Features to highlight
Tell us which trees, walls, entries, water features, or planting areas you want to see at night. Those priorities guide the fixture layout.
Landscape lighting design · Southlake · DFW
Landscape Lighting for Southlake & DFW Homes
Make the walk to your door feel welcoming, turn your best trees into nighttime focal points, and keep enjoying the pool or patio after sunset. Lit AF designs landscape lighting for Southlake and homes across DFW around the views, routes, and outdoor areas you actually use—without making your yard feel overlit.
A yard you will want to enjoy after sunset.
Bring the yard to life
Light the parts of your yard you want to see and use
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Mature trees, planting beds, and architectural features
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Walkways, steps, gates, and drive approaches
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Pools, patios, gardens, and outdoor entertaining areas
What makes the difference
Great landscape lighting shows off the yard without overlighting it
We start with what you want to see, where you spend time, and the dark spots that make the yard less inviting now.
Walkways and level changes
We look at steps, turns, gates, pool routes, and changes in elevation so useful light is placed where people actually walk.
Plants, irrigation, and maintenance
Plant growth, irrigation, drainage, mowing, and service access all affect where fixtures and cable should be installed.
What to expect
An evening walk-through reveals what daytime photos miss
After dark, it is easy to see which paths disappear, where existing lights create glare, and which trees or architectural details deserve attention.
From there, we choose fixtures, aiming, zones, and controls that create the look you want. If you already have a system, we will tell you what is worth keeping.
Talk through your projectLandscape lighting across DFW
Plan around your yard—not a generic fixture count
Lit AF serves Southlake, Midlothian, and communities across Dallas–Fort Worth. Start with the views you want to improve, the routes you use after dark, and the outdoor areas where you spend time. Your address and wide photos help the team account for access, existing lighting, trees, irrigation, hardscape, and the features you want included.
Design for mature trees, long approaches, pools, and patios
Show the full canopy, curb-to-entry view, gathering areas, and any gates or finished surfaces. That makes it easier to discuss focal points, useful path light, and cable routes.
Explore lighting services in Southlake ↗Connect the drive, front walk, trees, and backyard
A focused first phase can start with the arrival view or one outdoor living area. Share the parts of your yard you want to use now and anything you may want to add later.
Explore lighting services in Midlothian ↗Compare the complete system—not only the number of fixtures
Fixture construction, transformer capacity, cable routes, controls, access, surface work, and ongoing service can all change what a proposal includes.
Read the Southlake cost guide ↗System maintenance
Landscape lighting needs occasional cleaning and adjustment
- Plants growTrim or re-aim when branches and leaves block a planned beam.
- Ground shiftsLook for fixtures tilted by soil movement, roots, storms, or lawn work.
- Lenses collect debrisCleaning can restore output that looks dim without changing the system.
- Connections age outdoorsFlicker, intermittent zones, or exposed wire should be inspected instead of repeatedly reset.
Common questions
Fixture count, existing systems, and maintenance
How many landscape lights will my property need?
There is no useful one-size-fits-all number. It depends on the size of your yard, the features you want to highlight, the routes people use, and how much contrast you like after dark.
What affects the cost of landscape lighting?
Fixture count and construction, transformer capacity, cable distance, controls, tree size, access, finished-surface crossings, and work on an existing system can all change the scope. A property-specific estimate is more useful than a price based only on square footage or a fixture count.
What should a professional landscape lighting proposal explain?
It should identify the areas being lit, fixture and mounting approach, transformer and controls, cable routing or surface work, installation scope, and applicable warranty or service terms. Comparing the same details makes different proposals easier to evaluate.
Can Lit AF improve an existing system?
Often, yes. We first need to look at the transformer, wiring, connections, fixtures, and controls to see what is worth keeping and what should be replaced.
What are common problems with landscape lighting?
Glare, dark gaps, tilted fixtures, plants blocking beams, dirty lenses, flicker, dim fixtures at the end of a run, exposed cable, and repeated tripping are all reasons to inspect the design or system instead of simply adding more lights.
Does outdoor lighting need maintenance?
Yes. Plants grow, fixtures shift, and lenses collect dirt. Periodic cleaning and re-aiming help the system keep the look it had when it was installed.
Start a project
Ready to see what your yard could look like after dark?
Send your DFW address and a few wide photos. Tell us which areas are too dark and which trees, paths, pools, patios, or outdoor spaces you want included.