Permanent Architectural Lighting

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Holiday. BirthDAY. GameDAY. EveryDAY.

Permanent architectural lighting gives your home the flexibility to look festive for the holidays, spirited on game day, welcoming for a birthday, or simply beautifully illuminated on an ordinary Tuesday night.
D.C. Handy installs professionally integrated permanent exterior lighting systems designed to blend into your home during the day and transform it after dark.
No ladders. No tangled strings. No boxes of lights coming in and out of storage every season. Just lighting that is there when you want it – and nearly disappears when you don’t.
Holiday. BirthDAY. GameDAY. EveryDAY.

Home with closely spaced blue and gold roofline lights illustrating Haven X-Series Classic for game day
Haven X-Series Classic permanent Christmas lights along the roofline

More Than Permanent Christmas Lights

Most homeowners first discover permanent lighting because they’re tired of putting up Christmas lights every year. That makes sense. But holiday lighting is really just the beginning. A permanent architectural lighting system can give you one installation with an almost endless number of uses throughout the year.

Holiday

Create classic Christmas displays, elegant warm-white lighting, festive red and green patterns, animated effects, or something completely your own.
When the season is over, there’s nothing to take down.

BirthDAY

Celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, new babies, retirement parties and other milestones with custom colors that make the house part of the celebration.

GameDAY

This may be our favorite. Light the house in your team colors before kickoff, celebrate a big win, or create your own game-day traditions without hanging a single temporary decoration. Hawkeyes. Cyclones. Panthers. Bulldogs. Your favorite pro team. Your house. Your colors.

EveryDAY

Permanent lighting doesn’t have to be colorful at all. Soft, warm architectural lighting can highlight your roofline and give your home an elegant appearance throughout the year. Schedule it to come on automatically in the evening, lower the brightness for subtle accent lighting, and save the bold colors for special occasions. In many homes, this everyday architectural lighting becomes the feature owners use most often.

Designed to Complement Your Home

One of the most important parts of a permanent lighting installation is how it looks when the lights are off. We believe the system should complement the architecture of the home rather than look like an accessory that was added afterward. That means paying attention to:
  • Track placement
  • Roofline transitions
  • Corners and returns
  • Wire routing
  • Controller placement
  • Power supplies
  • Color matching
  • Daytime appearance
A great permanent lighting installation should create a dramatic transformation at night without becoming a distraction during the day.
Two-story home with widely spaced warm-white roofline lights illustrating Haven X-Series Genesis
odern home at dusk with a continuous warm-white glow along its roofline

Choose the Lighting Style That Fits Your Home

Not every homeowner wants the same look. Some want bold, powerful illumination that can transform the entire house. Others want something more subtle – primarily warm-white architectural lighting with occasional color for holidays and special events. That’s one reason D.C. Handy chose to offer the Haven Lighting family of permanent exterior lighting products. Haven offers three distinct lighting systems designed for different aesthetics, applications and budgets.

One System, Three Unique Styles

We’ll help you compare the three styles based on your home, desired look, and budget so you can choose the right system with confidence.

Haven Genesis

Genesis places individual lights farther apart along the eaves, creating distinct pools of light on the wall below. The open spacing gives your home a subtle, understated look while bringing its architectural features to life after dark.

Installed from $35 per linear foot.

Haven Classic

Classic places smaller lights closer together along the eaves, creating a pattern of individual points across the roofline. It delivers the familiar look of decorative roofline lighting, with more visual detail and presence than Genesis.

Installed from $59 per linear foot.

Haven Evolution

Evolution creates a continuous line of light along the roofline instead of separate points. Its smooth, uninterrupted glow traces the shape of your home and makes the boldest architectural statement of the three styles.

Installed from $65 per linear foot.

Home with widely spaced, individual warm-white lights along its roofline
Home with a continuous warm-white glow outlining its roofline

Control Your Lighting From Your Phone

Modern permanent lighting is as much about control as it is about LEDs.
Depending on your lighting system, you can create and save custom scenes, adjust brightness, schedule lighting, choose colors, control different areas of the home and change the appearance of your house in seconds.


That means you can move from everyday warm white…
to school colors for graduation…
to red, white and blue…
to game-day colors…
to Christmas…
without ever touching a ladder.

Hand holding a phone with lighting controls in front of a home with colorful permanent roofline lights

Professional Installation Matters

Permanent lighting is exactly that: permanent.
It becomes part of your home’s exterior.
Installation quality therefore matters just as much as the lighting system itself.
D.C. Handy approaches permanent lighting as a home improvement project rather than simply attaching lights to a roofline.
We consider the home’s architecture, electrical requirements, equipment placement, future serviceability and the finished appearance before installation begins.
And because we’re a local home-services company, you know who to call if you ever need help with the system later.

Is Permanent Lighting Right for You?

Permanent architectural lighting may be worth considering if you:
  • Put up holiday lights every year
  • Hire someone else to install holiday lighting
  • Want to eliminate ladder work
  • Enjoy decorating for multiple holidays
  • Want your house lit for birthdays and celebrations
  • Love showing your team colors on game day
  • Want subtle architectural lighting throughout the year
  • Plan to remain in your home for several years
  • Want an exterior lighting system you can control and schedule
For many homeowners, the question eventually becomes less about whether permanent lighting costs more than a box of Christmas lights. The better question is:
How much would you use your home differently if the lighting were already there?

Permanent Lighting for Waukee and Central Iowa

D.C. Handy provides permanent architectural lighting installation for homeowners in Waukee and surrounding Central Iowa communities. We’ll help you evaluate your roofline, determine which areas of the home make sense to illuminate, compare lighting options and create a system that fits both your home and the way you expect to use it. Whether you’re dreaming about Christmas lights, planning for football season or simply want your home to look better every night of the year, permanent architectural lighting gives you options traditional exterior lighting simply can’t.

Request a Permanent Lighting Consultation

We’ll take a look at your home, discuss your goals and show you the options that make the most sense for your roofline, style and budget.
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