Light TN is a landscape lighting designer based in Burns, serving Columbia and Maury County.
CertifiedColumbia is the Antebellum Homes Capital of Tennessee — Maury County holds more antebellum houses than any county in the state, from the James K. Polk Ancestral Home to Rattle and Snap and the Athenaeum. It is also horse country, with custom farmhouses on acreage along the Duck River, and a growing edge of new construction. Light TN is a landscape lighting designer based in Burns, and we design outdoor lighting in Columbia to fit a property’s own era, antebellum to new construction.
Each is a different kind of lighting problem. An antebellum home near the square asks for the deepest restraint — warm, low, shielded light against historic brick and column, with nothing that reads modern. A horse farm on forty acres needs the house, the barn, the fence lines, and the long drive lit across real distance. And new communities like Bear Creek Overlook and Hillcrest Village come on open lots with young landscapes. We design to the one in front of us.
Light TN runs each Columbia 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. We bury wire trenchless so a historic lawn or an open pasture stays whole — the work behind more than 500 Middle Tennessee projects since 2020.
Columbia runs from mature antebellum grounds to horse farms on open acreage. We moonlight specimen trees, graze established beds and stone, light a long farm drive and fence line, and design young new-build landscapes for what they will become — all rendered before we dig.
From an antebellum home with columns and brick to a custom farmhouse or a new build, we light each Columbia facade from its own architecture — warm, shielded, glare-controlled — so the house reads at night the way it was built to.
A complete lighting plan for a Columbia property, independent of installation — photorealistic renderings, fixture specifications, and zone layouts for owners and the builders working its historic, farm, and new communities. The design fee is credited when Light TN installs.
Commercial-grade LED set into the soffit or fascia of a Columbia home for warm white year-round and full color when you want it. One installation replaces seasons of temporary lighting, designed to the rooflines of the house — not a strip of holiday lights.
Even, high-fidelity sound across the porches, patios, and pools Columbia homes are built around — designed so music carries the space without pushing across 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 Columbia estate or farm. The lighting comes up warm at dusk on its own and holds to one consistent design.
Installation to CE-D: 76580 standards, by the studio that designed the plan. Across a Columbia lawn, pasture, or historic ground we bury wire with the L2 Line Layer, the only trenchless machine of its kind here, and aim every fixture after dark.
Facade, landscape, and approach lighting for Columbia's historic square, offices, and event venues — designed with the same restraint as our residential work, for a composed nighttime presence and safe, even coverage across entries, walkways, and parking lots.
Light TN runs low-voltage cable beneath a Columbia lawn or pasture without trenching, using the L2 Line Layer — the only machine of its kind in the market. On a historic lawn or across forty acres of farm, the wire goes in without scarring the ground.
Columbia and Maury County hold more antebellum houses than any county in Tennessee — the Polk home, Rattle and Snap, the Athenaeum. Lighting these asks for the deepest restraint: warm, low, shielded light against historic brick and column, with nothing modern in the picture.
Maury County is horse country, and many Columbia properties run to twenty, forty, or more acres — a house, a barn, fence lines, and a long drive. That scale needs a coordinated plan with proper zoning and transformer placement, lighting the distance so the whole farm reads as one composition.
Columbia is growing — Bear Creek Overlook, Hillcrest Village, and other new communities sit on open lots with young landscapes, minutes from a historic downtown square. We light a new home from its architecture and an old one with restraint, designing for the property and its era.
Lighting a Columbia property depends on what it is. The county is the Antebellum Homes Capital of Tennessee, and an old home near the square — brick, column, deep porch — asks for the restraint historic architecture demands: warm, low, shielded light, with nothing that reads modern. We light those properties to honor the era they were built in, with the hardware kept out of sight.
Out in the county, the properties are farms. A Columbia horse farm can run forty acres or more, with a house, a barn, fence lines, and a long drive, and lighting it is a problem of distance and zoning. We plan the system across the whole property, 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.
Columbia is also building. New communities like Bear Creek Overlook and Hillcrest Village sit on open lots with young plantings, minutes from the square, where we design lighting for the landscape now and for what it will become. And every Columbia home — historic, farm, or new — is built to be lived in outside, with porches, patios, and pools we light to be used after dark.
From the antebellum homes around the Duck River to the horse farms and the new construction, no two Columbia 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.
Historic Downtown Square · Bear Creek Overlook · Hillcrest Village · Zion Farms · Cross Gate · Grove Park · Honey Farms · Duck River 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 — the studio is in Burns, and Light TN comes to Columbia and Maury County for the work. Daryl Bentfield walks the property for the on-site assessment, whether it is a historic home near the square, a horse farm, or a new build, so the design fits the lot 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 system for a Columbia property rather than separate add-ons.
A: Yes. Columbia is the Antebellum Homes Capital of Tennessee, and Light TN lights its historic homes with the deepest restraint — warm, low, shielded light against brick and column, with nothing that reads modern and the hardware kept out of sight.
A: Light TN designs to the whole property on a Columbia farm — the house, the barn, fence lines, and the long drive — with proper zoning and transformer placement so real distance reads as one composition rather than scattered points of light.
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 historic lawn or an open pasture without trenching the ground.
A: Light TN lights the whole back of a Columbia property — porches, patios, pools, and gardens — 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.
