Light TN is a landscape lighting designer based in Burns, serving Belle Meade and Nashville’s estate neighborhoods.
CertifiedBelle Meade was drawn as a garden suburb a century ago — curving streets, deep setbacks, and old trees laid out by the landscape architect O.C. Simonds — and it has stayed formal ever since. Outdoor lighting on these estates has to match that: symmetrical, restrained, and warm, lighting the whole property as one composition. Light TN is a landscape lighting designer based in Burns, and we design outdoor lighting in Belle Meade the way the suburb itself was composed.
The homes are Georgian, Colonial, and Tudor Revival, set far back behind sweeping lawns, formal gardens, and topiary, with Belle Meade Boulevard running tree-lined to the gates of Percy Warner Park. Out back, the estates carry pools, guest houses, and cultivated grounds. Each of those — the facade, the formal beds, the pool terrace, the specimen trees — wants a different kind of light, designed to hold the formality the property was built around.
Light TN runs each Belle Meade project the same way. Daryl Bentfield walks the estate, 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. We light in matched pairs and even runs so the symmetry holds, and bury wire trenchless so a manicured lawn stays whole — the work behind more than 500 Middle Tennessee projects since 2020.
Belle Meade's deep-setback lots hold some of the oldest hardwoods in Nashville and gardens laid out on an axis. We moonlight the specimen trees, graze the formal beds and topiary in matched runs, and light the long approach — all rendered before we dig.
Georgian, Colonial, and Tudor Revival facades are built on symmetry. We light each from its own architecture — warm, shielded, balanced in pairs — so a Belle Meade estate reads as composed at night as it does by day, with the hardware kept out of sight.
A complete lighting plan for a Belle Meade estate, independent of installation — photorealistic renderings, fixture specifications, transformer engineering, and zone layouts for owners, designers, and the architects working here. 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 formal Belle Meade home we design it to the rooflines themselves, so it disappears by day — never a strip of holiday lights.
Even, high-fidelity sound across the pool terraces, formal gardens, and outdoor rooms of a Belle Meade estate — designed so music carries the space without crossing the deep setback 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 Belle Meade estate. The lighting comes up warm at dusk on its own, shifts to the scene you choose, and holds to one balanced design.
Installation to licensed contractor CE-D: 76580 standards, by the studio that designed the plan. Across a manicured Belle Meade lawn we bury wire with the L2 Line Layer — the only trenchless machine of its kind in the market — and aim every fixture after dark.
Facade and landscape lighting for Belle Meade's clubs, institutions, and shared grounds — designed with the same restraint as our estate work, for a composed nighttime presence and safe, even coverage across entries, drives, and walkways after dark.
Light TN runs low-voltage cable beneath a Belle Meade lawn or formal garden without trenching, using the L2 Line Layer — the only machine of its kind in the Nashville market. It is how we wire an estate without cutting a trench through a manicured bed.
Belle Meade was laid out as a garden suburb — curving streets, undulating ground, the landscape as much a part of the plan as the houses. We light to that intent: the trees, the formal beds, the boulevard setback, so a property reads as part of a designed neighborhood, not a lot in isolation.
The Georgian, Colonial, and Tudor Revival homes here are built on balance, and the gardens are formal — boxwood, allées, topiary on an axis. We light in matched pairs and even runs to hold that geometry, so the symmetry the estate was designed around still reads after dark.
Belle Meade’s lots carry some of the oldest hardwoods in Nashville behind deep front lawns. We light those specimen trees from the canopy and the trunk, and plan for an old tree that still changes — a limb dropped, a crown grown — so the aim holds over the years.
Lighting a Belle Meade estate begins with formality. These homes were built on symmetry — matched windows, a centered entrance, gardens laid out on an axis — and the lighting has to hold that line rather than break it. We light in pairs and even runs, balance the facade to its own architecture, and keep the source out of sight, so what you see from the boulevard is the house and its grounds, never the equipment.
The lots are generous and the trees are old. A Belle Meade property often carries hardwoods that predate the house, set behind a deep front lawn, and they set the whole composition. We light them from the canopy and the trunk, and where wire must cross a manicured lawn or a formal bed, we bury it with the L2 Line Layer — the only machine of its kind in the Nashville market — so nothing is trenched open.
Out back, the estates are built for living — pools and pool houses, formal gardens, outdoor kitchens, and cultivated grounds that run toward Percy Warner Park. We light those spaces to be used after dark and design the audio and smart control alongside them, so the rear of the estate works as one composed environment while keeping the restraint the front of the house demands.
From the Tudor Revival homes of the original Belle Meade Links to the Georgian estates along the boulevard, no two 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.
Belle Meade Boulevard · Jackson Boulevard · Lynnwood Boulevard · Chickering Road · Page Road · Belle Meade Links · West Meade · Hillwood · Percy Warner Park area
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 — Belle Meade is its own city, and Light TN comes to it from the studio in Burns. Daryl Bentfield walks the estate for the on-site assessment, so the plan fits the setback, the symmetry of the facade, and the formal gardens in front of you, drawn on the property itself.
A: Light TN designs landscape, architectural, and roofline lighting, outdoor audio, smart control, full installation, and trenchless wire burial — usually as one coordinated, balanced system across a Belle Meade estate rather than separate add-ons.
A: Holding the symmetry is the point. Light TN lights a Belle Meade facade and its formal gardens in matched pairs and even runs, balanced to the architecture, so a Georgian or Tudor estate reads as composed at night as it does by day.
A: Yes. Light TN moonlights and uplights the old hardwoods on a Belle Meade lot and grazes boxwood, allees, and topiary in matched runs, so the formal garden reads at night the way it was laid out, with the fixtures kept out of sight.
A: No. Light TN buries low-voltage wire with the L2 Line Layer, a trenchless machine and the only one in the Nashville market, so cable runs beneath a manicured Belle Meade lawn or a formal bed without trenching it open.
A: Light TN lights the whole rear of a Belle Meade estate — pools, pool houses, formal gardens, and outdoor kitchens — and designs the audio and smart control alongside it, so the spaces you use after dark work as one environment.
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.
