Thomas Williams

"Try different angles and notice how different plants look when lighted," lighting designer Thomas Williams of Troy, N.Y., suggests."Remember that you don't have to light everything.Less is often more.You are not trying to erase the night; you are creating electric moonlight."

Professionally designed landscape lighting, which encompasses much more than entryway sconces and stick-in-the ground lollipop lights, can cost from a few thousand dollars to a few hundred thousand dollars, depending on the extent of the job and the quality of the equipment used, Williams says.Read more…

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Tom's theatre career has included playing the lead role of Ping in Thunderstorm, (St. John's HT 02). He has also been Lighting Designer for numerous shows, including: Return to the Forbidden Planet (St. Hugh's, HT 02); Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World (BT, TT 02); The Fine Art of Falling to Pieces and Too Much the Sun (both NWF, Moser Theatre, HT 03); and The Bald Prima Donna (BT, Trinity 2003).

Huntington Beach, Calif., designer Tommy Williams, who specializes in Christmas designs, enhanced the spirit of the season through florals and holiday accents.

To start, he brought in boxes of ribbon, artificial greenery and ornaments.He then opened the French doors off the dining room and stepped into the garden for inspiration.

For colors of the season, he picked a basket of limes and cut handfuls of stephanotis, a fragrant, white, star-shaped flower.

"Stephanotis is a traditional wedding flower, but I use it a lot at Christmastime," Williams said.

He placed the stephanotis, along with fresh, white roses and artificial pomegranates, in the centerpiece, the focal point of the table.The limes from the garden were arranged on a two-tiered silver dessert tray as an accent.

Williams added touches of greenery on the light fixture and draped strands of garland around the doorways.He mixed fresh pepper berry, rosemary and magnolia with artificial greenery."You still get a fragrance, but it holds up longer," he said.

"With a heavy artificial garland and good wire ribbon, you can do anything," he said.

"Try different angles and notice how different plants look when lighted," lighting designer Thomas Williams of Troy, N.Y., suggests."Remember that you don't have to light everything.Less is often more.You are not trying to erase the night; you are creating electric moonlight."

Professionally designed landscape lighting, which encompasses much more than entryway sconces and stick-in-the ground lollipop lights, can cost from a few thousand dollars to a few hundred thousand dollars, depending on the extent of the job and the quality of the equipment used, Williams says.
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"Poorly done lighting actually has a negative affect on your ability to see," Williams says.
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Nationally known designers, including Williams and Moyer, design multifaceted lighting schemes that can range from a few thousand to more than $350,000.

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You are not trying to erase the night; you are creating electric moonlight," says lighting designer Thomas Williams of Troy, NY.

--Odd fruit: An unplanned hybrid sprouts in a Louisiana garden and is dubbed the cuculoupe, a cross between a cuke and a cantaloupe."They're a yard long and a good few inches across.

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Huntington Beach, Calif., designer Tommy Williams, who specializes in Christmas designs, enhanced the spirit of the season through florals and holiday accents.

To start, he brought in boxes of ribbon, artificial greenery and ornaments.He then opened the French doors off the dining room and stepped into the garden for inspiration.For colors of the season, he picked a basket of limes and cut handfuls of stephanotis, a fragrant, white, star-shaped flower.

"Stephanotis is a traditional wedding flower, but I use it a lot at Christmastime," Williams said.

He placed the stephanotis, along with fresh, white roses and artificial pomegranates, in the centerpiece, the focal point of the table.The limes from the garden were arranged on a two-tiered silver dessert tray as an accent.

Williams added touches of greenery on the light fixture and draped strands of garland around the doorways.He mixed fresh pepper berry, rosemary and magnolia with artificial greenery."You still get a fragrance, but it holds up longer," he said.

"With a heavy artificial garland and good wire ribbon, you can do anything," he said.