Light TN is a landscape lighting designer based in Burns, serving Leiper’s Fork and Williamson County.
CertifiedLeiper’s Fork is a National Register village of a few hundred people, set among prize-winning horse farms on the Natchez Trace, fifteen minutes and a world away from Franklin. There are no streetlights here, and that is the point — the community fought in the nineties to keep its nineteenth-century architecture and its dark country sky. Light TN is a landscape lighting designer based in Burns, and we design outdoor lighting in Leiper’s Fork with the restraint this rare place asks for.
The properties are gentleman farms and historic homes on real acreage — rolling pasture along the Harpeth River, stone walls, canopy trees, a long drive off a two-lane road. Lighting them is an exercise in subtraction: enough warm, shielded light to compose the grounds and guide the way, and not one beam more, so the sky stays dark and the farm reads the way it has for a century. Privacy matters here, and so does keeping the equipment invisible.
Light TN runs each Leiper’s Fork project the same way. Daryl Bentfield walks the property, you approve a photorealistic rendering before we dig, installation meets licensed contractor CE-D: 76580 standards, and we return after dark to aim every fixture. On Williamson County’s heavy clay we bury wire trenchless so a pasture or a historic lawn stays whole — the work behind more than 500 Middle Tennessee projects since 2020.
Leiper's Fork properties are farms and historic homes among canopy trees and stone walls. We moonlight specimen trees, graze the stone and old plantings, and light a long farm drive — warm, shielded, and spare, so the grounds compose without touching the dark sky. Rendered before we dig.
From a nineteenth-century farmhouse to a new estate built in the rural-luxury vernacular, we light each Leiper's Fork facade from its own architecture — warm, shielded, glare-controlled — so the home reads at night the way it was built to, with the hardware out of sight.
A complete lighting plan for a Leiper's Fork property, independent of installation — photorealistic renderings, fixture specifications, and zone layouts for owners, architects, and the builders working this protected area. The design fee is credited when Light TN installs.
Commercial-grade LED set discreetly into the soffit or fascia for warm white year-round and full color when you want it. On a Leiper's Fork home we design it to the rooflines themselves, so it disappears by day and never reads as a strip of holiday lights.
Even, high-fidelity sound across the porches, pools, and pasture-edge patios of a Leiper's Fork farm — designed so music carries the space without crossing the acreage to a neighbor, and wired to the same standard as the lighting.
App-based zone control, scene programming, and astronomical scheduling, with integration for Control4, Lutron, Crestron, and Savant across a Leiper's Fork estate or farm. The lighting comes up warm at dusk on its own and holds to one restrained design.
Installation to CE-D: 76580 standards, by the studio that designed the plan. Across a Leiper's Fork pasture or historic lawn we bury wire with the L2 Line Layer, the only trenchless machine of its kind here, and aim every fixture after dark.
Facade and approach lighting for the galleries, shops, and venues of the Leiper's Fork village — designed with the same restraint as our farm work, for a warm nighttime presence that honors the National Register district and its dark sky.
Light TN runs low-voltage cable beneath a Leiper's Fork pasture or lawn without trenching, using the L2 Line Layer — the only machine of its kind in the market. On a working farm or a historic lawn, the wire goes in without scarring the ground.
Leiper’s Fork has no streetlights, and its residents fought to keep it that way. Lighting here is an exercise in subtraction — enough warm, shielded light to compose the grounds, never one beam into the country sky, so the place stays as dark and private as ever.
These are horse farms and estates on real acreage — pasture, stone walls, canopy trees, a long drive off a two-lane road. We light across that distance with proper zoning, warm and low, so a farm reads as one composition from the gate without ever feeling lit up.
A preservation effort saved Leiper’s Fork’s nineteenth-century architecture and farmland from sprawl. We light its historic farmhouses and village buildings with the deepest restraint — warm, low, shielded — so the National Register character reads at night exactly as it was built, hardware kept out of sight.
Lighting a Leiper’s Fork property is mostly about restraint. There are no streetlights in the village, the sky is dark, and the community has worked for decades to keep it that way. So we design by subtraction — enough warm, shielded light to compose the grounds, mark the drive, and reveal a specimen tree or a stone wall, and not one beam thrown toward the sky. The goal is a property that reads beautifully at night and a village that stays as dark as it has always been.
The properties are farms. A Leiper’s Fork estate runs to real acreage — pasture, a barn, stone walls, canopy trees, and a long drive off a two-lane road — and lighting it is a problem of distance and discretion. We plan the system across the whole property with proper zoning, and where wire must cross a pasture or a historic lawn, we bury it with the L2 Line Layer, the only machine of its kind in the market, so the ground stays whole.
Many of these homes are nineteenth-century farmhouses, protected by a preservation effort that saved the village from sprawl. We light historic architecture with the deepest restraint — warm, low, shielded fixtures that complement old wood and stone, with the hardware kept out of sight — so the character that drew people here in the first place reads at night exactly as it was built.
From the gentleman farms along the Harpeth River to the historic buildings of the village, no two Leiper’s Fork properties light the same way. That is the reason we design each one on site, and the reason each Light TN project is rendered and approved before we dig.
Leiper’s Fork Village · Old Hillsboro Road · Natchez Trace Parkway · Southall · Boyd Mill · Pinewood Road · Harpeth River area · Franklin
Our clients' feedback reflects our focus on thoughtful design, professional installation, and outdoor systems that perform exactly as intended.
Light TN's talented team delivered exceptional outdoor lighting design, showcasing a remarkable blend of creativity, attention to detail, and professionalism that exceeded our expectations. Their vision and commitment to quality shone through in their implementation of stunning low voltage landscape lighting that truly enhanced the aesthetic of our outdoor space.
Cynthia Williams
I’ve had the chance to work closely with Daryl and the Light TN team through branding and creative projects through my company, Proof Branding, and I can confidently say they run a first class operation. Daryl is thoughtful, professional, and truly cares about the quality of his work and the experience his clients have. Light TN is clearly built on expertise, attention to detail, and pride in what they do. If you’re looking for a team you can trust and enjoy working with, I would highly recommend Daryl and Light TN.
Matt Cheuvront
Daryl with Light TN, was very professional and very helpful towards questions and concerns about the lights operations and programming ability, including installation. Once installed the light strips blended right in with our homes trim being unnoticeable during the daytime or when not in use. 5 Star experience, dealing with Daryl and Light TN.
john covington
We have been using Daryl and his services since 2020. We feel much safer with our beautiful lighting and it’s also makes it very easy taking dogs out at night. One of many benefits. Highly recommend Daryl and Light TN!
Irina “Ira” Hines
4 months agoI used Light TN service on two different properties. Excellent outcome both times. A very professional service at a fair price.
Bob Pelt
Darryl at LightTennessee is great! He’s always quick to respond very professional with his services and the work that he does do is top notch!
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Light TN is an outdoor lighting design and installation company based in Burns, Tennessee, serving Nashville and communities throughout Middle Tennessee. Founded in 2020 by Daryl Bentfield, Light TN specializes in landscape lighting, architectural lighting, permanent roofline lighting, smart outdoor lighting systems, and outdoor audio. Light TN has completed over 500 custom installations and maintains a 4.9-star Google rating across 100+ verified reviews. The company is a licensed Tennessee contractor, BBB accredited with an A+ rating, and a certified BlueHopper permanent lighting installer.
Daryl Bentfield is the owner and principal designer of Light TN, with over 25 years of professional design experience including a background in production and visual storytelling before specializing in outdoor lighting. Daryl personally designs every project and works on site with his crew during installation.
A: No — the studio is in Burns, and Light TN serves Leiper’s Fork, fifteen minutes from Franklin. Daryl Bentfield walks the property for the on-site assessment, so the design fits the farm, the historic home, and the dark country sky in front of him.
A: Light TN designs landscape, architectural, and roofline lighting, outdoor audio, smart control, full installation, commercial lighting, and trenchless wire burial — usually as one coordinated, restrained system for a Leiper’s Fork property rather than separate add-ons.
A: That is the whole craft in Leiper’s Fork. Light TN designs by subtraction — warm, shielded, downward light that composes the grounds and never throws a beam toward the sky, so a property reads beautifully at night and the village stays as dark as it has always been.
A: Yes. Light TN lights Leiper’s Fork’s nineteenth-century farmhouses with the deepest restraint — warm, low, shielded fixtures that complement old wood and stone, with the hardware kept out of sight, so the historic character reads at night exactly as it was built.
A: Light TN designs to the whole property on a Leiper’s Fork farm — the house, the barn, the stone walls, and the long drive — with proper zoning across real distance, warm and low, so the farm reads as one composition without ever feeling lit up.
A: No. Light TN buries low-voltage wire with the L2 Line Layer, a trenchless machine and the only one of its kind in the market, so cable crosses a working pasture or a historic lawn without trenching the ground.
Light TN designs and installs custom outdoor lighting systems for homes and properties across Middle Tennessee. Every project starts with a consultation, a custom plan, and a commitment to doing the work cleanly — with results that hold up over time.
