Transforming the Holiday Season with Ketra Lighting

Brilliant, Changeable Illumination with One Touch

In the years before electric lights were born, people placed candles in their windows to welcome travelers, provide a safe haven, and celebrate the changing seasons. Today, candles have turned into festive displays that welcome friends and family and pay homage to the holidays. 

Can you imagine the holidays without light? 

In 2018, when Lutron, a global leader in lighting control, acquired Ketra Lighting, the creator of one of the world's most advanced LED lighting systems, the way we illuminate our homes in Palos Verdes, CA, changed forever. As a designer, clients are looking to you for expertise in using light like a painter’s palette, creating dramatic illumination with the touch of a button.

Here, we’ll explore how these systems are transforming the holidays, crafting memorable, curated holiday spaces that leave lasting impressions.  

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Advanced Lighting Systems & the Holidays

Ketra’s dozens of patented innovations have resulted in a tunable LED lighting system that delivers the highest CRI and precise illumination. From brilliant whites to shimmering gold and saturated hues, millions of colors, shades, and intensities are at your disposal. 

During the holidays, this translates to lighting that brings the season to life, highlighting materials, finishes, and textures. Illuminate Christmas trees in the warm glow of candlelight for a cozy atmosphere. For a winter wonderland aesthetic, consider shades of blue and sparkling white. 

At Window Collections, we program buttons to create the ideal lighting for your client’s lifestyle. Pressing “Entertain” may transition lights in the dining area to candlelight, illuminate the kitchen in shades of indigo and lapis, and celebrate the season with elegant splashes of emerald and ruby red in the living room. 

Layered Lighting for Luxury Spaces

Lighting design uses multi-dimensional, layered lighting to add depth and visual interest. Dynamic in nature, it shifts the intensity and color temperature of every fixture. An intimate holiday gathering may benefit from a bright, white-blue hue coming from the pendant lights above the kitchen island, artwork with accent lights that bring out its best features, and soft amber and gold interlaced throughout the home. 

Ketra & Lutron HomeWorks Combined

When you combine home automation and LED illumination, you can create dynamic scenes that shift throughout an event. Lighting takes on a life of its own, transforming according to the time of day, occasion, or changing daylight conditions. 

The lighting in the great room may transition from shimmering silver to amber-gold before settling into sunset hues. Alternatively, the colors of the season emerge and fade throughout the evening, shifting among shades of red, green, gold, blue, and purple. This captivating display of light becomes the centerpiece for many celebrations. 

Lutron HomeWorks enables you to integrate your lighting design with other existing smart home systems, such as whole-home audio and motorized shades. Pressing an elegant, custom-engraved keypad streams the perfect playlist, adjusts the window coverings, and sets the lighting.  

This system also integrates with Josh.ai, the voice assistant designed for smart homes. When your client’s busy in the kitchen but wants the lights in the living room to transition to silvery-blue at dusk, they ask Josh, who happens to know the 16 million colors available with Ketra lighting. 

At Window Collections, we have been the trusted choice for designers and architects for over a quarter-century. To learn more about Ketra Lighting or to schedule a complimentary consultation, contact Window Collections.