Preston Hollow estates run large. Square footage, glazing, ceiling heights, exterior grounds. The lighting and control systems Jimmy designs for these residences have to scale with the house without ever feeling industrial. A keypad in the kitchen of a fifteen-thousand-square-foot home should look and feel like the keypad in the kitchen of a three-thousand-square-foot one – simple, labeled in plain English, and tuned to the way the household lives.
Jimmy starts every Preston Hollow project the same way: a walk-through with the homeowner, architect, builder, and interior designer. He maps out where keypads will live before the millwork drawings are finished, where low-voltage rough-in needs to land before the framers move on, and where the equipment racks will sit so service is straightforward in year five. The plan is on paper before a fixture is ordered.
Lighting in a Preston Hollow estate is layered. Architectural cove and downlighting tuned to the architecture. Decorative pendants and chandeliers selected with the interior designer. Picture lighting calibrated to the artwork. Landscape lighting around the motor court, the pool, and the gardens, tied to the same astronomical clock as the interior shades. All of it dimmable to two percent, all of it on a single Lutron HomeWorks platform, all of it controllable from one engraved keypad at the entry.
Motorized shading on Preston Hollow glazing is usually a structural conversation as much as an aesthetic one. Jimmy specifies whisper-quiet roller and roman shades with fabrics selected against the room finishes, sized to the openings, and integrated with the lighting scenes so the room sets itself for morning, afternoon, dinner, and movie without anyone touching an app. On west-facing rooms he ties the shades to the astronomical clock so they protect the rugs and the artwork from the afternoon sun automatically.
Because Jimmy runs the studio himself, every Preston Hollow project gets one specialist from start to finish. He coordinates with the builder's superintendent. He sits in the design meetings. He is on site for low-voltage rough-in and trim. He calibrates the system on the day the family moves in. And he is the person who answers the phone the next time something needs adjusting.
If you are building, renovating, or upgrading a residence in Preston Hollow, Jimmy will walk the house with you and talk through what a properly designed lighting, shading, and control system looks like for your home. The consultation is free and there is no salesperson involved – just Jimmy, the same person who will do the work.