Most homeowners want a warm and welcoming home. We work hard to ensure that curb appeal impresses guests and neighbors, as well as the exterior design. Unfortunately, curb appeal can suffer at night when all of these wonderful elements aren’t visible. Outdoor lighting can be a simple, effective way to maintain a warm, inviting atmosphere in your home at night.
These are four great ways to make your home the most inviting on the block with landscape lighting.
Walkways
Landscape lighting is a great way to make your home more inviting. The walkways can be lit up to make it easy for guests and you to navigate to your home. Safety is also enhanced by adding lights to walkways. This allows people to see where they are going and avoid tripping or falling.
There are many great lighting options for walkways, including core-drilled lights, path lights, and downlighting. Path lights are fixtures that direct light down onto the walkway. These lights can be used along many different paths to bring much-needed light to each.
Core-drilled lights can be used to lighten concrete walkways. This lighting technique involves the fixture being installed directly into the concrete walk. The concrete is made seamless by drilling a hole in the concrete to allow the fixture to fit. The fixture is not required to illuminate the path.
Another way to bring light to walkways is through downlighting. This is a great option for people who have large walks. The downlight is mounted high in the tree so that the light falls onto the path. This creates a moonlit feeling to the walk.
Architecture
Lighting your home’s architecture is another way to make it feel warm and inviting. Wash lights can be placed at the foundation of a home to illuminate its architecture. This lighting technique will give the exterior of your home a soft glow and highlight the beauty of bricks, siding, and other architectural details.
Architecture lighting can add warmth and comfort to your home. Although it makes your home feel more welcoming to guests and you, well-lit homes can also deter intruders. Because lighting makes it difficult to be noticed, it can pose a danger to anyone trying to trespass. A home that is always lit will deter an intruder, unlike a motion detection lamp.
Landscaping
A lighting project is only complete when it lights all aspects of the landscape. It is not the goal to light every bush, tree, or plant in the landscape. It is important to deliberately light certain areas to create that balanced dimension that is so beautiful.
The lighting effects create the warmth that you desire for your home at night. The landscaping can be lit to make your property and home feel more welcoming for visitors and you. Because the landscape elements are well lit, guests will feel more at ease and can see the entrances to the home.
Driveway
Another way to make your home inviting is to light the driveway. Illuminating your driveway can eliminate any confusion about where the drive ends or the yard begins. This eliminates any guesswork for guests arriving at the home at night. It also helps guests who are coming to your home for their first time to feel at ease knowing exactly where to go.
We can mount lights high up on large trees in your driveway to create a Moonlight effect. The light is able to cut through the leaves and branches to create amazing shadows on the driveway, giving it a beautiful look. A beautifully lit driveway is a great way to increase curb appeal and makes you and your guests feel safe and welcome, no matter if you’re returning from work or going on an evening walk.
This article was written by a lighting specialist at LD lighting. https://www.ldlightings.com/ was Established in 2017 and located in Central Florida, LD Lighting offers services in screen enclosure lighting, pool lighting, outdoor entertainment, and landscape lighting systems. We promise to give you the best quality of work and bring your ideas to life.