Outdoor lighting, both practical and fashionable

Outdoor lighting is rare in that it is both practical and fashionable; few things actually combine style and substance, but outdoor lighting does, allowing you to create a beautiful yard that is also safe. You can find outdoor lighting for landscape or accent lighting, deck or steps, path lighting, garden lighting, or to light your pond or pool etc. and they are available in many styles just like interior lighting, so you can easily harmonize the lighting with the architecture of your home. Up until a decade ago, beautifying the nightscape was not a mainstream idea but not so today. Let’s look at several ways people are using outdoor lighting to enhance their back yards.

Landscape or accent lighting has three main goals - enhancing the aesthetic beauty of a home, enhancing the surrounding plantings, and increasing security. A good landscape lighting plan will include a variety of landscape lights to highlight architectural features and scenery plus landscape lights designed for safety and security. Spotlights will make a pretty tree look spectacular at night or properly illuminate the front of your home.

Deck and step Lighting adds a measure of security and beauty to your deck. They can come as hanging lamps, post caps or can mount to the deck posts and they add a great ambiance to the evenings entertaining. Adding some of these accent lights beside your steps eliminates any dark areas and adds that extra measure of safety.

Path lights illuminate dark paths and walkways, providing secure access to your home or that back yard patio without the fear of falling in the dark. They can also deter intruders by eliminating places to hide.

Garden lighting is generally used to bring bushes and flowers to life at dusk. Gardening has always been a past time homeowners enjoy, both for themselves and to raise the “curb appeal” of their home. There are many designs you can choose from some even built into statuary.

Pond or pool lighting are a must for highlighting the water features, which can be a distinct danger at night. Lighting for your Koi or garden pond brings it to life at night showing off this unique Garden element or you can just imagine your pool with a soft reflection of light resting on its waters making it an oasis of beauty and calm after a hectic day.

Having the right Outdoor lighting can enhance your home's beauty and provide functionality as well --you couldn’t ask for more.

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Lighting “by the yard”