Phantom Lighting System

Why is Phantom the interior decorators best source of specialty art lighting product supply?
Because we look at ourselves as an extension of your creativity, not a vendor of parts that you have to force fit on top of your vision. We custom manufacture lighting for all of our display, shelf, furniture, and decorative strip lights to the exact specifications of your interior design strategies. You can call us directly at our factory and speak to a artwork lighting design expert who will give you a free consultation over the phone on how to properly illuminate art. During this consultation we will learn exactly what you intend to do for your client, and then locate an agent in our lighting supply network who can best assist your specific application.

Why not simply go to a lighting supply store when I need lights for my clients?
If you go to a lighting supply depot, you will no doubt find countless fixtures that are exquisitely designed and perform exceptionally. The problem you will run into, however, is finding the right accent lighting fixture out of all these choices that will provide a low profile fit for a decorative cabinet, book case, valance, display, or cove you intend to light. Even if you come close, there will still be technical challenges associated with installing it, as many of these lights have transformers that are difficult, if not impossible to conceal.

With Phantom Lighting, however, you can simply send us some photographs and detailed dimensions of what you want us to light and we will supply you with hidden linear lighting strips that will be invisible to the client and operate on low-voltage transformers that remain unseen. This results in a fully dimmable, energy efficient luxury luminance for your design creations that looks great in your client’s home—while saving them money all the while!

Do you supply picture lights or over the frame lights for paintings?
We actually provide you with something much better—your choice of six model designs for our Phantom Contour Projector. These projectors are much smaller and more sheik in design build than larger, bulkier equivalents. They have the very best filtration and lens adjustment mechanisms on the market, making it possible to strip the light of all harmful UV and IR rays and render it safe for even the most rare and delicate of oil paintings.

The Phantom Contour hides near the ceiling and delivers an invisible beam of light that also remains hidden until it strikes a painting, sculpture, or rare furniture arrangement. This is called the “lighted from within” effect which has made us famous for museum-quality art lighting fixtures and sculpture lighting all over the world.

What if I want to hang art in my client’s den and they already have eyeball fixtures in the ceiling?
No problem. We can supply you with a retrofit art lighting projector that you can install in the same sockets the eyeball fixtures currently occupy. Not only will this represent a simple upgrade in terms of switching fixtures, but it will also avoid the need to cut into your client’s ceiling to install the projector.

We manufacture fine art projectors here in our Houston, Texas headquarters, then distribute them through a network of nationwide lighting suppliers and sales representatives that fans out throughout all 50 states into cities like Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (PIT) Atlanta, GA (ATL), Marina Del Rey, California, Coral Gables, Fl, Redmond, Washington (RDM), Memphis, Tennessee (MEM), Madison, WI, (MSN) Portland, Oregon, (PDX) and Stamford, CT. We also service clients internationally, with lighting manufacturer representatives working out of Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America.

We invite you to call a Phantom Agent toll free 800-863-1184 to obtain more information on all of these options. You can also request literature on our main website, visit our mobile phantom website, or read through the many informative summaries and FAQs located on our lighting blog. All of these resources contain a wealth of information about our custom; low-voltage lighting installations that are the dream come true of art lighting designers and cabinet lighting builders on two major continents.

Do you supply rope lights as cabinet and cove lights?
No. We acknowledge the decorative benefits of rope lights in certain decorative applications such as holiday lighting and patio lighting. However, rope lighting is not an ideal choice for cabinet lighting or cove lighting construction.

This is due to a number of reasons. For one thing it is difficult to control the reflective glare that comes off appliances and countertops when you are using rope lights as under cabinet lights. While cove rope lights do supply plentiful illumination to these surfaces, they lack the adequate shielding that is needed to keep too much light from shining onto a surface and then back into the eyes.

By the same token, it is also very hard to control the direction of the lighting itself with these simple fixtures. Light shines in all directions and reflects off of everything at once and you have no glare shields to conceal or hide the source.

What about using rope lights as cove or over the cabinet lights?
While it may be tempting to install them as low-cost cove lights and over the cabinet lights, we recommend you avoid this as well. Rope lights have a relatively short life expectancy, so if one light in the string fails, the rest go down with it. This will result in half the cove being lit and the other left in darkness, and cause the homeowner to have to go find a lighting supply source on their own to find a replacement. This is not an inconvenience that you want your client to inherit. Phantom cove lights use long life 2800K festoon lamps that provide years of trouble free service.

What can you supply as a cabinet and cove lighting alternative?
We are glad you asked this. Our custom LED energy saving linear lights have been engineered for custom manufacturing and low-profile design. This essentially means that a linear strip is created to fit a specific cabinet interior, over the cabinet top shelf, or cove near the ceiling.

We are perhaps the only luxury lighting supplier currently working in this marketplace that offers this degree of customization, and who can manufacture and deliver the product so expeditiously and cost-effectively for the contractor.

All you need to do is give us the dimensions of the cabinet or cove you intend to light and decide on what level of light and colour temperature is most appropriate for the initial home interior design for the new construction. Our lighting supply representative network and manufacturing facility in Houston, TX will take care of the rest.

What advantages do Phantom Cabinet and Cove Lighting Fixtures provide over standard fixtures made for the same purpose?
For one thing, they present a highly adaptable and resilient fixture made with onboard glare shields pre-mounted to the lighting fixture. This supply a much more controlled and evenly distributed spread of luminance under a cabinet or over a cove. Phantom cabinet lighting fixtures are also engineered for maximum concealment. Rather than using visible, external wires to conduct current, our lighting transformer supplies power to the lamps through metal shelf supports and bus bars along the strip. This allows the homeowner to remove shelving for cleaning or redecorating without risk of damage to the strips or fear of electric shock.

Our linear strip lighting manufacturing plant is located in Houston, Texas. A network of nationwide lighting supply agents fans out throughout all 50 states into cities like Ft. Lauderdale, FL (FLL), Orlando, Florida (MCO), Santa Monica, CA, (LAX) Columbus, Ohio (CMH), (LGA) New York, NY, (JKF), St. Louis, MO, Detroit, Michigan (DTW), Madison, WI (MSN), San Francisco, California (SFO), and Omaha, Nebraska (OMA). We also service clients internationally, with lighting manufacturer representatives working out of Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America.

We invite you to contact us toll free 800-863-1184 to obtain more information on all of these options. You can also request literature on our main website, visit our phantom mobile website, or read through the many informative summaries and FAQs located on our lighting blog. All of these resources contain a wealth of information about our custom; low-voltage lighting products that are the dream come true of art lighting designers and cabinet lighting builders on two major continents.