finished-floor reference, not the framing.
Layered lighting: pendant for the work surface, recessed cans for fill, dimmed independently.
Modern wall sconce on standing-seam siding — back box flashed, fixture level, gasket seated.
Mid-install: wire nuts seated, ground bonded, fixture about to mate to the box. Gloves on the entire time — fingerprints on polished copper never come off, and we're not going to be the reason there are any.
Torpedo level on a candelabra sconce, bubble dead-center — perfectly level the first time, every fixture, every job. A small habit you'll notice every day for a decade.
Panel on the coffered wall, paired wall sconces flanking the stone fireplace, sphere pendant centered over the sofa — all on one keypad scene that also drops the shades and pulls up the right Sonos zone.
Reverse angle of the same room — gold globe over the seating, paired stone-fireplace sconces, and Van Gogh's Starry Night as the artwork background on the TV. Same panel as the prior shot: TV when you're watching, gallery wall when you're not.
Panel inset into the grid of a coffered wall — the bezel reads as one of the panels, the cable chase comes through the lower bay, the dimmable globe overhead does the rest. The low end comes from an in-floor subwoofer set into the floor behind the white chair on the right — felt across the room, never seen.
Wall-mounted display on textured plaster, cabling concealed into a vented slat cabinet that hides the receiver, source gear, and a subwoofer.
Whole-room A/V: panel centered to the wall, left/right in-wall speakers built into the surrounding bookcase joinery, center channel on the shelf below the panel, sources and amp in the lower bay. Dog approved.
Panel and soundbar centered to the cabinet. The two grilles in the kickboard aren't grommets — they're a pair of Klipsch ported subwoofers tucked into the cabinet bay, so the low end is felt without ever being seen.
Panel on an automated lift — drops down from a hidden bay behind the upper cabinets when you want it, disappears flush when you don't. Ribbed glass globe pendants overhead on a separate dimming zone.
Built-in niche sized for the panel, with the GC and finish carpenter — cable chase pre-planned during framing so no surface cord is ever visible.
Frame-style TV flush to the wall — when it's off it's art, when it's on it's a TV. Power and signal pulled in-wall, no cord visible.
The ultimate toy-barn man cave: two 75-inch panels, two soundbars, and four surround speakers placed around the room — every seat puts you inside the game. Both panels mounted same height, same plumb, same horizon, one bracket pattern across both.
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