A lifetime of world travel and a love for entertaining family and friends prompted a Lafayette, IN man to build a spacious home that provides a relaxing environment for simple celebrations and an awe-inspiring showcase for an extensive collection of artwork and artifacts from around the globe. To properly display each piece as well as highlight the home’s striking architectural features, he consulted a professional lighting designer who created a plan that included more than 250 unique lighting zones.

As one of the nation’s most prominent electrical distributors, the homeowner knew that the only way to ensure the lighting was usable and enjoyable was to install a centralized lighting control system. He contacted Lutron Electronics to identify an architectural lighting consultant, and Doherty Design Group was recommended as one of the leading providers of whole-home lighting systems.

DDG designed an extensive system based around the Lutron HomeWorks® product line as well as Lutron’s Sivoia Quiet Electronic Drive (QED)™ electronic window treatments. To eliminate the wall clutter that traditional wall switches and other components would have presented, DDG wired every light zone to centralized lighting panels. DDG also discreetly placed multi-functional wall controls throughout the home to allow for single-button control of hundreds of lighting features.

Today, DDG’s lighting controls disappear into the background of the home’s beautiful finishes, and preparing the house to entertain frequent guests is effortless. Because the owner was so pleased with the results of DDG’s design, his homebuilder now engages Doherty Design Group to install a HomeWorks® and Sivoia QED™ system in every house he builds.