About Us

Built to Last. Built by Us.
If you’ve ever been elbows-deep in an install thinking, “There’s gotta be a better way to do this,” — yeah, same here. That’s how Mattos Designs got started.

What began as a few custom props for our family show — the Mattos Orchard Lights — has grown into a full-blown workshop where we design and build rugged, ready-to-run lighting gear for decorators across the country. Everything we make is cut, welded, assembled, and tested right here in San Jose, CA. Not overseas. Not outsourced. We’re not importers — we’re builders.

We’ve got 20+ years in custom fabrication and over a decade in the RGB lighting world. From food processing machines to suspension systems to lighting props that can survive the wildest weather, we’ve seen it all — and we bring all that experience into every product we put out.

Our stuff isn’t made to look good on a shelf — it’s made to survive setups in mud, wind, rain, and late nights. We literally field-test everything ourselves. If it can’t survive a season in our display, it doesn’t leave the shop.

Mattos Designs is a family-run business, powered by real people who care how your show turns out. My wife keeps the ship steady, our kids help around the shop, and our friends and neighbors are often the first to test out new designs. This whole thing runs on community — from local decorators who swing by the shop, to big shows we’ve helped light up across the country.

You’ve got enough to deal with during the holidays. Let us take one thing off your plate with gear you can trust to work the first time — and every time.

We can handle it. We’re professionals.
(And yeah, the lights are probably already up at our place.)