Architectural Lighting · Central Pennsylvania

Lighting designed around the way you live.

Architectural lighting, Lutron systems, and motorized shades for modern homes in Harrisburg, York, Lancaster, and the surrounding Central PA region. Designed to be felt, not seen.

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The Difference

Most homes have lighting. Almost none have lighting design.

There's a measurable difference between rooms that have been wired and rooms that have been designed. The first is functional. The second is felt.

What contractor lighting does

A few cans in the ceiling. A switch by the door. The right number of fixtures to pass inspection and put light into a room.

It works. It's bright when it's on and dark when it's off. It's the lighting most homes — even expensive ones — quietly settle for.

And it's why so many beautiful houses still feel flat after the sun goes down.

What architectural lighting does

Layers light by purpose — ambient, task, accent, decorative — so a room can be one thing in the morning and another at dinner. Plays color temperature against the time of day. Gives surfaces and architecture something to do after dark.

It uses Lutron dimmers and keypads designed to dim smoothly to one percent. Warm-dim LEDs that go gold as they fade, the way candles do.

And it does all of it from a single keypad on the wall — no app required.

The Platform

Why we build on Lutron.

Because it's the most reliable, deepest, and most beautifully engineered residential lighting platform available. Every other platform we've evaluated either compromises on hardware quality or on integration depth.

Caseta Wireless, retrofit-friendly, ideal for focused upgrades.
RadioRA 3 Whole-home wireless. Scales to most modern homes.
HomeWorks Wired, hardwired-keypad systems for the most ambitious projects.
How We Work

A measured process. No surprises.

01

Walkthrough & Listening

We start in your home, not in a showroom. We talk through how you use each room, what you wish was different, what you want to feel when you walk in. We measure, photograph, and note the architecture. There's no quote at this stage — only understanding.

02

Design & Specification

We draft the lighting plan room by room — fixtures, layers, scenes, keypad placement, shade integration, and the system architecture (Caseta, RadioRA 3, or HomeWorks). You see the plan and the price before any work starts. No change orders mid-project.

03

Installation

Clean wiring, hidden where it should be hidden, labeled where labels matter. We coordinate with electricians, drywallers, and finish trades on new construction. On retrofits, we work around your life — we don't take down rooms we can't put back together that day.

04

Programming & Handover

We program the scenes, label the keypads, walk you through every button, and document the entire system. Then we stay reachable. Most clients call us a few weeks later wanting a small change to the Goodnight scene — that's part of the work.

Common Questions

What people ask before they hire us.

Contractor lighting is what gets installed by default — a few cans in the ceiling, a switch by the door, the right number of fixtures to pass inspection. Architectural lighting is designed. It thinks about layers (ambient, task, accent, decorative), how light falls on surfaces, color temperature across the day, and how scenes change with how you actually use the room. The goal isn't more light. It's the right light, in the right place, at the right moment.
Both. New construction is the easier canvas — we can pre-wire for keypads, low-voltage drivers, shade pockets, and dedicated circuits before drywall. Retrofits are absolutely possible — wireless Lutron systems like Caseta and RadioRA 3 are designed for existing homes, and we work around the constraints of older Central PA housing stock all the time, including plaster walls, knob-and-tube replacements, and tight rowhome footprints.
Because it's the most reliable, deepest, and most beautifully engineered residential lighting system available. Lutron makes the dimmers and shade motors that perform smoothly at every percentage, the keypads that feel right under your hand, and the systems that integrate cleanly with everything else (audio, climate, security, voice). Every other lighting platform we've evaluated either compromises on hardware quality or on integration depth.
Yes. We integrate Lutron with Josh.ai for natural voice control, with the Lutron app for smartphone control, and with keypads on the wall for the people who don't want to think about apps. Most clients use all three: keypads for everyday use, voice for hands-free moments, app for when they're away from home.
It depends on the scope of the home and the level of system. A focused retrofit (a kitchen, primary suite, and main living spaces) typically starts around $8,000–$15,000 installed. Whole-home Lutron RadioRA 3 systems for new construction generally run $25,000–$60,000 depending on size. Hardwired HomeWorks installations for larger, more ambitious homes scale beyond that. We give a real number after a walkthrough — not before.
Warm dim is a feature in higher-end LED fixtures where the color temperature shifts warmer as you dim the light — mimicking the way an incandescent bulb or a candle behaves. Standard LED fixtures stay the same color temperature whether they're at 100% or 10%, which feels clinical at low levels. Warm dim makes a dimmed room feel like a dimmed room — soft, golden, and inviting.
Circadian lighting (sometimes called tunable white) automatically shifts color temperature throughout the day — cooler and brighter in the morning to support alertness, warmer and softer in the evening to support rest. It mirrors what natural daylight does and is one of the more meaningful upgrades you can make in a home where people work, sleep, and live. We program the schedule once; it runs itself thereafter.
Yes. We install Lutron motorized shades — both wired (for new construction) and battery-operated wireless (for retrofits). Shades integrate into the same system as your lighting, so a single Good Night scene can lower shades, dim lights, and adjust climate together. Roller shades, Roman shades, drapery tracks, and exterior shades are all available depending on the application.
Yes. Lutron systems run locally on a dedicated processor — your wall keypads, dimmers, and shade controls work whether your internet is up or down. App and voice control require internet, but the underlying system does not. This is a deliberate part of how we design every smart home: the things you use every day shouldn't depend on a cloud server.
Yes. We're based in Harrisburg and serve the full Central Pennsylvania region — Harrisburg, York, Lancaster, Hershey, Mechanicsburg, Camp Hill, and the surrounding areas. Most projects are within 45 minutes of our Paxton Street office.

Bring us to your home.

A walkthrough is the only way to know what your home actually needs. No quote in the inbox, no salesperson calling. Just a conversation in the rooms that matter to you.

Schedule a Lighting Walkthrough (223) 239-9226