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Outdoor Entertainment Prosper & Celina

A pavilion, an outdoor kitchen, a pool, and one outdoor evening

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The Windsong Ranch backyard, fully scored and fully lit

New builds in Windsong Ranch and Mustang Lakes are putting in real outdoor architecture — covered pavilions, full outdoor kitchens, fire features, large pools, sometimes a sports court. The technology has to match. We design the outdoor entertainment system during the build so the patio TV under the pavilion, the speakers across the pool deck, the landscape audio in the planting beds, and the Lutron-controlled outdoor lighting all come online as one system on the day you start using the backyard.

The pavilion is usually the anchor. A weather-rated TV mounted under the covered structure, immersive surround sound speaker array engineered for the open volume, ceiling fans on the same control, and dimmable warm overhead lighting. From there the audio extends across the pool deck through Sonance buried subwoofers and satellite speakers, and the lighting wraps the whole backyard with path lights, accent uplighting on the mature trees Prosper builds preserve, and dimmable pool deck wash for evening swims. One outdoor room, lit and scored as a single evening.

Who We Help in Prosper & Celina

  • You, in Windsong Ranch, building a pavilion and an outdoor kitchen worth scoring properly
  • You, in Star Trail, with acreage and a pool that should sound and look the part
  • You, in Light Farms, who hosts pool gatherings every weekend through October
  • You, in Mustang Lakes, planning the backyard during the new build instead of after move-in
  • You, who would rather wire and trench during construction than tear up the new landscape later

How We Do It in Prosper & Celina

A backyard plan during construction — We coordinate with your Prosper or Celina builder, landscape designer, and pool contractor during the build to plan trenching, conduit, and equipment-pad space for the outdoor system.

Pavilion AV design — Weather-rated TV mount, speaker placement under the covered roof for game-day and ambient audio, ceiling fan integration, and warm dimmable overhead lighting all designed as one outdoor room.

Pool deck and landscape audio — Sonance buried landscape subwoofers and satellite speakers placed at the spacing your specific deck wants. The audio fills the pool deck without one obvious speaker shouting at the seating.

Landscape and pool deck lighting — Lutron-controlled path lights, accent uplighting on the trees your builder preserved, dimmable pool deck wash, and any water-feature lighting on a single sunset-aware schedule.

Equipment pad install — Outdoor amplifier, switching, and any video distribution lives in a vented weather-protected enclosure on the equipment pad. Whole-property surge protection upstream. Built to survive Prosper summer storms.

A first-summer tuning visit — After the first summer of actual use, we come back and refine — speaker volume balance, lighting scene timing, anything that needs adjustment based on how you actually live in the backyard.

The Frustrations We Hear Most

  • The builder finished the pavilion with no AV plan and the TV cannot be mounted cleanly
  • The pool deck has one outdoor speaker on a single post and it does not reach the seating
  • The trenching for landscape and pool deck audio was missed during construction
  • The patio TV is washed out by the Prosper afternoon sun even under the pavilion
  • The landscape lighting is on a basic timer that gets sunset wrong by an hour each season

The Questions People Actually Ask.

Our Windsong Ranch builder is finishing the pavilion. Can the AV be planned now?

It should be. Conduit, electrical for the TV and audio, and the equipment-pad location all need to be coordinated with the pavilion build, not added afterward. We work directly with the builder during construction so the finished pavilion has clean mounting points and no surface conduit.

How do you cover a Star Trail acreage backyard with audio without speakers everywhere?

Sonance buried landscape subwoofers and satellite speakers tucked into the planting beds at the right spacing. From the pool deck or the pavilion you cannot find them. The sound carries naturally across the property without any obvious speaker shouting from a post.

Will the pavilion TV be readable in Prosper afternoon sun?

Yes, with the right specification. Outdoor-rated TVs at the brightness class we install hold up to direct afternoon sun even at the pavilion edge. Under the covered roof they look as good as an indoor screen at any time of day.

Can the landscape lighting follow the sunset across the seasons?

Yes. The Lutron system tracks the actual sunset for Prosper-Celina latitude. Path lights, tree accents, and pool deck wash all come up at the correct golden hour every day, summer or winter, without anyone updating a timer.

Technology should enhance
the way you live.

One house. One system. One team that listens — in Prosper & Celina and across DFW.