Landscape Lighting – How it Can Change Your Landscape

When you decide to work on the landscaping around your home, make sure to thing about things other than your lawn.  Functional things such as decks, porches, verandas, and pool areas provide looks and use.  Visual items such as fountains, statues, trees, gardens, and flowerbeds provide a nice appearance.  You can directly work on those areas, but choosing to add some nighttime improvements with landscape lighting will give you a new dimension to your landscape.  Below are a few ways you can use landscape lights to accent your landscape.

1. Use spotlights to highlight the front side of the house.

2. Use path lights to illuminate walkways and paths.

3. Light up high traffic areas with general landscape lighting.

4. Improve the ambiance with specialized lighting.

The first thing you want to do is to use spotlights to highlight the front side of the house.  Spotlights focus light on a small area, which help accentuate their subject.  In the case of your house, it would help to put focus on your house.

The second way is to light up paths with path lights.  Path lights spread light indirectly on the ground, and can help light up pathways with softer light.

The third thing you want to do is to use general lighting sources to illuminate high traffic areas.  Places such as your patio, porch, or deck are good areas for this lighting.  There are several choices for general lighting, such as floodlights, post lights, or wall sconces.

The last way is to improve the ambiance with specialized lighting.  You can create changes in the mood of an area with soft, indirect, and diffused lighting.  Rope lights, for example, can help to create a soft highlight of an area.

The Landscape around a house, whether simplistic or involved, can benefit from some nighttime accents from landscape lighting.  There are so many choices to choose from that you will be sure to find something that works for your taste and needs.