St. Louis native Kate Schoffman envisioned operating a business that enabled her to apply her honed customer service skills and inventiveness while directly working with clients who also enjoyed positive relationships built on trust, integrity and quality. So, she launched Blingle St. Louis to provide creative, outdoor lighting solutions for both residential and commercial customers.
Kate says after working for years in structured corporate settings, she yearned for a career that allowed for deeper, meaningful connections; one also about giving back to communities, such as her proud partnerships with Make-A-Wish Foundation and local schools. She assures she found all those aspects in Blingle.
"We design and create personalized lighting that enhances people's happy places," explains Kate, a former executive working in business intelligence, corporate risk and legal technology. "Seeing people fall in love again with their homes is wonderful, and actually is a worthy investment in that happiness."
She says her team supports customers every step of the way, spanning design, installations and ongoing service with professional grade lighting products anchored with innovative, computer-based technology.
Blingle installations include low-voltage LED lighting; residential and commercial lighting; dock lighting; landscape and architectural lighting; string lighting; and deck outdoor living lighting. Kate's team lights patios, decks, porches, gazebos, grills, fire pits, outdoor pools, outdoor spaces for bars or restaurants, steps and outdoor walls. For permanent lighting, they handle rooflines, patios, decks, gazebos and commercial areas.
"Landscape lighting continues to grow in our ever-changing world. It offers us magical environments to reconnect to outdoor spaces during the daily hours of darkness," Kate says. "Light transforms spaces, creating emotional responses or simply making an environment comfortable."
Kate states they use a variety of lighting techniques to create the desired effects or ambiance clients seek. "I continuously invest in lighting design education and expertise from a technical and artistic standpoint, and take great pride in providing unique experiences to every client."
In addition to landscape and architectural lighting, she says clients in the St. Louis region are embracing new lighting applications, such as permanent lighting, which can be controlled from smartphones and programmed to light up any given event or holiday throughout the year.
During holidays, Blingle provides decorative, light-accompanying wreaths, garland, tree wraps, and customized lighting ideas to homes and businesses. "We design, install, maintain, take down and store lighting for holidays, such as Christmas, Hanukkah, Valentine’s Day, Halloween and Fourth of July," Kate adds. "We get positive feedback from clients about how they've never had our type of lighting service before."
For first-time clients, Kate says she can schedule free design consultations.
"I really enjoy making outdoor spaces come alive, but my greatest joy is seeing a client’s face light up when they see a design come to life. I've discovered that a lot of other people share the love of light. It's a fun industry, and I'm grateful to be a part of it,” she states.
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