About Aterra Designs
Why we do what we do
Our Story
Since 1999, we’ve brought home builders, contractors, and home buyers together to achieve a common goal: Creating homes that are as unique as their owners.
We realized early on that although new lighting and electrical products were being created, few made it into builder showrooms, and even fewer made it into new homes.
Why the discrepancy? Lack of knowledge on how to showcase these designs to prospective home buyers and how to get them installed without prolonging cycle times.
We wanted to make unique lighting and electrical options available for all home owners without complicating the process, so we created Aterra Designs to fill in the gaps.
Our experienced designers are experts in lighting, electrical design, and home automation, so they’re able to provide a range of coordinated options and create customized lighting solutions.
And, because we partner directly with top manufacturers, our lighting architects and design consultants can offer innovative new products to home buyers, allowing them to create the home that meets their specific needs.
“Combining the Art of Illumination with Today’s Technology”
Our History
1999
A successful strategy is developed to sell electrical upgrades to end users (home buyers)
2004
Aterra spins off into a separate company and Edson is bought by Home Depot in 2006
2009
Aterra aquires virtual design company and focuses on adding more digital features to enhance consumer experience
2012
Company acquisitions allow Aterra to expand across several areas of North America
2018
Aterra brings a virtual lighting design tool built for production builders with package-based electrical solutions to market
View Luminosity2020
Aterra expands program offerings to include interactive floorplans
View Interactive Floorplans2021
Aterra brings Wifi Marketing to the Home Building industry
View mSphereOur Beliefs
- Everyone is UNIQUE and so should be their homes
- Design is from the HEART and the MIND transcends it
- Great DESIGN is timeless
- STATUS QUO is nice, if you wish to go OUT of business
- Always doing the RIGHT thing
- Taking JOY in the little things in life
- Being NICE matters
- Living for TODAY, for tomorrow is not promised
- The gift of GIVING
- Always delivering VALUE and never giving up
- Breaking bread often with FAMILY and FRIENDS
- Having GRATITUDE
- NOT taking ourselves too SERIOUSLY
- Treating others as WE would like to be TREATED
- WORKING hard, PLAYING hard, and LAUGHING hard
- Always staying POSITIVE and seeing the glass half full
- Enjoying the JOURNEY
- Taking WALKS barefoot in the GRASS
- GROOVING to the ever-changing RHYTHM of life