Posts Written OnJuly 2016

Get This Look: The “Floating” Shelf

If you’ve recently spent time browsing through a model home, window shopping at a mall, or eating in a high-end restaurant, you may have noticed some unique accent lighting displays. As LEDs become more readily available on the market, they are also becoming more commonly specified in new builds and architectural designs. In the hands of an experienced interior decorator, LEDs can create some stunning visual displays of light and shadow. In this segment, we reveal some of the secrets of how our LED products can be used to create some of these dramatic, eye-catching looks, beginning with the “floating” shelf. One of our most…

Outdoor Lighting Project: Gazebo

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Long summer days have led to warm summer nights, the perfect time to make the most of your favorite outdoor spaces! And whether that ends up being your deck, patio, pool, fire pit, gazebo, or outdoor kitchen, LED lighting is the perfect way to enhance your time outdoors. Recently, Inspired LED helped one of our customers add a little light to their backyard . We love seeing the end results of completed home projects, so let’s explore this brand new gazebo featuring Inspired LED lighting! Design and Installation Phase For this project, the homeowner wanted to light various areas of the gazebo, including the handrails around the outer…

Inspired LED 101: How to Solder LED Strips

Inspired LED flexible strips are a versatile option for any indoor accent or task-lighting application. Low profile, and (of course) low-voltage, these handy little strips are the perfect way to add a little extra light wherever you need it most. To make installation as simple as possible, we offer our customers the convenience of both pre-soldered “plug & play” connectors or simple solderless connectors for DIY field work. However, we recognize that there are certain circumstances where desire or necessity may require some good, old-fashioned soldering. When this is the case, we recommend the following techniques for soldering cables and connectors to Inspired LED…

New Employee Showcase: Meet Jam & Rebecca

At Inspired LED we pride ourselves on maintaining a close knit, award winning staff. No matter what department we belong to, we all work together in a variety of different roles to keep our business running from day to day! And in order to meet the growing needs of our customers, our team is continuing to grow. Let’s get to know our newest employees, Jam and Rebecca! Meet Jam Tell us a little about yourself (birthplace, family, education,etc.). My given name is Jamerrino, but all of my life I have been called either “Jam” or “Jammer”. I grew up on an Indian…

New Product: Radiant Edge Series 2.0

Two years ago, Inspired LED’s custom Radiant Edge series panels made their debut as a convenient lighting solution for larger projects and custom fixtures. With a sleek, square profile and a strong light output, this product quickly found a home among our customers with specific home or commercial lighting needs. But while the Radiant Edge panels were a great fit for many, we at Inspired LED are always looking to improve, finding ways to transform good into great, and great into spectacular. While they may be highly efficient and low-cost, the discrete nature of LEDs often means that these light fixtures…

Kitchen Update : Spexarth Design Project #2

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Spexarth Design, based outside of Wichita Kansas, is a contracting & remodeling group specializing in a variety of services from carpentry work, drywall, and tile, to paint, architecture, and interior design. For the past year, they have been putting the finishing touches on their projects using Inspired LED lighting systems, with some fantastic results. This summer, our friends at Spexarth kicked things off with another stunning kitchen remodel, featuring some elegant upgrades, and of course, some LED lights. Let’s take a moment to see what they’ve been up to, and admire the results of their hard work! Before Spexarth Design’s clients began with a simple…

DIY Project Tutorial: LED Car Lighting

While LED lighting is most commonly used around the house, under cabinets or lighting up commercial displays, there are many other creative and unique places where these handy little lights can find themselves at home! One of the less common, but more impressive areas where our LEDs have been utilized is as accent lighting on vehicles. Interior car lighting can provide a functional element in the ability to find things late at night. If you’re an avid camper or frequent road trip adventurer, it can serve as a way to perform tasks a bit more easily than you might under the dim…