Find the perfect lighting for those magical nights 

The tree is up, and the roofline lights are dazzling. But when the guests walk in for Christmas Eve, what are the lights inside doing? In many homes, the answer is one bright overhead wash that flattens the room, the table, and everyone sitting at it. 

Your holiday festivities deserve better. Curate lighting that makes lights a part of your family festivities. Your holiday lineup starts with a golden glow at Christmas Eve dinner, moves to a party that follows your guests from room to room, and ends with a countdown to midnight on New Years Eve. Ketra lighting, paired with a Lutron control system, saves each one as a scene you can bring back with a single touch.

Make Christmas Eve Dinner Look as Good as It Tastes

You’ve spent hours cooking only for bad lighting to make your elaborate dishes look unappetizing. Under a flat white overhead, the glazed ham is dull and the cranberry sauce muddy.. Under warm, golden light, the same table glows: the crust turns amber, the reds deepen, and the wine catches the candle flames in every glass.

Ketra makes that look easy to dial in. Its fixtures change color and brightness, and they go as warm as 1,400K amber, close to candlelight. High color accuracy keeps the roast's browns and reds rich and true, and keeps skin tones flattering all night.

Save that look as your dinner scene. When it’s time to gather at the table, the room settles into a low amber glow while the table stays one step brighter, so the food and the faces become the focus. 

Light the Christmas Party From Room to Room

A party puts your lighting to work in a way dinner never does. Guests arrive in a rush, drift from the kitchen to the bar to the living room, and spend the night on their feet, so the light has to treat the whole main floor as one stage. A party scene can bring the entry up bright and welcoming as the first guests walk in, then settle the house into one steady, warm tone once the rooms fill, with no dark corners and no harsh hot spots.

A party is also when guests finally look at your walls. Under cheap bulbs, the painting over the sofa goes flat, and the stone around the fireplace turns a dull gray-beige. Ketra's high color accuracy keeps the painting's colors and the stone's warm texture true to what you chose, so the room looks as good at nine o'clock as it did the day the designer finished it.

Ring In the New Year With a Countdown Scene

As New Year's Eve builds to midnight, your lights help to set the pace. As midnight approaches, switch to a countdown scene that brightens the room enough to wake everyone up while staying warm enough to flatter. 

After the ball drops, bring back a warm evening scene, a soft gold that settles the party into slower conversation and a last toast. You already have the party and evening scenes from Christmas, so the countdown is the only new scene you need.

Ask Josh to Do It For You

Want to make these transitions as natural as possible? Josh.ai works with Lutron HomeWorks and Ketra, so you can ask Josh for the dinner scene or the countdown scene without touching a keypad. It helps most when the doorbell rings and your hands are full of platters.

Once the scenes are saved, they come back every holiday. Next December, the dinner scene, the party scene, and the countdown are all waiting, and you spend your time on the menu instead of the dimmers.  

Plan Your Holiday Lighting With Us

If you are hosting this season, or you want your evenings at home to feel better all year, contact our team to book a showroom visit.