The Importance of Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor lighting can make or break your yard.
Going into any outdoor project, you must consider the lighting aspect as a part of the overall aesthetic feel.
Not enough lighting will literally "leave you in the dark" wanting for more while to much lighting blinds you and can keep you away from enjoying a wonderful evening.
Some people's homes are lit up like Christmas trees year round and leave you no room for imagination.
You should not have to light every nook and cranny to have good lighting that accents the areas you want to spend time in during the evenings as well as good security practices.
At the same time, not spending the money on lighting will eliminate your outdoor spaces from being a part of the livable area that you could use.
It's amazing how much space you can add to your home by creating it outdoors.
Fortunately, you don't have to spend a great amount of money to accomplish this but you do have to pay attention to the lights.
The two most popular choices are low voltage and line voltage lights.
Low voltage lights have the advantage of not needing an electrical line ran to them and include both solar light s and battery powered lights.
Many people like solar lights but you must remember a lot of times they are on the dim side so you may need more of them to create the same amount of lighting.
The battery lights normally are a bit brighter and use LED lights that have been engineered to work with these low voltage systems.
The great advantage of these systems is no wires have to be run and for fences, decks and other outdoor applications that have already been built, they are easy to install.
Most of these lights come in multiple colors and you can find something to match or work with just about any outdoor décor.
The advantages to a wired in system is they work off your electrical system and you never have to worry about them being to dim.
If you are building a deck, patio or fence from scratch, these are easy to install into the ground and run the wires required to run the system.
You may have to be creative for some areas that are already built, though the wires can be run successfully.
Lighting is about planning and knowing what you need from a certain area.
Those that are hard to see or reach may be best served by one type of lighting while heavy lived outside areas will need another.
It is about personal taste and use and will need to be considered in order to make those livable areas really livable!
Going into any outdoor project, you must consider the lighting aspect as a part of the overall aesthetic feel.
Not enough lighting will literally "leave you in the dark" wanting for more while to much lighting blinds you and can keep you away from enjoying a wonderful evening.
Some people's homes are lit up like Christmas trees year round and leave you no room for imagination.
You should not have to light every nook and cranny to have good lighting that accents the areas you want to spend time in during the evenings as well as good security practices.
At the same time, not spending the money on lighting will eliminate your outdoor spaces from being a part of the livable area that you could use.
It's amazing how much space you can add to your home by creating it outdoors.
Fortunately, you don't have to spend a great amount of money to accomplish this but you do have to pay attention to the lights.
The two most popular choices are low voltage and line voltage lights.
Low voltage lights have the advantage of not needing an electrical line ran to them and include both solar light s and battery powered lights.
Many people like solar lights but you must remember a lot of times they are on the dim side so you may need more of them to create the same amount of lighting.
The battery lights normally are a bit brighter and use LED lights that have been engineered to work with these low voltage systems.
The great advantage of these systems is no wires have to be run and for fences, decks and other outdoor applications that have already been built, they are easy to install.
Most of these lights come in multiple colors and you can find something to match or work with just about any outdoor décor.
The advantages to a wired in system is they work off your electrical system and you never have to worry about them being to dim.
If you are building a deck, patio or fence from scratch, these are easy to install into the ground and run the wires required to run the system.
You may have to be creative for some areas that are already built, though the wires can be run successfully.
Lighting is about planning and knowing what you need from a certain area.
Those that are hard to see or reach may be best served by one type of lighting while heavy lived outside areas will need another.
It is about personal taste and use and will need to be considered in order to make those livable areas really livable!
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