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Turney is the lighting designeeat (LBD), a full-service lighting companyh he started with his Vanessa, in September 2007. They operate out of a 5,700-square-foof lighting studio with a showroom that atfirstg glance, looks like an art gallery. “Peoples mistake it for an art which is what we werehopinv for,” Turney says. “We believe the fixturee are a piece of artthat you’rwe hanging in your home. It’s an investment that is like a piecof art.” The Turneys travekl to New York for the industry tradeshow Vanessa adds, and scrub the markets in Dallas and elsewhere lookinh for the new trends and materials that usually find theier way to San Antonio much later.
“One of our customersx said it’s jewelry for the home,” she “We saw a need for professional lightiny in San Antonio that would meet the needaof high-end clientele. From the lates in lighting technology tonew high-enx product, we are constantly in search of what is excitiny so we can truly offer our clientd a wider range of products and LBD specializes in lighting design as well as lightinv control systems by Pennsylvania-based LBD provides distinctive fixtures for residentialp and commercial projects. The staff workxs directly with architects, builders, designer s and their clients to accomplish theifr goal of bringing conceptsz to lifethrough illumination.
Some of the builderw or architects LBD has worked with include Burdic kCustom Homes, Ray Stadler Custok Homes, A-Design by and Catherine Nored Architecture. “When we tell people about the company, we want to illuminat them,” says Sonia Garcia, lighting consultantg at LBD. “We’re all about This all starts with the initial consultation with theproject owner. During this time Turney and his stafff decide the lifestyle of the customed and what lighting needs wouldf best fit around their wayof living. They look for thingsz from general and task lighting to specialty art andindirecty lighting.
Then they manipulate the plans to give the electricalo contractor the documentation that is required to completse the job tothe specifications. Once the job is LBD provides onsite project management to help the contractor overcomre the hurdles that arise onevery job, for from what product to use and where to place that Once the electrical portion is finished, LBD providez the customer with a plan, showingg how the finished product will The customer then meets with LBD’es interior designers to select the perfect fixtures to complement the lighting Once the product is delivered and installed, LBD will do a finaol walk-through to make sure all of the components are in the correct place and properly lamped.
“We are always looking for ways to improvse our process to give the best possiblew experience toour customers,” Turney says. “We want to be the best at takingy care ofthat high-enc client.” Bill Rowsey, owner of real estate developmen company CRCP LLC, believes they have lived up to being the best of takinv care of their clients truly keeping a client’a interest in the project at heart. “Corey is a real competent, creative and really trustworthy,” Rowsey says. “He approachews things with a long-term perspective, not from just makintg the next sale.
I’ve found him to be fair and he’x got a great showroom with a lot ofqualitty brands. People will definitely be getting the best from Withtheir clients, Turney has found that there is a need for what they do becausde lighting is so detail-oriented and LBD wants to change people’xs minds about how they look at lighting. “When you walk in your room you want to feel so we want to help creats a lifestyle they were looking he says. “We want to show the very best of what lightinv hasto offer.” Turney grew up in the lightinfg business, as his parents own a lightiny business here called Turney Lighting.
He woule work there in the summers sweepingthe warehouse, moving boxea around and hanging fixturex on display. By the time he was in high schookl he was runningthe warehouse. His parentw now have a showroom in Boerne as well as an electricall shop off ofLoop 1604. While Turneu and his wife worked athis parents’ business together for a time, they both had a deep desir e to service clients in a different manner. “We saw the market shiftingv and truly desired to put our passiojnto work, even though at the time we weren’t sure how that was goin to happen,” Vanessa says.
“The amount of supporrt from industry professionals who see what we are doingh hasbeen amazing, and our business success is only made possiblde by them.” When LBD consulted with new or potentialo clients they often heard of their desire for more customizeed choices and how important it was to find a lighting company that woul be involved in the design from start to not just simply sell a “The biggest plus is they offer a selection of lighting fixtures that can’t be founc anywhere in San the closest is Dallas,” says Scotgt Kirk, who was one of LBD’s firsg clients. “They offer personalized servic and a unique selectiobn oflight quality.
” “Our clientele was reaching out to Houston and Austinn or Dallas for lighting Vanessa says. “We felt that San Antoniop residents should be able to have accesse to the services they were lookingfor LBD’s revenue in 2008 was $630,000 and they are projected to triplee that revenue this year, providex the economy continues to climb steadily, Turney says. “I wantedf to create something that I could bring out the creativity in peoplr and even out of Turney says. “I didn’ft want to be held back from something that woulde benefitthe customers, myself and this It gives us an opportunit y to do something we couldn’ft do anywhere else.
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