What Where When & How

What Where When and How Stanford University was founded in 1885. 20 years later and less than a half a mile away, 724 Bryant St was built in 1906, beside an ancient redwood tree.

50 years later, Joette Farrand, bought 724 Bryant St. in 1975. She moved in and began restoration of this historic house. Another 50 years later, Joette has decided to sell 724 Bryant St. Three blocks from Stanford University and two blocks from University Ave. This is house is the poster child for Location, Location, Location.

The ancient redwood tree in the front yard shades the front of the house. Since the house was built in 1906, over 100 years old, the rooms tend to be dark. Recently, a stream of Real Estate Agents began circling offering opinions of how to present the house to get the listing.

The modern solution is "Paint it White'. The expert "Decorators" proceeded to explain why the beautiful traditional wall paper should be “painted white” to "make it brighter". Of course, the beautiful wood kitchen cabinets that Joette has personally refinished were also to be painted white. Suggesting that the antique checkerboard wallpaper in the kitchen was to be painted white was the last straw.

Robert Ferrand, Joette Farrand’s partner, with over a dozen patents to his name, saw there was an alternative to “white paint”: LED lighting. Robert saw that the “picture frame” molding, that has been in place for a century, on the perimeter of every room, provided a perfect place for the LED light strips to illuminate the ceiling and make every room significantly “brighter”.

Further, Joette had made lovely fabric panels that were secured behind the glass of the kitchen cabinet doors. Robert saw the opportunity to light this fabric, top and bottom, with short LED strip lights to create an enchanting effect and transform the Kitchen.

This LED system will brighten the house, without destroying the historic charm of THIS OLD HOUSE with white paint.

This COB LED Lighting System consists of 2 Circuits. One 15 Amp circuit consists of 1.

120V Surge Suppressor, 2. 2 – 350-Watt Power Supplies, 3. 2 – RF Dimmer Switches that illuminates the Living Room and Dining Room with 114 linear feet of COB LED strip lights. The second 12 AMP circuit has the same hardware that illuminates the Kitchen with another 88 linear feet of COB LED strip lights. Both circuits are controlled through a RF to Wi-Fi Converter that can use any Wi-Fi interface such as Goggle Home. "Alexa, turn on the Living Room Lights."

ALL COMPONENTS HAVE UL Certificate of Compliance, Listing or Registration.