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Landscape lighting shouldn’t only be pleasing to the eye but also functional. To have both of these benefits, your lighting should be properly placed. Here are some ideas on how you can hit two birds with one stone, with the use of proper landscape lighting.
A Grand Welcome
Putting lighting fixtures on your house’s entrances would definitely earn you both beauty and functionality. By doing so, you are enabled to identify visitors and greet guests easily even at the middle of the night.
March 28, 2008
Unknown to popular belief, the mere use of light is actually one-way to beautify one’s home. By the use of light, one can get great results that can’t be achieved with the sheer act of painting or putting adornments in one place. Light can actually take the expected results one step higher than normal.
Light is just like paint. It is your paint, and the whole environment is your canvas. You can add and subtract color on any surface with the simple use of light. If you want to achieve great effects, get to know some of the basic techniques on how you can design by the use of landscape lighting.
March 28, 2008
Landscape lighting can give your place a great look as long as you have the right type of lighting fixtures to answer whatever lighting problem you have.
There are various types of landscape lighting fixtures available. Get to each of them, so that you can use each appropriately for your lighting needs.
Bollards
These lights are usually not more than 42″ tall. Bollards are usually used for lighting sidewalks and walkways. They are available in cast aluminum, spun aluminum, cast iron, fiberglass and concrete.
In-Ground Lights
March 26, 2008
Sprucing Up Your Backyard
Most probably after spending too many hours of coordinating with your gardener and landscaper, and of course shelling out several hundred dollars, you have your yard all green and spiffy, and ready for some serious ogling and appreciation.
As the sun shines brightly, at the new green spread set before that tiny patch of land you call your backyard, you value the amount of effort, love, and attention you have given this little endeavor. This picturesque statement of accomplishment goes on throughout the day. Everything is wonderful until twilight comes around.
When Darkness Comes Around
March 26, 2008
The wonder of LED’s
A light emitting diode or LED as it is commonly called have been around since the early 20th century, but were not used for domestic or common household until the 1970’s. These wonders of lighting technology slowly paved way for much more efficient electrical consumption.
Further improvements with the composition of these LED’s have increased the efficiency output of bulbs to emit a higher luminous strength with out much increase in the amount of wattage required for it to function. This goes with an increase in the even longer life span as compared to conventional incandescent, fluorescent, and halogen lamps.
March 20, 2008
Deciding to add outdoor landscape lighting to your home temporarily for an event or permanently can produce in multiple bonuses for you. There are basic types of outdoor lighting that you should know, so that you can get the one that suits your taste.
Solar Powered Outdoor Lighting
This type of outdoor lighting gives a very obvious benefit. There is zero operating cost with this lighting. Once you have them installed where you want them, the sun charges an internal power supply in the fixture. The lights automatically go into action after the sun sets, due to an electric eye sensor built in the fixtures.
March 17, 2008
During hours of daylight, your home’s exterior is glowing with creativity. You’ve used up a significant amount of time in deciding your homes’ color scheme and designing faultless landscaping, and then the sun goes down, and all that creativity is concealed in a veil of darkness.
Wouldn’t it be great if you were able to unleash your creativity during twilight hours? Well, nowadays, that is very much possible. By the use of exterior decorative lighting, your creativity will definitely shine through the darkness of the night.
March 17, 2008
What Is It And Why Is It Important?
Low voltage landscape lighting is an application of the usual indoor lighting method of using 12 volts instead of the usual 120 volts. The method is applied on exterior areas and is an extension of the lighting design coming from the home. This gives continuity on the illumination from the house and unifies nature with the abode.
It is a very good alternative with the usual 120-volt mode of putting lighting fixtures since it not only provides less risk for the user from accidental electrocution, it also provides protection from children and pets from unwanted shocks if ever they get too comfortable and start wandering or even start playing and tinkering with the lighting fixtures scattered all around your compound.
March 17, 2008
Solar powered landscape lighting is becoming a common addition to many people’s homes and yards. These lights add a distinctive ambiance to your yard during evenings. They are also great decorations and can be fairly practical as well.
You may think that solar powered lights are complicated to use, then you’ve certainly got it wrong. These kind of lights are very easy to use and can give you a lot of benefits, just the same with non-solar powered lights.
Benefits
March 17, 2008